watching movies one cup at a time

Musicals. When they’re great, they’re really great. And when they suck, they REALLY suck. I never saw Rent on broadway so I don’t have that to compare the movie to. But I couldn’t even get through this movie. It just got so annoying after awhile I gave up. In opera, the entire performance, dialogue and all, is sung and performed as a musical piece. So Rent tries to be that, but in a modern, “hip and edgy” kinda way. Big mistake. Trying to make this thing into a non-stop song was just plain stupid. These people walk from one situation to the next and are just singing nonsense constantly. It’s not like Chicago or Moulin Rouge where they’re singing some of the time. These people are ALWAYS singing. “Going to the bus? Let’s sing about it!” “Like to eat peanuts? How about a song!” “Dying of AIDS? Singing might help!” and after awhile I just felt like saying SHUT UP for 2 frickin’ minutes PLEASE! It maybe, MAYBE, would have been okay if the songs were decent, but the songs were TERRIBLE. Stupid lyrics, boring music, WAY over the top emoting going on. And the story was just plain stupid too. I had high hopes for this movie cuz everyone always raves about it. But like I said, I had to turn it off about half way cuz I could not stand another second of someone constantly singing these crap songs. The only song I did like was the one in the trailer. And that was in the trailer so why did I need to see 2 solid hours of songs that were NOT that one? No thanks.