rent

a highly anticipated release in some circles, rent the movie sorely disappoints. i'm not sure if it's because chris columbus did such a bad job directing or if this is just one of those things that can't be translated to the big screen. the singing is fine, the sets are fine, but the whole energy of the musical is missing. if you've seen the musical, avoid this movie (the only reason that i watched this was to see the original cast). if you haven't seen the musical, feel free to watch the movie if you must, but know that this is no substitute for the real thing.

the scene with roger in new mexico is laughably bad. laughably.