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brokenrecordGIP! I don't remember if I mentioned it, but we watched the first hour of the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice in English on Monday, and yeah. This screencap was far too pretty not to make an icon of it.
Anyways. I FINALLY SAW RENT! ...and The Chronicles of Narnia, but that wasn't as exciting for me.
Chronicles of Narnia: I've never read the books but I still had some sort of expectations for this movie. I don't know. I just thought it'd be really amazing. But it took like an hour for the story to really start going, and then after that it was just pretty corny. I don't know. I didn't think it was terrible (and I liked it more than I liked Corpse Bride, which dragged on even longer and was half the time of this one), but it's definitely not something I'd want to see more than once.
It was very, very pretty, though. Very beautiful. The music was lovely, too. The rest of the movie was just pretty meh, though.
Rent! Oh, how I loved Rent. I think it's probably one of my favorite movies now, and that's saying something, considering as it's not very often that I find a movie I love and get into emotionally (the only other one, really, is Moulin Rouge).
I had completely convinced myself for some reason that at the end, either Mimi or Roger would die, so when Mimi was all... well, dead, I was all "OMG I KNEW IT AHHH WHY DO ALL THE MOVIES I LOVE END WITH PEOPLE DYING DAMNIT?!" And then they focused on her hand and I was all "omg no way" AND THEN SHE WAS ALIVE! AH! I like the angst, but it's nice to have a happy-ish ending for once. Angel dying was enough.
Angel/Collins was so good. And so sad. sigh. I loved them so much. Poor Collins. :(
um, I have no idea what else to say, except now I want the soundtrack. I'm thinking tomorrow of going to the Spectrum and getting it for myself in addition to getting Christmas presents for my parents. I don't know if I really want to do that, though, because I really should stay home and finish annotating Pride and Prejudice. I don't know. We'll see.
Ah, I'm in such a good mood now. The rest of the day was kind of crappy (Euro unit test which I don't think I did that well on [though I did know more than 5/80 for sure, like last time. More like... 40ish?], getting outside reading essay back and scored P&P discussions in English and my English grade dropping another percent, not being able to leave after school was out for another hour and a half because of jazz band), but seeing Rent made up for it. :D
One more week (4 more school days), and then winter break! Definitely looking forward to it. I really need a break right about now.
Anyways. I FINALLY SAW RENT! ...and The Chronicles of Narnia, but that wasn't as exciting for me.
Chronicles of Narnia: I've never read the books but I still had some sort of expectations for this movie. I don't know. I just thought it'd be really amazing. But it took like an hour for the story to really start going, and then after that it was just pretty corny. I don't know. I didn't think it was terrible (and I liked it more than I liked Corpse Bride, which dragged on even longer and was half the time of this one), but it's definitely not something I'd want to see more than once.
It was very, very pretty, though. Very beautiful. The music was lovely, too. The rest of the movie was just pretty meh, though.
Rent! Oh, how I loved Rent. I think it's probably one of my favorite movies now, and that's saying something, considering as it's not very often that I find a movie I love and get into emotionally (the only other one, really, is Moulin Rouge).
I had completely convinced myself for some reason that at the end, either Mimi or Roger would die, so when Mimi was all... well, dead, I was all "OMG I KNEW IT AHHH WHY DO ALL THE MOVIES I LOVE END WITH PEOPLE DYING DAMNIT?!" And then they focused on her hand and I was all "omg no way" AND THEN SHE WAS ALIVE! AH! I like the angst, but it's nice to have a happy-ish ending for once. Angel dying was enough.
Angel/Collins was so good. And so sad. sigh. I loved them so much. Poor Collins. :(
um, I have no idea what else to say, except now I want the soundtrack. I'm thinking tomorrow of going to the Spectrum and getting it for myself in addition to getting Christmas presents for my parents. I don't know if I really want to do that, though, because I really should stay home and finish annotating Pride and Prejudice. I don't know. We'll see.
Ah, I'm in such a good mood now. The rest of the day was kind of crappy (Euro unit test which I don't think I did that well on [though I did know more than 5/80 for sure, like last time. More like... 40ish?], getting outside reading essay back and scored P&P discussions in English and my English grade dropping another percent, not being able to leave after school was out for another hour and a half because of jazz band), but seeing Rent made up for it. :D
One more week (4 more school days), and then winter break! Definitely looking forward to it. I really need a break right about now.
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Date: 2005-12-17 07:36 am (UTC)So then, you didn't really know of Rent too much before seeing the movie? If so. Oh my goodness, you should hear the broadway version of Mimi waking up. She wakes up MOOING. hee! Then she says the warm white light thing in which Maureen says "oh my gawd! *g*" all like MIMI'S CRAZY! lol so it wasn't as serious as the movie was you know? And seeing Angel. A great moment, serious or not. Of course.
But, gah. Just a little, you know, suggestion. Rent? Is EXCELLENT in a second viewing ;) Really. Except nobody was really laughing their asses off during Over The Moon. I saw a screening for my first viewing, so it was 99% Rent fans, and everyone understood everything so it was much more fun. Anyway, I listened to the OBC soundtrack tonnns of times for a long time now and I never knew Maureen was that insane during OtM :D That was the greatest thing ever. Her choreagraphy, the tvs in the background. And omg her little moonwalk type thing/etc during La Vie Boheme? I had no idea Idina Menzel could be so funny! She stole the show. Along with Jesse (Collins) That man will make me cry every single time I watch that movie.
Hm. Yeah, most definitely need to see it once again.
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Date: 2005-12-17 07:56 am (UTC)I really want to see it a second time, and I think I should be able to, since I know at least 4 of my friends haven't seen it and want to. I really hope I do get to see it again, because yeah, loved it. And yeah, Jesse L. Martin was amazing. He definitely made me tear up.
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Date: 2005-12-17 07:42 am (UTC)I'd probably love him more if he didn't have so much damn character development to write about.
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Date: 2005-12-17 09:29 am (UTC)Have read a lot of very different oppinions about Chronicles of Narnia yet and actually I wasn´t even that interested when seeing the preview, don´t know why though...
Glad you liked Rent (haven´t seen it either *lol*). Well, wishing you enjoyable 4 more days of school until winter break :)
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Date: 2005-12-20 05:05 am (UTC)You should definitely see Rent! It's a really great movie. :)
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Date: 2005-12-17 11:30 pm (UTC)-Bec
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