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Subject: Les Miserables, do you want to see this movie?
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Just got back from it, thought of posting my review:

Oh my god, I loved it. I was smiling like an idiot (my mother can attest to this, since she was laughing at me) as soon as those first notes started, I was so excited.

As far as the movie's whipping boy, I have to say that I didn't mind Russell Crowe. No, he doesn't sing it like we're familiar with it, but he's got decent enough pipes, and more importantly, he nailed the character, so it worked well enough for me. And the aforementioned Gavroche scene? Jesus...

After hearing so much about Anne Hathaway, I thought her performance wouldn't surprise me...but dear god, she shattered my soul. That was the most brutal version of "I Dreamed a Dream" I've ever heard. I just listened to it again off the soundtrack, and nearly fell to pieces in the middle of my living room. She was incredible.

Hugh was wonderful. No, he doesn't have Colm Wilkinson's voice (as someone on another forum I read keeps whining about), but he's still got a beautiful voice, and like Crowe, just played that character so beautifully. My mom's reaction after the Soliloquy was "Holy ****!"

I'm definitely a convert to the Aaronjolras fan club, as well as Eddie Redmayne's. All of the barricade boys were really terrific. And little Gavroche? Dear god, did they have to make that worse by casting the most adorable kid on the planet?

Loved Samantha Barks too. Her first "I love him," at the end of "On My Own" was a killer. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter were hilarious, much more than I expected them to be.

There was so much audible sobbing in the final scenes that my entire theater sounded like a group therapy session (my mother and I were virtually throwing tissues at each other at this point). Amanda Seyfried's reaction to everything in that scene -including the moment where it looked like she may have even heard her mother - was amazing.

I liked the additions from the book - especially the convent, and the way the barricades were done. And I loved the new placement of "On My Own". Now when she sings her part in "One Day More", she knows she's going to the barricade to die, she's not just pining for him. Also loved the "Do You Hear the People Sing?" change.

But I loved it. I need to see it again, so I can watch it more on its own instead of noticing changes from the stage version. But I'm thrilled with how it turned out.



Do you want to see this film Flood? I highly recommend it.

  • 12.27.2012 4:38 PM PDT

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  • 12.27.2012 4:39 PM PDT

心の中に弱い風が吹いています。

Eh...not really.

  • 12.27.2012 4:40 PM PDT
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I thought it was good, and I don't like musicals.

  • 12.27.2012 4:40 PM PDT

Posted by: Billygoat456
I'll bring the tritium laser cutters if you bring the beer!

Funny story.

Maybe.

  • 12.27.2012 4:40 PM PDT

NON FACET NOBIS CALCITRARE VESTRUM PERNǢUM

Sorry not my cup of tea, but I will say that was a well written review.

  • 12.27.2012 4:41 PM PDT
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Truth shall overcome.

I don't even know how to pronounce it. Much less see it.

  • 12.27.2012 4:41 PM PDT

Posted by: Billygoat456
I'll bring the tritium laser cutters if you bring the beer!

Funny story.

Posted by: Saint Solace
I don't even know how to pronounce it. Much less see it.
Lay mee-zay-rah-bluh.

  • 12.27.2012 4:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: Saint Solace
I don't even know how to pronounce it. Much less see it.
Lay mee-zay-rah-bluh.


Actually it's:

Less mis-er-able-z

  • 12.27.2012 4:50 PM PDT

Don't LOL if you aren't L'inOL.

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It looks like a boring movie for old people. Anyone who's watched it, is this true?

  • 12.27.2012 4:53 PM PDT

Posted by: Billygoat456
I'll bring the tritium laser cutters if you bring the beer!

Funny story.

Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Actually it's:

Less mis-er-able-z
Je n'ai pas besoin que l'on m'explique comment prononcer le français, merci bien.

  • 12.27.2012 4:54 PM PDT

A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal.

And from FOX, two phantoms were born.

I have and always will pronounce it

Lez Mizerabbles.

  • 12.27.2012 4:55 PM PDT

Don't LOL if you aren't L'inOL.

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Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: Saint Solace
I don't even know how to pronounce it. Much less see it.
Lay mee-zay-rah-bluh.


Actually it's:

Less mis-er-able-z

Wat

  • 12.27.2012 4:55 PM PDT

"It is the cruelest fate, to have written words that meant well and see them made wicked and unwise. What was meant to encourage life, used instead to justify taking it."


Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: Saint Solace
I don't even know how to pronounce it. Much less see it.
Lay mee-zay-rah-bluh.


Actually it's:

Less mis-er-able-z

No, it's "lay mee-zay-rah-bluh", though some pronounce it "lay miz-air-ahb".

OT: I loved the movie. It was a great adaption of the musical, with details added from the book such as Gavroche living in an elephant statue or (SPOILER ALERT) Eponine dying while trying to save Marius's life rather than being shot returning to the barricade. I think they could have picked a better singer than Russel Crowe to play Javert, but the rest of the casting was great.

  • 12.27.2012 4:56 PM PDT

Probably not.

  • 12.27.2012 4:57 PM PDT

"It is the cruelest fate, to have written words that meant well and see them made wicked and unwise. What was meant to encourage life, used instead to justify taking it."


Posted by: kimy1688
It looks like a boring movie for old people. Anyone who's watched it, is this true?

Hardly.

Spoiler-free Summary: Jean Valjean starts a new life after 19 years in prison for stealing bread for his nephew and attempting to escape multiple times. There are many plot lines after this, such as the tragic life of Fantine (one of Valjean's former workers forced into prostitution to pay for medicine for her daughter), a love story between Valjean's adopted daughter and a revolutionary Marius, and the revolution itself in Paris.

  • 12.27.2012 5:00 PM PDT
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It's a good story, but I heard that the movies is so long that just drags on and on.

  • 12.27.2012 5:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Actually it's:

Less mis-er-able-z
Je n'ai pas besoin que l'on m'explique comment prononcer le français, merci bien.


Gracias monsure.

  • 12.27.2012 5:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: kimy1688
Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: Saint Solace
I don't even know how to pronounce it. Much less see it.
Lay mee-zay-rah-bluh.


Actually it's:

Less mis-er-able-z

Wat


That's how it's pronounced broski why the hell would all those letters be there if they weren't pronounced?

  • 12.27.2012 5:05 PM PDT

"It is the cruelest fate, to have written words that meant well and see them made wicked and unwise. What was meant to encourage life, used instead to justify taking it."


Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: kimy1688
Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: Saint Solace
I don't even know how to pronounce it. Much less see it.
Lay mee-zay-rah-bluh.


Actually it's:

Less mis-er-able-z

Wat


That's how it's pronounced broski why the hell would all those letters be there if they weren't pronounced?

Please tell me you're joking. It's French, of course it's not going to be pronounced the way we English-speakers think it will be.

  • 12.27.2012 5:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd

That's how it's pronounced broski why the hell would all those letters be there if they weren't pronounced? [/quote]
Please tell me you're joking. It's French, of course it's not going to be pronounced the way we English-speakers think it will be.


Nice try, I saw the movie and I live in Virginia.

  • 12.27.2012 5:07 PM PDT

Don't LOL if you aren't L'inOL.

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Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: kimy1688
Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: Saint Solace
I don't even know how to pronounce it. Much less see it.
Lay mee-zay-rah-bluh.


Actually it's:

Less mis-er-able-z

Wat


That's how it's pronounced broski why the hell would all those letters be there if they weren't pronounced?

Wat

  • 12.27.2012 5:07 PM PDT

"It is the cruelest fate, to have written words that meant well and see them made wicked and unwise. What was meant to encourage life, used instead to justify taking it."


Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd

Posted by: Aang the Avatar
That's how it's pronounced broski why the hell would all those letters be there if they weren't pronounced?

Please tell me you're joking. It's French, of course it's not going to be pronounced the way we English-speakers think it will be.


Nice try, I saw the movie and I live in Virginia.

Good for you, you saw the movie. That doesn't change the fact that the title is French and is pronounced "lay mee-zay-rah-bluh."

[Edited on 12.27.2012 5:10 PM PST]

  • 12.27.2012 5:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd

Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd

Posted by: Aang the Avatar
That's how it's pronounced broski why the hell would all those letters be there if they weren't pronounced?

Please tell me you're joking. It's French, of course it's not going to be pronounced the way we English-speakers think it will be.


Nice try, I saw the movie and I live in Virginia.

Good for you, you saw the movie. That doesn't change the fact that the title is French and is pronounced "lay mee-zay-rah-bluh."


Then why isn't it spelled lay meezayrahbluh?

Checkmate, butthurt frenchie

  • 12.27.2012 5:21 PM PDT


Posted by: DngerlyAwkwrd

Posted by: kimy1688
It looks like a boring movie for old people. Anyone who's watched it, is this true?

Hardly.

Spoiler-free Summary: Jean Valjean starts a new life after 19 years in prison for stealing bread for his nephew and attempting to escape multiple times. There are many plot lines after this, such as the tragic life of Fantine (one of Valjean's former workers forced into prostitution to pay for medicine for her daughter), a love story between Valjean's adopted daughter and a revolutionary Marius, and the revolution itself in Paris.


Doesn't the film start in 1815? In which case, the revolution should be long gone.

  • 12.27.2012 5:21 PM PDT

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