The Movie vs The Opera

The movie starts with a not bad song. Then it starts romanticising people not paying rent. Very similar to the opera or the book, but for some reason in modern context it feels worse. There’s nothing cool in not being a contributing member of a society and saying “we won’t pay rent for last year, this year, and next year”. If you don’t want to pay for yourself you expect for someone else to cover you. Overall the movie is corny, not really a fan. Opera was also corny in some way, but it felt natural. The inclusion of vulgarity and profanity was forced and unnatural not giving any value to the movie, just highlighted its bad quality. The opera didn’t have any of it. Mimi in the movie, doesn’t really resemble Mimi from the opera (at all). I wouldn’t call the one from the movie modest. The movie also covered much more in slightly less time; it was more focused on protests and public involvment. Opera’s plot was very primitive, but the way it was set was great and captivating. Opera’s actors were also much better at singing than the ones in the movie, but I guess that’s the biggest point in opera. Overall, I think opera was an interesting new experience and much more enjoyable than the movie.