Roamer's Zone

Rent: A Review I am writing this pleading blog entry tonight in order to spread the word to the Seton Hill University community about the new movie Rent that came out over Thanksgiving break. I saw it the Saturday of break. So basically, I am a huge fan of musicals, but its not like I have never seen a movie adaptation of a musical that I didn't like. I am objective. There are some real crappy ones our there, trust me. But, Rent is by far one of my favorite plays ever converted from stage to screen. I mean don't get me wrong I love the classics like "Chicago," "Oklahoma," and "Singin' In The Rain," but "Rent" is now my favorite for life. Its times like these I wish I was still doing theatre in my community(Salisbury Community Players)or even the Greensburg. I would love to get back into the musical theatre scene. I believe I am a fair singer. But, back to "Rent" for a moment, beccause not only is the musical score delivered so wonderfully by an incredible cast of singers and musicians, but the story is told in a very unique way. In the play the story's time span does not take place over one year, but rather a much shorter period (most likely a few weeks). Best song in the entire movie has to be "Take Me or Leave Me". It is presented in such a great way and the scenes are so well choreographed. All I can say is that it was worth the $9.00 and 2.5 hours of my life to be inspired by R.E.N.T. And not to mention the fact that Idina Menzel from Wicked does a kick ass job as Maureen in Rent. I can't stop raving about it, just ask me.