exsequar | Rent rent rent rent RENT!!!!

I loved this movie. LOVED. Loveloveloveloved!!! It's already in my top ten and I've only seen it once! I had tears in my eyes for a good 75% of the movie, and was outright crying for a good portion of that. I love movies that can affect me that powerfully. I still have a headache from the crying!

Parts that made me cry (not necessarily in chronological order):

The very beginning, with the cast singing Seasons of Love. The impact of hearing these voices that I've been listening to nonstop for a month in the theater was mindblowing. Tears filled my eyes. I was like, uh oh... I'm gonna be a wreck aren't I?

The next song, Rent. All those people singing so powerfully. More tears!

Will I. That song has made me cry just listening to it, and watching... wow.

Without You. Roger and Mimi apart is painful enough, and then it's everyone being sad and broken up and then Angel getting sick...

Angel's death, his funeral, and the I'll cover You reprise. Jesse L. Martin was incredible there, and when everyone stood up and started singing I started crying even harder.

The first I'll cover You, because it was so beautiful. I wish their relationship had been developed more.

When they found Mimi and brought her up... right through the end. I really thought she died, from listening to the soundtrack! So when she woke up I was genuinely surprised.

Definitely teared up during One Song Glory

Oh yeah, I Should Tell You out in the snow

See? A very very large portion of the movie. Wow.

My favorite characters were Mimi and Roger, just cause I had fallen for them through the soundtrack already. Also? Roger is really pretty, lol. I think Rosario particularly did an amazing job. During one scene.. umm, I forget which.... oh yes, Take me or Leave me, her facial expressions of shock were hilarious. And she has a beautiful voice. She was so vulnerable even as she was a total badass druggie. A tiny bit like Faith, actually (see last post). Loved her.

I also loved collins and Angel. They were so cute, both individually and together. Jesse has a gorgeous voice! I totally forgot about him being the cop from Law and Order, which I thought would distract me. I loved Angel's santa outfit, and when she broke the padlock! You go girl :)

I thought La Vie Boheme was *such* an awesome song. Just so vibrant and full of life. I loved that other people were part of it beyond the main characters.

I personally didn't really like Mark or Maureen. Mark was just so... awkward, when he's singing, like on the table in La Vie Boheme, it seems like he's trying so hard to be all cool and badass like everyone else, but he's just a dork and not attractive to watch o.O Then, Maureen, I don't know... she just annoyed me. Everyone else seems to love her... eh. Oh well.

But I LOVED the movie overall.

I just realized that the second half of Goodbye Love was taken out of the movie, does anyone know why? I suppose for time, but I miss it. My favorite line was in there: "You don't want baggage without lifetime guarantees / You don't want to watch me die." Also, it has the part where Mimi gets checked into rehab, which seems quite important o.O When Benny later says she left rehab, it kinda comes out of the blue because we didn't know she was in rehab in the first place.

Regardless, I love finally having context for these songs that I know so intimately. I definitely want to see it again!