525,600 minutes in a year.

So have you seen it? Have you gone to the theatre and seen the movie? No, not Harry Squatter. I'm talking about RENT! I went to see it two nights ago and was blown away. RENT is by far the best recent-musical-turned-into-a-movie in the past five years. I doubt it will recieve the recogonition of Chicago or Moulin Rouge. But in my book it was a ton better. Sure I maybe bais from the stand point that I was a teenager during the initial AIDS crisis in this country, so the time in which the story takes place intrests me. Sure I may be bias because for some of the same reasons for the previous sentance I enjoyed the music from Rent a great deal. But, I'm most likely biased because this film, as in the theatre production and as in the book, the story is all about community. Now if you are homophobic, this movie may not be the best place for you to learn some of the leasons in life about the need for having authentic commmunity. You may want to watch the Godfather (not kidding, there are great leasons in the Godfather about the value of community and respect). I also strongly suggest that high school and college students that believe they have a "strong" group of friends, go see this movie all together. Afterwords, sit around and discuss the following question: Compared to the group of friends in the movie, how authentic is our community? Do we love each other unconditionally? Or are there strings attached to our friendships? Go see this movie!