- dahuterschuter
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-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.
-40% close ups
-40% awkward close ups
-10% epic shots
-10% mixed bag
Which was frustrating to watch sometimes. The editing was also frustrating, you could feel the brisk pace trying to cut down the time as much as possible. The little seconds to breath between each song are just not there and it's pretty clear they once were. So instead you've got no time to stir between numbers. There was maybe one or two establishing shots, and almost all jump-cuts to the next scene. That editing is just unfortunate.
Singing was alright, but with this movie the singing quality isn't really the point because a film has different rules and goals than the stage. In the film the singing is more like dialogue than performance, it's just there to communicate emotion and character and that's it. It does that well enough. But casting Russell Crowe is still absolutely baffling to me.
But, probably because I'm already a theater person and huge Les Miserables fan, I still liked it. It's sort of like the Hobbit for me, I can pick out real problems with it, but somehow they don't really matter that much.