Les Miserables: your thoughts?

I personally loved it.

Meh.

Not my kind of movie.

It was better than I thought it'd be.

I can't really compare the movie much with the musical (since I haven't even heard much of the music until now), but as a fan of musicals I thought it was beautifully done, overall the singing was great (especially from Anne Hathaway, and even Russell Crowe wasn't that bad), and the addition of Sacha and Helena made some pretty funny moments whenever they get on screen.:P It felt a bit too long through, but that might be because I used to having a intermission in musicals lol.

guess.funsohng

You hate it.

i've only seen very few theater musicals (both contemporary American, and classical Italian), and i've seen quite a few musicals in one form or another in film.

i've never seen Les Miserables until today. never say the play, never saw a film adaptation.

I gotta say, this movie - which i saw earlier today - had me in tears with Anne Hathaways singing her song "I Dreamed a Dream". and that is EXTREMELY rare for me to get physically rolling tears. i've had my heart strings tugged watching movies, shows and video games, even have my eyes watering a little bit. extremely extremely rare to have tears where i need to wipe my eyes clear.

i'm not enamored with musicals, i'm not a musician or singer, wouldn't even consider myself a novice in my understanding of what is good and what's not by musical people standards. I liked Russel Crowe's songs (many people really hating on him), thought he played his part well and i loved his song "Stars" and his last song. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Carter brought the right amount of humor and i did laugh a little bit, I painfully felt what Samantha Barks character Eponine was going through - having been in a similar love-situation position. I got goosebumps (always a good sign in my book) several times throughout the film, whether by the music or the cinematography, especially the closing shot.

I liked the fact that it wasn't clean singing, wasn't all prim and proper type of theater. usually when they're sad and they're singing the song like that, it just hits me in the 'this is kinda funny' just by the juxtoposition of the presentation. compare that to Anne's song where she's sobbing and heaving-crying-breaths, and it's just raw with emotion, my walls just come crumbling down and i'm in the illusion of the scene and moment.

Easily my favorite musical, and that is saying a lot, and i've seen quite a few, my previous favorite was Across the Universe, but this just beats it - I think.

magnificent i thought.

really really loved it.

[QUOTE="funsohng"]guess.Wanderer5

You hate it.

I haven't watched this yet because I feel embarassed trying to buy ticket, I have no idea how to pronounce this movie.

I haven't watched this yet because I feel embarassed trying to buy ticket, I have no idea how to pronounce this movie.

Ncsoftlover

[QUOTE="Ncsoftlover"]

I haven't watched this yet because I feel embarassed trying to buy ticket, I have no idea how to pronounce this movie.

funsohng

so the miserablespart doesn't need to be pronounced? I think I'll just call it les miz as well, seems easier that way.:)

i've only seen very few theater musicals (both contemporary American, and classical Italian), and i've seen quite a few musicals in one form or another in film.

i've never seen Les Miserables until today. never say the play, never saw a film adaptation.

I gotta say, this movie - which i saw earlier today - had me in tears with Anne Hathaways singing her song "I Dreamed a Dream". and that is EXTREMELY rare for me to get physically rolling tears. i've had my heart strings tugged watching movies, shows and video games, even have my eyes watering a little bit. extremely extremely rare to have tears where i need to wipe my eyes clear.

i'm not enamored with musicals, i'm not a musician or singer, wouldn't even consider myself a novice in my understanding of what good and what's not by musical people standards. I liked Russel Crowe's songs (many people really hating on him), thought he played his part well and i loved his song "Stars" and his last song. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Carter brought the right amount of humor and i did laugh a little bit, I painfully felt what Samantha Barks character Eponine - having been in a similar love-situation. I got goosebumps (always a good sign in my book) several times throughout the film, whether by the music or the cinematography, especially the closing shot.

I liked the fact that it wasn't clean singing, wasn't all prim and proper type of theater. usually when they're sad and they're singing the song like that, it just hits me in the 'this is kinda funny' just by the juxtoposition of the presentation. compare that to Anne's song where she's sobbing and heaving-crying-breaths, and it's just raw with emotion, my walls just come crumbling down and i'm in the illusion of the scene and moment.

Easily my favorite musical, and that is saying a lot, and i've seen quite a few, my previous favorite was Across the Universe, but this just beats it - I think.

magnificent i thought.

really really loved it.

SaudiFury

Russell Crowe's songs are amazing, but his rendition of them is not. Check out Philip Quast's versions of Stars and Javert's Suicide.

i've only seen very few theater musicals (both contemporary American, and classical Italian), and i've seen quite a few musicals in one form or another in film.

i've never seen Les Miserables until today. never say the play, never saw a film adaptation.

I gotta say, this movie - which i saw earlier today - had me in tears with Anne Hathaways singing her song "I Dreamed a Dream". and that is EXTREMELY rare for me to get physically rolling tears. i've had my heart strings tugged watching movies, shows and video games, even have my eyes watering a little bit. extremely extremely rare to have tears where i need to wipe my eyes clear.

i'm not enamored with musicals, i'm not a musician or singer, wouldn't even consider myself a novice in my understanding of what good and what's not by musical people standards. I liked Russel Crowe's songs (many people really hating on him), thought he played his part well and i loved his song "Stars" and his last song. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Carter brought the right amount of humor and i did laugh a little bit, I painfully felt what Samantha Barks character Eponine - having been in a similar love-situation. I got goosebumps (always a good sign in my book) several times throughout the film, whether by the music or the cinematography, especially the closing shot.

I liked the fact that it wasn't clean singing, wasn't all prim and proper type of theater. usually when they're sad and they're singing the song like that, it just hits me in the 'this is kinda funny' just by the juxtoposition of the presentation. compare that to Anne's song where she's sobbing and heaving-crying-breaths, and it's just raw with emotion, my walls just come crumbling down and i'm in the illusion of the scene and moment.

Easily my favorite musical, and that is saying a lot, and i've seen quite a few, my previous favorite was Across the Universe, but this just beats it - I think.

magnificent i thought.

really really loved it.

SaudiFury

an oscar bait as in voters will vote this no matter how bad or mediocre it is

Not a fan of musicals.

It was great, dragged on some bits, but great otherwise.

Much better on stage, plus some of the actor choices were bad. In Russell Crowe sounded awful compared to Philip Quast...chessmaster1989

[QUOTE="Ncsoftlover"]

I haven't watched this yet because I feel embarassed trying to buy ticket, I have no idea how to pronounce this movie.

funsohng

It was decent, the story is really good but I prefer older versions.

There were some great parts (the singing was very raw and emotional); that said, the editing was really atrocious, usually relying on wide-angle shots and shaky-cam. Also the middle act goes on for way too long. Other than that, it was worth watching. I would like to see more movie musicals take the same approach Les Mis did, just hire a better editor next time

an oscar bait as in voters will vote this no matter how bad or mediocre it is

punkpunker

Other than Hathway for best supporting actress I doubt this will win any major oscars.

Not a fan of musicals.

RadecSupreme

No yet, but I'll most likely end up seing it this weekend.

I'll let you know this spring.

i've only seen very few theater musicals (both contemporary American, and classical Italian), and i've seen quite a few musicals in one form or another in film.

i've never seen Les Miserables until today. never say the play, never saw a film adaptation.

I gotta say, this movie - which i saw earlier today - had me in tears with Anne Hathaways singing her song "I Dreamed a Dream". and that is EXTREMELY rare for me to get physically rolling tears. i've had my heart strings tugged watching movies, shows and video games, even have my eyes watering a little bit. extremely extremely rare to have tears where i need to wipe my eyes clear.

i'm not enamored with musicals, i'm not a musician or singer, wouldn't even consider myself a novice in my understanding of what is good and what's not by musical people standards. I liked Russel Crowe's songs (many people really hating on him), thought he played his part well and i loved his song "Stars" and his last song. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Carter brought the right amount of humor and i did laugh a little bit, I painfully felt what Samantha Barks character Eponine was going through - having been in a similar love-situation position. I got goosebumps (always a good sign in my book) several times throughout the film, whether by the music or the cinematography, especially the closing shot.

I liked the fact that it wasn't clean singing, wasn't all prim and proper type of theater. usually when they're sad and they're singing the song like that, it just hits me in the 'this is kinda funny' just by the juxtoposition of the presentation. compare that to Anne's song where she's sobbing and heaving-crying-breaths, and it's just raw with emotion, my walls just come crumbling down and i'm in the illusion of the scene and moment.

Easily my favorite musical, and that is saying a lot, and i've seen quite a few, my previous favorite was Across the Universe, but this just beats it - I think.

magnificent i thought.

really really loved it.

SaudiFury

I totally agree with your points.

I did watch this on Broadway, 4th row, and I thought it was fantastic. So I had my doubts about a movie version. The idea that they didn't have to sing to the back of the theater let them add more range to the emotion of the singing. Anne Hathaway was fantastic. The kid that played Marius, man... that was gutwrenching when he revisited the place he and his friends hung out. And Samantha Barks... I know she was in the London production, but she did as fantastic a job as I would have expected.

All in all, it was an awesome production. The Hollywood treatment could not be reproduced on stage, so it had a life all its own.

Highly recommended.

Did someone read the book?Solemnaa

[QUOTE="RadecSupreme"]

Not a fan of musicals.

LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="RadecSupreme"]Toph_Girl250

Les Miserables? This is the name of a movie? What the hell?Toph_Girl250

Les Miserables? This is the name of a movie? What the hell?Toph_Girl250

It's a movie based off a very well known and rather famous play that is based off of a french historical novel by Victor Hugo.

Wtf is this? This 1863 book was made into a play in 1981, and three other films were made that are identical to the 2012 version. What exactly are we "rating" here? It's the exact same everything from every other "adaptation". Wtf?!stiggy321

It is not the exact same everything. It's a different adaptation with different production, different performers, different direction, etc, etc, etc.

Is it about Vampires?