February 25, 2006
Rent
I made a conscious decision many months ago to start catching up on all the movies I missed during the past several years. I may explain *why*I missed them in a post in the near future, but that doesn’t matter right now:-)
I watched a movie, a musical, called “Rent” last evening. I had not heard of this movie before, and as I have seen just about everything this video store has in stock, I half-heartedly grabbed it from the shelf thinking I may just be cutting out and heading to my office to catch up on email ‘n stuff during the viewing as I normally do with a flick that doesn’t grab my attention.
Literally glued to the screen, I caught myself humming the hooky theme song for a good while after watching this Chris Columbus film. The only actor I recognized (and I lead a very sheltered entertainment life insofar as movies or television are concerned so you might know more of them) was Jesse L. Martin from Law & Order. The man can sing, and dance, as could the rest of the cast!
I checked the movie out online this morning and you can read about the Broadway play (huge award winner and no wonder) and the movie here: http://www.siteforrent.com. I think you will be as blown away as I was by the storyline (largely about tolerance), the passionate performances, the songs and singing, the dancing, the beautiful sets, cinematography and just how moving a movie this is!
My recommendation is to go rent Rent. My bet is you’ll want to buy it for your collection of must-have movies!
I also recently saw Saw II too:-) Cutting edge (sorry) for sure but pretty twisted and certainly not for the faint of heart!
Rick
Filed under: Movies that Moved Me
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