20th January 2008, 8:09 AM
It seemed to me that the general consensus was that the remake of the Producers was crap, though I thought it was pretty good. I like the original more (and I haven't seen the musical on-stage, though I'd like to), but Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane were good choices for Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock.
I'd be willing to check out Phantom of the Opera, and I vaguely remember enjoying Moulin Rouge when I was 16 (though I don't know that I'd still like it). Rent, though, I don't know if I could sit through. It looks really, really irritating from what I've read (and also based on a song from it that someone played for me, "Light My Candle"). As a general rule I'll watch anything at least once, but Rent might just be the exception.
I'd be willing to check out Phantom of the Opera, and I vaguely remember enjoying Moulin Rouge when I was 16 (though I don't know that I'd still like it). Rent, though, I don't know if I could sit through. It looks really, really irritating from what I've read (and also based on a song from it that someone played for me, "Light My Candle"). As a general rule I'll watch anything at least once, but Rent might just be the exception.