LA screenings: reaction, photos etc ...
Sasha Stone posted photos from a screening now in progress. I think it's the same one Tom O'Neil is attending. It started at noon: one, two and three.
I'll just update this post and more information comes in.
ETA: Ok I'm back from the store:
So far the reaction out of LA has been good. So no War Horse disaster as yet. Hopefully none ever. There will be some backlash I'm sure but I'm feeling a lot better today.
Jeff Wells on a similar Les MIz Counter-Backlash (his typo, not mine "MIz"). He still hasn't seen Les Mis but he's sure to hate it on the one hand and love it on the other because it's not Lincoln (he hates Lincoln). Fun times ahead.
And I somehow missed posting this:
'Les Misérables' Screening Earns Standing Ovation For Tom Hooper, Anne Hathaway
ETA: I've gone through and sourced and credited the first LJ cut of Twitter. I also added quite a lot because it was less confusing to add it here than to create a new post. There's probably still some repeated posted in here but at least now we know who everyone is.
Glenn Whipp @GlennWhipp (Los Angeles Times writer, covering movies and television)
So to summarize: NY Les Miz press screening: Plenty of weeping. No gnashing of teeth.
https://twitter.com/GlennWhipp/status/272110965921828864
alex @mack10708
@GlennWhipp Which performance blew you away?
https://twitter.com/mack10708/status/272111457288716289
Glenn Whipp @GlennWhipp (Los Angeles Times writer, covering movies and television)
@mack10708 I'm in Los Angeles, so won't be seeing until tomorrow. Looking forward to it!
https://twitter.com/GlennWhipp/status/272131065165012993
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Les Misgasms? So @kristapley thinks Les Mis will topple Lincoln at number one to win Best Picture?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272199177503645697
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I will be seeing Les Miserables tomorrow at 1pm with a deciedly NOT New York theater crowd. Makes a difference maybe.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272199339261165569
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Hathaway's win is easy to call. That race is probably over. #lesmiserables #ihopeitdoesntsuck
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272204034713219072
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Sounds like Les Miz is a lot better than The King's Speech. So maybe Tom Hooper deserves it this time. JUST KIDDING. XD
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272207397169274881
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Les Mis is now the preordained winner. Adjust accordingly. RT @Mochacoon: @AwardsDailycmon this is the perfect year to get snarky about them
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272384226844897283
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I haven't even seen Les Mis and already the songs are stuck in my head. #whatgives?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272387873519591425
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Tom Hooper brings up Kings Speech again http://instagr.am/p/SbTmlgAIWc/
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272445647284756480
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Seyfried http://instagr.am/p/SbT3PtAIWt/
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272445788372750337
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
With Barks http://instagr.am/p/SbUFOqAIW9/
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272446305631076352
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Barely got OK seats for Les Miz screening at Graumann's. if I had known would have waited.
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272425861771300866
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Les Miserables is very good, very long. Maybe five great scenes. Might be enough for best pic win? #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272471034194714624
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Applause after Anne Hathaway's big song in #LesMiserables at 1st LA screening. Last time that happened? Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls #Oscar
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272471466933616642
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Eddie Redmayne could def snag a best supporting actor nod. Hugh Jackman likely a lock for a best actor nod now. #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272471804835164160
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Oh and for all the haters, Helena Bomham Carter sounds great recorded live. #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272472622363717633
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Sacha Baron Coen and Helena Bonham Carter stepped right out of Sweeny Todd but bring welcome comic relief and it works #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272472461478617088
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Tom Hooper was spot on in having actors sing live. The movie is almost shot in constant close ups which is disappointing. #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272472153578930177
Nathan Gibson @nathangibson12 (actor, web designer, director)
Saw "Les Mis" - Intense! Director and Anne Hathaway answered questions afterward.
https://twitter.com/nathangibson12/status/272474532814680064
Ben Hopkins @HuemanInterest (Digital Cinema Workflow On-Set Through Post, VFX & To Delivery. Virtual Camera Previzion, Phantom Tech, DIT, Data & Color Management, Pre-Post & Post Supervisor)
Just screened a freshly finished Les Mis. Best Film I've seen in a long time
https://twitter.com/HuemanInterest/status/272472911082835968
Ben Hopkins @HuemanInterest (^post production)
#LesMis director Tom Hooper tells of how 90% of the film was not lip synced, but sung live on even some long close up takes. @LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HuemanInterest/status/272474039962980352
Ben Hopkins @HuemanInterest (^post production)
#LesMis actors were mic-ed with 2 lavaliers on outside L&R of costumes and painted out in VFX post. @LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HuemanInterest/status/272476929683243009
Ben Hopkins @HuemanInterest (^post production)
#LesMis actors - They sang to a live piano accompaniment, controlling their own tempo which the orchestra later matched. @LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HuemanInterest/status/272478354756739072
Marta Evry @venice4change (Film Editor/Photographer)
"Les Miserables" micro-review: intense & at 2:30, relentless. Sometimes not in a good way. Wld have traded longer running time 4 more scope
https://twitter.com/venice4change/status/272475336934055936
Idjits of Shire @unique_jenique
Do you see any other actors besides Anne maybe getting an Oscar? RT @HitFixGregory: Les Miserables (cont) http://tl.gd/k4ed9h
https://twitter.com/unique_jenique/status/272472439492055040
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
@unique_jenique no
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272472717993836545
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Hooper introduced film with Amanda Seyfried, Redmayne and Eponine actress. Helen Mirren and DGA prez Taylor Hackford there #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272473594511106050
Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho (social media consultant. Exec Editor @HotterInHwood, Entertainment Editor @BelloMag, Assoc Editor @ScreenPicks)
#AnneHathaway Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway. That is all. #lesmiserables #bestsupportingactress #oscars2013
https://twitter.com/TheFirstEcho/status/272478479000403970
Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho(social media consultant. Exec Editor @HotterInHwood, Entertainment Editor @BelloMag, Assoc Editor @ScreenPicks)
@mikeryan I was at the same #lesmis screening as you. Haven't seen a reaction like that since JHud sang in Dreamgirls http://www.thefirstecho.com/2012/11/ive-seen-898-movies-in-16-years.html …
https://twitter.com/TheFirstEcho/status/272790216270565377
Mike Ryan @mikeryan (senior writer at HuffPost Entertainment)
@TheFirstEcho Yeah, the reaction was insane. I'll admit, I enjoyed the environment.
https://twitter.com/mikeryan/status/272798940477419522
Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho(social media consultant. Exec Editor @HotterInHwood, Entertainment Editor @BelloMag, Assoc Editor @ScreenPicks)
When #AnneHathaway finished "I Dreamed a Dream" the audience erupted in an applause I haven't experienced since JHud sang in #Dreamgirls
https://twitter.com/TheFirstEcho/status/272823994825187329
chandler. @firebolting
EDDIE REDMAYNE IS HERE
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272431960138338304
chandler. @firebolting
HOLY SHIIIIIIT
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272470250388353024
chandler. @firebolting
AHHHHHHHHHHHH #lesmizreview
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272470289361809408
chandler. @firebolting
he's so freckly. Amanda and Samantha were here too. “@dayln03: @firebolting are his freckles as magical up close??”
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272471163559616512
chandler. @firebolting
Surreal experience at Les Miz. Because of the movie and also because I was sitting behind Helen Mirren.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272471315628306437
Chandler. @fire bolting
Les Misérables is a sweeping epic. Hugh Jackman is incredible and even more interesting is that there are no weak links in the cast.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272477602005016577
chandler. @firebolting
The movie is like watching a Broadway show so close you're practically on stage, so grandly emotional you feel chills through the end scene.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272477863964450816
Awesome Sauce @goddesspharo
@firebolting Not even Russell Crowe?
https://twitter.com/goddesspharo/status/272477797417639936
chandler. chandler. @firebolting
@goddesspharo he's solid! Very solid. Much better than I expected (which was Brosnan in Mamma Mia)
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272478017828306945
Awesome Sauce @goddesspharo
@firebolting that's exactly what I was expecting! Oh good, now it won't be completely painful when my friends inevitably drag me to see it!
https://twitter.com/goddesspharo/status/272478154029924353
chandler. @firebolting
@goddesspharo the singing live was what drove emotions home I think.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272478319050633217
Awesome Sauce @goddesspharo
@firebolting that's the only aspect of it that really interested me when I watched the featurette before skyfall. like that's COOL.
https://twitter.com/goddesspharo/status/272478444149952513
chandler. @firebolting
@goddesspharo the singing live was what drove emotions home I think.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272478319050633217
chandler. @firebolting
Singing live was a risk. But it pays off. Big time.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272478506062061568
Mark Olsen @IndieFocus (writes a regular feature in the Los Angeles Times on independent, documentary and foreign language films)
"Thank you for that reaction." Multiple standing ovations at Aero Theater for Tom Hooper, E. Redmayne, A. Seyfried & S.Barks #LesMiz
https://twitter.com/IndieFocus/status/272471224435761153
evie lovelle @evielovelle
Notes on #LesMiz: Beautiful costumes and cinematography. Anne Hathaway made me cry.
https://twitter.com/evielovelle/status/272463513522409472
Kristopher Tapley @kristapley (HitFix)
Looks like Les Mis played as well in LA as it did in NY. Game over? Sony, WB and TWC: "Not so fast."
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/272476681288159232
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Tom Hooper, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried and Samantha Barks all got standing ovations taking the stage for Q&A. (Why bother sitting?)
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272471973374877696
Zorianna Kit @Zoriannakit (From print and TV reporter from Reuters )
#LesMiserables is a masterpiece. Tom Hooper's film changes the landscape of the musical feature film genre.
https://twitter.com/Zoriannakit/status/272472443204018176
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
::hands Anne Hathaway her Oscar::
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272486429450436609
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
I dreamed a dream was one of the most heartbreaking, stunning feats of acting I've ever seen on screen. Jfc, Anne Hathaway.
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272486993504641024
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I suspect Les Miz will divide audiences. Those who love it will LOVE it. But not all will. Helps if you like the play. I plead the 5th.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272487596414865409
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Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Lincoln has the thing wrapped up. Unless Zero Dark Thirty tops it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272487750236766208
Alexander White @LSUduck
@AwardsDaily I'm shocked you think Lincoln is better than Les Mis...just shocked haha
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272497418229129218
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck I know people like you will say that but it really isn't a TKS vs. TSN kind of thing, despite what you want to believe.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272497544909697024
Alexander White @LSUduck
@AwardsDaily you brought it up...not me. I just think its crazy to call it wrapped up before Les Mis even hits a decent sized audience
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272498104824131584
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck okay.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272498187070222337
Ryan Adams @filmystic (Awards Daily)
@AwardsDaily @LSUduck Yes. Please don't express an opinion until a decent sized audience... (how do I end that sentence? I need a verb.)
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/272499305930174464
Alexander White @LSUduck
@filmystic @awardsdaily I just find it a bit absurd to call a film divisive when the early general word is extremely positive.
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272500557254651904
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck @filmystic that's my opinion: it will divide audiences. Some will love it, some will hate it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272500658006028289v
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck @filmystic obviously the crowd in NYC loved it. The crowd in LA liked it a lot - but that's still my take. Could be wrong.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272500837123772416
Ryan Adams @filmystic (Awards Daily)
@AwardsDaily @LSUduck You see what I mean, Alexander? I think 'divisive' means: Hey you guys, please feel free to feel however you feel.
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/272503624809189379
Alexander White @LSUduck
@filmystic @awardsdaily OK sure. I just looked at it/took it differently.
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272505197975203841
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck @filmystic I think there are people who love and appreciate risk and others who want easier entertainment=divisive
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272505390577627136
Alexander White @LSUduck
@AwardsDaily @filmystic fair enough. How Les Mis continues to be received will be interesting. I enjoyed the discussion.
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272506120684306433
Ryan Adams @filmystic (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck @AwardsDaily "early general word is extremely positive"// I'd be curious to see your data some time. No hurry. Go read more tweets.
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/272501684159250434
Jamie Leeke @JamieLeeke
@filmystic @AwardsDaily How about we see yours, because http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/board/flat/207336451 … seems to show an overwhelmingly positive response so far!
https://twitter.com/JamieLeeke/status/272510907811233792
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@JamieLeeke @filmystic lol
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272511036031107072
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Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
But Les Miz will wrack up many bond and give it and SLP and Argo a run for its money with actors.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272488136154693632
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@alezanchin Lincoln is the film I think has the best chance to win right now.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272496920130367488
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@batesman I suppose yeah. 100% singing with no dialogue is a big risk, I'd say, with today's audiences.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272518465385005056
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Oh I think Anne Hathaway definitely wins
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272490844106395649
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse
@AwardsDaily heaving sobs during I dreamed a dream. Heaving.
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272494061510881280
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
@AwardsDaily but more of tom hoppers damn half angle bs whatever. Love the musical, love parts of movie, and Hathaway, but not my best pic.
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272494592316809216
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@loquaciousmuse Agree with you.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272494675691192320
Clayton Davis @AwardsCircuit (Awards Circuit)
@AwardsDaily She definitely does. It's tailor-made for her to win. Barks joining her in the race may be a harder sell.
https://twitter.com/AwardsCircuit/status/272496746146430976
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
@AwardsDaily Hooper! My phone said hopper cause it knows how he is my nemesis and all. Ps a friend of mine said he watched the social
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272500159768829952
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
There will be many people who loves Les Miz enough to go back for repeat viewings which will help its box office. A tough sell, huge risk.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272497126888595456
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
A word of advice before seeing Les Miz - sit towards the back.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272496093525340160
Sam's Myth @SamsMyth
@AwardsDaily I'm already dreading those Tom Hooper horrible close-ups and angles.
https://twitter.com/SamsMyth/status/272497151098109952
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@SamsMyth you have no idea.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272497196425945089
Glenn Kenny @Glenn__Kenny (writer at MSN)
@AwardsDaily Why, does it smell bad?
https://twitter.com/Glenn__Kenny/status/272496283854467072
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@Glenn__Kenny lots of closeups, very loud singing. Think A Clockwork Orange.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272496415140372481
Glenn Kenny @Glenn__Kenny (writer at MSN)
@AwardsDaily There SHOULD have been more loud singing in "Clockwork Orange."
https://twitter.com/Glenn__Kenny/status/272496565879451648
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@Glenn__Kenny not the whole movie just one specific scene IN the movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272496825750147072
@fadeinmagazine (America's #1 Movie Magazine & More (Voted Best Movie Magazine of the Year by Washington Post))
#LesMiserables Extraordinary! est up for 12-15 Oscars.
https://twitter.com/fadeinmagazine/status/272479769059291137
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Silver Linings Playbook justed edged up in my estimation for Oscar the main reason being it's light compared to the overwrought others.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272495033918312448
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I suspect Les Miz will divide audiences. Those who love it will LOVE it. But not all will. Helps if you like the play. I plead the 5th.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272487596414865409
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Lincoln has the thing wrapped up. Unless Zero Dark Thirty tops it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272487750236766208
Brian Duffield @BrianDuffield (screenwriter)
@AwardsDaily Why do you think LINCOLN beats it?
https://twitter.com/BrianDuffield/status/272488669632405504
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@BrianDuffield because its better and more universal.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272489423676006400
Brian Duffield @BrianDuffield (screenwriter)
@AwardsDaily Like Social Network? :''''''''''''''''''''''
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272489423676006400
Charlie Bauer @cdbauer2
@AwardsDaily is calling Lincoln as the film to beat but @KrisTapley is calling Argo. Curious about Tapley's call. Who's talking Argo?
https://twitter.com/cdbauer2/status/272603006183305216
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@cdbauer2 @KrisTapley I think Tapley's calling Les Miz.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272713147931054082
Kristopher Tapley @kristapley (HitFix)
@AwardsDaily @cdbauer2 I went to Lincoln for a week, now I'm on Les Mis.
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/272757008078348290
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@Breznican @kevin_ketchum I'm not the target audience.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272488504603340801
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Many will love Les Miz I should stipulate but it will be an acquired taste.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272489733798641665
Rawson Thurber @RawsonThurber
Just saw Tom Hooper's Les Misérables. It's gonna win everything. #astonishing
https://twitter.com/RawsonThurber/status/272493381102489600
Jeff Rosenberg @jeff_rosenberg (Writer/Director of Orenthal: The Musical)
Les Miserables was incredible. #24601
https://twitter.com/jeff_rosenberg/status/272495302362136576
Jeff Rosenberg @jeff_rosenberg (Writer/Director of Orenthal: The Musical)
LES MISERABLES SCREENING!!! #lesmis #ohmygod #24601 @ Academy of Television Arts and Sciences http://instagr.am/p/SbPNrzPc0M/
https://twitter.com/jeff_rosenberg/status/272435588433575936
Michelle Radow @LAmakeupgal (Local 706 makeup artist)
Just saw a screening of Les Mis... Im speechless, stunning film. . . Hugh Jackman was incredible & Eddie Redmayne such a cutie! #LesMis
https://twitter.com/LAmakeupgal/status/272493594206670848
Cameron Lee @TheCameronLee (marketing specialist)
@LesMiserables Went to a screening of #lesmis, @RealHughJackman is the heart of the film and deserves an Oscar for his performance. #oscars
https://twitter.com/TheCameronLee/status/272497964394618880
Cameron Lee @TheCameronLee (marketing specialist)
@SamanthaBarks Saw Les Miserable movie today in Santa Monica. Wish you had more screen time! The part was made for you. #OscarCampaigning!
https://twitter.com/TheCameronLee/status/272549693542760451
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
All three women are great - Hathaway - who is sadly not in it enough, Seyfried and Barks. All showstoppers. #lesmiz
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272498941164142592
j.v.hart @jvhart (screenwriter)
Les Miserables last night at Alice Tully is a staggering film of the musical directed by Tom Hooper, best ever Hugh Jackman. Cheer. Cry. Go!
https://twitter.com/jvhart/status/272504081644412929
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Boy that Anne Hathaway is pretty incredible when you look at her two perfs this year. Totally different, both spectacular.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272505066060124163
Drew McWeeny @DrewAtHitFix (HitFix)
Regarding "Les Miz": On every level, wow. And Russell Crowe was a rock god in another life.
https://twitter.com/DrewAtHitFix/status/272499239232368640
Ricky Schweitzer @RickySchweitzer
@AwardsDaily Not sure if you saw my question, but do you have any thoughts on Redmayne? Marius is such a great part for him
https://twitter.com/RickySchweitzer/status/272512129108676609
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@RickySchweitzer he's good but to me the women steal the movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272512406394126337
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
He should get nommed at least. RT @TylerH12: @AwardsDaily how was Hugh jackman? Any chance of beating DDL for best actor?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272510946520465408
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@thin_white_duke I actually love Russell Crowe. I liked that he did this. But he'll take some crap for it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272511654347042816
Ian @thin_white_duke
@AwardsDaily Are you not supposed to give personal Les Miz reactions yet?When you are, I'm curious if u liked Crowe, not whether others will
https://twitter.com/thin_white_duke/status/272511224330199041
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@thin_white_duke I didn't think he was bad. No one in the film is bad. It's a class act.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272511456044527616
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
PPl keep asking me if any actor can beat DDL. Too soon to say but my opinion is, no, no one can beat him. It's uniquivocal. So is Anne Hath.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272512092194623489
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Hooper did not dumb down Les Miz to make it more palatable - and he dove right in. There's a lot to be said for that, I think.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272508089603870720
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Also amazed that every actor in Les Miz was singing live. That had to be one of the hardest films to pull off.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272505187619463168
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I am not sure if they did or not. They all sang beautifully. RT @wellshwood: @AwardsDaily re-singing in post not an option?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272507120728027136
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
PPl keep asking what I thought of Russell Crowe. I agree with Dave Karger that he will divide people. Some will love, some won't.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272507345932795904
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Tom Hooper, though, should be commended like Joe Wright for taking a big big risk. Artists should always do that; that's how you grow.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272507915070500864
Cecily Knobler @cecilysaysstuff
Just came from a screening of Les Miserables and will just say: hope Hathaway wins an Oscar this year if that'll stop her from hosting them.
https://twitter.com/Cecilysaysstuff/status/272510913280618496
Scott Alan @ScottAlanNet
Every friend I speak to who saw the Les Miz screening yesterday all say @SamanthaBarks will get an Oscar nom. Life can change so quickly. ;)
https://twitter.com/ScottAlanNet/status/272380937931739136
Pernilla Blomkvist @dontstandmedown
@AwardsDaily I love the play and can't wait to see the film. Is Jackman any good?
https://twitter.com/dontstandmedown/status/272508916028559360
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@dontstandmedown he's great.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272508984638976002
Pernilla Blomkvist @dontstandmedown
@AwardsDaily Thank God! I love Valjean.
https://twitter.com/dontstandmedown/status/272509722232504320
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@dontstandmedown See, even knowing who that character is makes me certain you will love the movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272509822686072832
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Finally: I really think if you've already seen Les Miserables play you will love the movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272503793600589826
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@ewdot2480 I feel like I didn't know enough about it going in so I can't be trusted particularly.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272504897113559040
Glenn Whipp @GlennWhipp (Los Angeles Times writer, covering movies and television)
@AwardsDaily I have. And I didn't. So there's that.
https://twitter.com/GlennWhipp/status/272516853476257792
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@GlennWhipp Oh. Well. Okay.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272516969100636160
Hollywood Elsewhere @wellshwood (Jeff Wells)
@AwardsDaily Take a "Les Miz" crash course before seeing film or you might experience a Sasha Stone reaction. If only I'd seen the play!
https://twitter.com/wellshwood/status/272509078226477056
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@wellshwood I figure, a theatrical experience embeds it in your soul at some point. So the movie would have you relive all of that.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272509379381702656
Hollywood Elsewhere @wellshwood (Jeff Wells)
@AwardsDaily Check.
https://twitter.com/wellshwood/status/272511499443003393
Robert Miller @Robert_M_85
@kristapley @awardsdaily Does Anne Hathaway's acclaim in The Dark Knight Rises factor in on her winning Best Supporting Actress at all?
https://twitter.com/Robert_M_85/status/272498964169908224
Kristopher Tapley @kristapley (HitFix)
@Robert_M_85 @AwardsDaily All one big bowl of favorable circumstances for her this year.
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/272501111582232576
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@kristapley @Robert_M_85 she's just got it all sewn up. But even without TDKR I think she would win for Les Miz.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272501293875081216
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I didn't feel that TKS was divisive in the least bit. SLP isn't either. They are general audience crowd pleasers/steak eater movies.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272553845551398912
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
But to me, TKS is more like SLP - a Weinstein broken man makes good than Les Miz, which to me would be more like a Lord of the Rings movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272553686436311040
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Amending this earlier tweet, pretty sure nothing beats Lincoln that I've seen RT @AwardsDaily: Argo can't beat Lincoln. Les Miz might.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272558445624967170
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Because I was anti-TKS everyone is going to assume that anything I say about Les Miz reflects hidden resentments or is set to replay 2010.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272553486141501440
Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC (Associate Culture Editor for Newsweek)
@AwardsDaily Ah yeah I was very anti-TKS, too (TSN way more zeitgeisty), but I'm totally gay for Les Mis right now, haha.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/272553944088199169
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@MarlowNYC were you familiar with the play?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272554079065108480
Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC (Associate Culture Editor for Newsweek)
@AwardsDaily Mom took me to Broadway when I was 10, then saw in London when I was 20. Not gen big musicals fan. Fav novel of all-time, too.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/272554474093031425
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@MarlowNYC you are the textbook type to appreciate it. I never saw anything…went it cold.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272554567605030912
Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC (Associate Culture Editor for Newsweek)
@AwardsDaily Hmm... not really. I think that would make me more critical of it, having those preconceptions.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/272555057902387200
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@MarlowNYC you have to just trust me on this.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272555137841627136
Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC (Associate Culture Editor for Newsweek)
@AwardsDaily Haha.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/272555326061023232
shinan govani @shinangovani (social columnist for Canada's National Post)
@AwardsDaily you are leaving Victor Hugo right out of the Oscar calculus. the material has pedigree BEYOND just the play/musical.
https://twitter.com/shinangovani/status/272564554813280256
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@shinangovani yeah sure. But really it doesn't.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272564857210015744
Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily @shinangovani Rereading the Hugo original again to remind myself of why I love the musical. There is a huge back story.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272568858408255488
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 @shinangovani yeah, was lost on me. That's why I think there will be nothing better for Les Mis fans than this film.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272569000716812289
Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily When I didn't like "The Master" I got "You don't understand it" - It's perfectly okay to admire elements and still not like.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272701375320829952
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
You can put anyone in front of TKS and SLP and they will get it if not love it, which is how you define a BP winner. Can't say same for LM
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272554007963262976
Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily Unfortunately, you may be right. Loving novel & musical lead to loving the film, but you need to truly understand the story.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272566112653279232
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 anyone needs to be able to understand it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272566205758439425
Jamie Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily I think the beauty speaks for itself, but that's me. Lincoln is great & love history. SLP just makes me angry.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272568413975633920
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 you mean Les Mis?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272568569835974656
Jamie Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily Beauty refers to Les Mis. Anger to Silver Linings. Consider it a total fraud for sake of popularity.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272572704845090816
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 there is beauty for sure in Les Mis. I can see if it hits you right that is what it would be. Alas, it did not penetrate for me.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272572882033463297
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 @shinangovani yeah, was lost on me. That's why I think there will be nothing better for Les Mis fans than this film.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272569000716812289
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@DougDofNB don't go in blind. Better to have background.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272501631134875650
Doug Dickinson @DougDofNB (Reporter, the Woodstock Bugle-Observer, film critic)
@AwardsDaily Is there any of the films in particular that you recommend? Thinking I will check out the 1998 version with Liam Neeson.
https://twitter.com/DougDofNB/status/272502452782256129
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@DougDofNB I never saw that. But I wish I'd been better informed before going to see it I think it would have hit me harder.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272503162433318912
This is really messy. I went through a couple sources so there may be some repeats in there.
(ETA: Twitter is now sourced and credited)
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
@DrewAtHitFix which one did you go to? Crowe was my least favorite person, sadface.
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272505484337086464
Drew McWeeny @DrewAtHitFix (HitFix)
@loquaciousmuse I was at the 1:00 at the TV Academy.
https://twitter.com/DrewAtHitFix/status/272516152742277120
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
@DrewAtHitFix me too!!
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272531313381220353
John Rivera @Thejohnrivera
@kristapley Les Miz Won't win BP unless it splits with director
https://twitter.com/Thejohnrivera/status/272477437311459328
Kristopher Tapley @kristapley (HitFix)
@Thejohnrivera Makes no sense. Hooper isn't in a "can't win again" position, as much as some would like.
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/272477651774627841
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Couldn't sleep. Too excited to see Les Miserables today.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272396693411090433
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Hm. Perhaps putting on mascara before seeing Les Miserables wasn't the best plan...
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272421454459572224
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Hm. Perhaps putting on mascara before seeing Les Miserables wasn't the best plan...
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272421454459572224
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
@hgelpke It was completed at 2am yesterday.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272414158962712577
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
FUCK YEAH HUGH JACKMAN #fourwordlesmuzreview
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272470968734216192
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Tom Hooper says his "short list" for Jean Val Jean quickly became a list of one: Hugh Jackman. He couldn't have done the film without him.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272473222086266880
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Most impressed by script adaptation of Les Miz. They restructured and added things that really improve the story.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272480113231290369
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Btw not everyone was a Les Miz fan: heard plenty if catty comments in the ladies room. ("Can I get a wide shot? Please?")
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272507437494464512
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
@AwardsDaily I think Russell Crowe is one of the greatest actors of all time and, sadly, was the weakest link here.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272508070029053952
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
I think I just have trouble with watching Russell Crowe singing because of that South Park episode cc @sarahkuhn #oytugger!
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
More so with the play, but I always had a problem with the fact the comic relief in Les Miz is provided by child abusers.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272508499664195584
Scott Mendelson @ScottMendelson (Film Critic/Pundit for hire, Salon.com, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos)
@jenelleriley As a big fan, that bothered me too. Hoping it doesn't come off on film like talking animals in otherwise dark Disney toon.
https://twitter.com/ScottMendelson/status/272511471999655936
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
@ScottMendelson I think it's handled better in the film. The play seems to glorify them at times.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272522507196723200
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
I think I just have trouble with watching Russell Crowe singing because of that South Park episode cc @sarahkuhn #oytugger!
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272509264218685440
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Trying to watch SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN after seeing LES MIZ is like...eh not worth the metaphor...
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272562889905295360
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
I could not get THIS out of my mind every time Russell Crowe bursts into song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygcRrfQt-0Q … Thanks @sarahkuhn
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272567648095698944
Christian Jean @decipherchris (Director, Writer, Producer at Decipher Pictures)
I think "Les Misérables" (2012) by Tom Hooper will sweep the Oscars this year. Hard to describe the genius of this film. You have to see it.
https://twitter.com/decipherchris/status/272520678996078593
Hilla 'LALI' Peer @LaliPeer (makeup; http://www.hpmakeup.com)
@LesMiserables is outstanding!! Wow! #TomHooper #HughJackman #AnneHathaway #OscarNominations
https://twitter.com/LaliPeer/status/272524052969709568
Sorry, there's probably some repeat in there. Now I have to do some other work. So till then ...
ETA:
Finally hearing from Tom O'Neil: Tom O'Neil on 'Les Miserables' Oscars mystery: Will it win?
And did I not post this? Video interview with Hugh Jackman.
I'll just update this post and more information comes in.
ETA: Ok I'm back from the store:
So far the reaction out of LA has been good. So no War Horse disaster as yet. Hopefully none ever. There will be some backlash I'm sure but I'm feeling a lot better today.
Jeff Wells on a similar Les MIz Counter-Backlash (his typo, not mine "MIz"). He still hasn't seen Les Mis but he's sure to hate it on the one hand and love it on the other because it's not Lincoln (he hates Lincoln). Fun times ahead.
And I somehow missed posting this:
'Les Misérables' Screening Earns Standing Ovation For Tom Hooper, Anne Hathaway
ETA: I've gone through and sourced and credited the first LJ cut of Twitter. I also added quite a lot because it was less confusing to add it here than to create a new post. There's probably still some repeated posted in here but at least now we know who everyone is.
Glenn Whipp @GlennWhipp (Los Angeles Times writer, covering movies and television)
So to summarize: NY Les Miz press screening: Plenty of weeping. No gnashing of teeth.
https://twitter.com/GlennWhipp/status/272110965921828864
alex @mack10708
@GlennWhipp Which performance blew you away?
https://twitter.com/mack10708/status/272111457288716289
Glenn Whipp @GlennWhipp (Los Angeles Times writer, covering movies and television)
@mack10708 I'm in Los Angeles, so won't be seeing until tomorrow. Looking forward to it!
https://twitter.com/GlennWhipp/status/272131065165012993
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Les Misgasms? So @kristapley thinks Les Mis will topple Lincoln at number one to win Best Picture?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272199177503645697
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I will be seeing Les Miserables tomorrow at 1pm with a deciedly NOT New York theater crowd. Makes a difference maybe.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272199339261165569
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Hathaway's win is easy to call. That race is probably over. #lesmiserables #ihopeitdoesntsuck
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272204034713219072
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Sounds like Les Miz is a lot better than The King's Speech. So maybe Tom Hooper deserves it this time. JUST KIDDING. XD
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272207397169274881
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Les Mis is now the preordained winner. Adjust accordingly. RT @Mochacoon: @AwardsDailycmon this is the perfect year to get snarky about them
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272384226844897283
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I haven't even seen Les Mis and already the songs are stuck in my head. #whatgives?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272387873519591425
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Tom Hooper brings up Kings Speech again http://instagr.am/p/SbTmlgAIWc/
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272445647284756480
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Seyfried http://instagr.am/p/SbT3PtAIWt/
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272445788372750337
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
With Barks http://instagr.am/p/SbUFOqAIW9/
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272446305631076352
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Barely got OK seats for Les Miz screening at Graumann's. if I had known would have waited.
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272425861771300866
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Les Miserables is very good, very long. Maybe five great scenes. Might be enough for best pic win? #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272471034194714624
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Applause after Anne Hathaway's big song in #LesMiserables at 1st LA screening. Last time that happened? Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls #Oscar
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272471466933616642
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Eddie Redmayne could def snag a best supporting actor nod. Hugh Jackman likely a lock for a best actor nod now. #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272471804835164160
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Oh and for all the haters, Helena Bomham Carter sounds great recorded live. #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272472622363717633
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Sacha Baron Coen and Helena Bonham Carter stepped right out of Sweeny Todd but bring welcome comic relief and it works #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272472461478617088
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Tom Hooper was spot on in having actors sing live. The movie is almost shot in constant close ups which is disappointing. #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272472153578930177
Nathan Gibson @nathangibson12 (actor, web designer, director)
Saw "Les Mis" - Intense! Director and Anne Hathaway answered questions afterward.
https://twitter.com/nathangibson12/status/272474532814680064
Ben Hopkins @HuemanInterest (Digital Cinema Workflow On-Set Through Post, VFX & To Delivery. Virtual Camera Previzion, Phantom Tech, DIT, Data & Color Management, Pre-Post & Post Supervisor)
Just screened a freshly finished Les Mis. Best Film I've seen in a long time
https://twitter.com/HuemanInterest/status/272472911082835968
Ben Hopkins @HuemanInterest (^post production)
#LesMis director Tom Hooper tells of how 90% of the film was not lip synced, but sung live on even some long close up takes. @LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HuemanInterest/status/272474039962980352
Ben Hopkins @HuemanInterest (^post production)
#LesMis actors were mic-ed with 2 lavaliers on outside L&R of costumes and painted out in VFX post. @LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HuemanInterest/status/272476929683243009
Ben Hopkins @HuemanInterest (^post production)
#LesMis actors - They sang to a live piano accompaniment, controlling their own tempo which the orchestra later matched. @LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HuemanInterest/status/272478354756739072
Marta Evry @venice4change (Film Editor/Photographer)
"Les Miserables" micro-review: intense & at 2:30, relentless. Sometimes not in a good way. Wld have traded longer running time 4 more scope
https://twitter.com/venice4change/status/272475336934055936
Idjits of Shire @unique_jenique
Do you see any other actors besides Anne maybe getting an Oscar? RT @HitFixGregory: Les Miserables (cont) http://tl.gd/k4ed9h
https://twitter.com/unique_jenique/status/272472439492055040
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
@unique_jenique no
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272472717993836545
gregoryellwood @HitFixGregory (HitFix)
Hooper introduced film with Amanda Seyfried, Redmayne and Eponine actress. Helen Mirren and DGA prez Taylor Hackford there #LesMiserables
https://twitter.com/HitFixGregory/status/272473594511106050
Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho (social media consultant. Exec Editor @HotterInHwood, Entertainment Editor @BelloMag, Assoc Editor @ScreenPicks)
#AnneHathaway Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway. That is all. #lesmiserables #bestsupportingactress #oscars2013
https://twitter.com/TheFirstEcho/status/272478479000403970
Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho(social media consultant. Exec Editor @HotterInHwood, Entertainment Editor @BelloMag, Assoc Editor @ScreenPicks)
@mikeryan I was at the same #lesmis screening as you. Haven't seen a reaction like that since JHud sang in Dreamgirls http://www.thefirstecho.com/2012/11/ive-seen-898-movies-in-16-years.html …
https://twitter.com/TheFirstEcho/status/272790216270565377
Mike Ryan @mikeryan (senior writer at HuffPost Entertainment)
@TheFirstEcho Yeah, the reaction was insane. I'll admit, I enjoyed the environment.
https://twitter.com/mikeryan/status/272798940477419522
Hiko Mitsuzuka @TheFirstEcho(social media consultant. Exec Editor @HotterInHwood, Entertainment Editor @BelloMag, Assoc Editor @ScreenPicks)
When #AnneHathaway finished "I Dreamed a Dream" the audience erupted in an applause I haven't experienced since JHud sang in #Dreamgirls
https://twitter.com/TheFirstEcho/status/272823994825187329
chandler. @firebolting
EDDIE REDMAYNE IS HERE
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272431960138338304
chandler. @firebolting
HOLY SHIIIIIIT
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272470250388353024
chandler. @firebolting
AHHHHHHHHHHHH #lesmizreview
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272470289361809408
chandler. @firebolting
he's so freckly. Amanda and Samantha were here too. “@dayln03: @firebolting are his freckles as magical up close??”
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272471163559616512
chandler. @firebolting
Surreal experience at Les Miz. Because of the movie and also because I was sitting behind Helen Mirren.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272471315628306437
Chandler. @fire bolting
Les Misérables is a sweeping epic. Hugh Jackman is incredible and even more interesting is that there are no weak links in the cast.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272477602005016577
chandler. @firebolting
The movie is like watching a Broadway show so close you're practically on stage, so grandly emotional you feel chills through the end scene.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272477863964450816
Awesome Sauce @goddesspharo
@firebolting Not even Russell Crowe?
https://twitter.com/goddesspharo/status/272477797417639936
chandler. chandler. @firebolting
@goddesspharo he's solid! Very solid. Much better than I expected (which was Brosnan in Mamma Mia)
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272478017828306945
Awesome Sauce @goddesspharo
@firebolting that's exactly what I was expecting! Oh good, now it won't be completely painful when my friends inevitably drag me to see it!
https://twitter.com/goddesspharo/status/272478154029924353
chandler. @firebolting
@goddesspharo the singing live was what drove emotions home I think.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272478319050633217
Awesome Sauce @goddesspharo
@firebolting that's the only aspect of it that really interested me when I watched the featurette before skyfall. like that's COOL.
https://twitter.com/goddesspharo/status/272478444149952513
chandler. @firebolting
@goddesspharo the singing live was what drove emotions home I think.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272478319050633217
chandler. @firebolting
Singing live was a risk. But it pays off. Big time.
https://twitter.com/firebolting/status/272478506062061568
Mark Olsen @IndieFocus (writes a regular feature in the Los Angeles Times on independent, documentary and foreign language films)
"Thank you for that reaction." Multiple standing ovations at Aero Theater for Tom Hooper, E. Redmayne, A. Seyfried & S.Barks #LesMiz
https://twitter.com/IndieFocus/status/272471224435761153
evie lovelle @evielovelle
Notes on #LesMiz: Beautiful costumes and cinematography. Anne Hathaway made me cry.
https://twitter.com/evielovelle/status/272463513522409472
Kristopher Tapley @kristapley (HitFix)
Looks like Les Mis played as well in LA as it did in NY. Game over? Sony, WB and TWC: "Not so fast."
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/272476681288159232
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Tom Hooper, Eddie Redmayne, Amanda Seyfried and Samantha Barks all got standing ovations taking the stage for Q&A. (Why bother sitting?)
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272471973374877696
Zorianna Kit @Zoriannakit (From print and TV reporter from Reuters )
#LesMiserables is a masterpiece. Tom Hooper's film changes the landscape of the musical feature film genre.
https://twitter.com/Zoriannakit/status/272472443204018176
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
::hands Anne Hathaway her Oscar::
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272486429450436609
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
I dreamed a dream was one of the most heartbreaking, stunning feats of acting I've ever seen on screen. Jfc, Anne Hathaway.
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272486993504641024
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I suspect Les Miz will divide audiences. Those who love it will LOVE it. But not all will. Helps if you like the play. I plead the 5th.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272487596414865409
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Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Lincoln has the thing wrapped up. Unless Zero Dark Thirty tops it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272487750236766208
Alexander White @LSUduck
@AwardsDaily I'm shocked you think Lincoln is better than Les Mis...just shocked haha
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272497418229129218
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck I know people like you will say that but it really isn't a TKS vs. TSN kind of thing, despite what you want to believe.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272497544909697024
Alexander White @LSUduck
@AwardsDaily you brought it up...not me. I just think its crazy to call it wrapped up before Les Mis even hits a decent sized audience
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272498104824131584
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck okay.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272498187070222337
Ryan Adams @filmystic (Awards Daily)
@AwardsDaily @LSUduck Yes. Please don't express an opinion until a decent sized audience... (how do I end that sentence? I need a verb.)
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/272499305930174464
Alexander White @LSUduck
@filmystic @awardsdaily I just find it a bit absurd to call a film divisive when the early general word is extremely positive.
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272500557254651904
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck @filmystic that's my opinion: it will divide audiences. Some will love it, some will hate it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272500658006028289v
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck @filmystic obviously the crowd in NYC loved it. The crowd in LA liked it a lot - but that's still my take. Could be wrong.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272500837123772416
Ryan Adams @filmystic (Awards Daily)
@AwardsDaily @LSUduck You see what I mean, Alexander? I think 'divisive' means: Hey you guys, please feel free to feel however you feel.
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/272503624809189379
Alexander White @LSUduck
@filmystic @awardsdaily OK sure. I just looked at it/took it differently.
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272505197975203841
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck @filmystic I think there are people who love and appreciate risk and others who want easier entertainment=divisive
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272505390577627136
Alexander White @LSUduck
@AwardsDaily @filmystic fair enough. How Les Mis continues to be received will be interesting. I enjoyed the discussion.
https://twitter.com/LSUduck/status/272506120684306433
Ryan Adams @filmystic (Awards Daily)
@LSUduck @AwardsDaily "early general word is extremely positive"// I'd be curious to see your data some time. No hurry. Go read more tweets.
https://twitter.com/filmystic/status/272501684159250434
Jamie Leeke @JamieLeeke
@filmystic @AwardsDaily How about we see yours, because http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/board/flat/207336451 … seems to show an overwhelmingly positive response so far!
https://twitter.com/JamieLeeke/status/272510907811233792
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@JamieLeeke @filmystic lol
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272511036031107072
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Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
But Les Miz will wrack up many bond and give it and SLP and Argo a run for its money with actors.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272488136154693632
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@alezanchin Lincoln is the film I think has the best chance to win right now.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272496920130367488
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@batesman I suppose yeah. 100% singing with no dialogue is a big risk, I'd say, with today's audiences.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272518465385005056
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Oh I think Anne Hathaway definitely wins
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272490844106395649
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse
@AwardsDaily heaving sobs during I dreamed a dream. Heaving.
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272494061510881280
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
@AwardsDaily but more of tom hoppers damn half angle bs whatever. Love the musical, love parts of movie, and Hathaway, but not my best pic.
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272494592316809216
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@loquaciousmuse Agree with you.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272494675691192320
Clayton Davis @AwardsCircuit (Awards Circuit)
@AwardsDaily She definitely does. It's tailor-made for her to win. Barks joining her in the race may be a harder sell.
https://twitter.com/AwardsCircuit/status/272496746146430976
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
@AwardsDaily Hooper! My phone said hopper cause it knows how he is my nemesis and all. Ps a friend of mine said he watched the social
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272500159768829952
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
There will be many people who loves Les Miz enough to go back for repeat viewings which will help its box office. A tough sell, huge risk.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272497126888595456
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
A word of advice before seeing Les Miz - sit towards the back.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272496093525340160
Sam's Myth @SamsMyth
@AwardsDaily I'm already dreading those Tom Hooper horrible close-ups and angles.
https://twitter.com/SamsMyth/status/272497151098109952
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@SamsMyth you have no idea.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272497196425945089
Glenn Kenny @Glenn__Kenny (writer at MSN)
@AwardsDaily Why, does it smell bad?
https://twitter.com/Glenn__Kenny/status/272496283854467072
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@Glenn__Kenny lots of closeups, very loud singing. Think A Clockwork Orange.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272496415140372481
Glenn Kenny @Glenn__Kenny (writer at MSN)
@AwardsDaily There SHOULD have been more loud singing in "Clockwork Orange."
https://twitter.com/Glenn__Kenny/status/272496565879451648
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@Glenn__Kenny not the whole movie just one specific scene IN the movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272496825750147072
@fadeinmagazine (America's #1 Movie Magazine & More (Voted Best Movie Magazine of the Year by Washington Post))
#LesMiserables Extraordinary! est up for 12-15 Oscars.
https://twitter.com/fadeinmagazine/status/272479769059291137
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Silver Linings Playbook justed edged up in my estimation for Oscar the main reason being it's light compared to the overwrought others.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272495033918312448
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I suspect Les Miz will divide audiences. Those who love it will LOVE it. But not all will. Helps if you like the play. I plead the 5th.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272487596414865409
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Lincoln has the thing wrapped up. Unless Zero Dark Thirty tops it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272487750236766208
Brian Duffield @BrianDuffield (screenwriter)
@AwardsDaily Why do you think LINCOLN beats it?
https://twitter.com/BrianDuffield/status/272488669632405504
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@BrianDuffield because its better and more universal.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272489423676006400
Brian Duffield @BrianDuffield (screenwriter)
@AwardsDaily Like Social Network? :''''''''''''''''''''''
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272489423676006400
Charlie Bauer @cdbauer2
@AwardsDaily is calling Lincoln as the film to beat but @KrisTapley is calling Argo. Curious about Tapley's call. Who's talking Argo?
https://twitter.com/cdbauer2/status/272603006183305216
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@cdbauer2 @KrisTapley I think Tapley's calling Les Miz.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272713147931054082
Kristopher Tapley @kristapley (HitFix)
@AwardsDaily @cdbauer2 I went to Lincoln for a week, now I'm on Les Mis.
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/272757008078348290
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@Breznican @kevin_ketchum I'm not the target audience.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272488504603340801
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Many will love Les Miz I should stipulate but it will be an acquired taste.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272489733798641665
Rawson Thurber @RawsonThurber
Just saw Tom Hooper's Les Misérables. It's gonna win everything. #astonishing
https://twitter.com/RawsonThurber/status/272493381102489600
Jeff Rosenberg @jeff_rosenberg (Writer/Director of Orenthal: The Musical)
Les Miserables was incredible. #24601
https://twitter.com/jeff_rosenberg/status/272495302362136576
Jeff Rosenberg @jeff_rosenberg (Writer/Director of Orenthal: The Musical)
LES MISERABLES SCREENING!!! #lesmis #ohmygod #24601 @ Academy of Television Arts and Sciences http://instagr.am/p/SbPNrzPc0M/
https://twitter.com/jeff_rosenberg/status/272435588433575936
Michelle Radow @LAmakeupgal (Local 706 makeup artist)
Just saw a screening of Les Mis... Im speechless, stunning film. . . Hugh Jackman was incredible & Eddie Redmayne such a cutie! #LesMis
https://twitter.com/LAmakeupgal/status/272493594206670848
Cameron Lee @TheCameronLee (marketing specialist)
@LesMiserables Went to a screening of #lesmis, @RealHughJackman is the heart of the film and deserves an Oscar for his performance. #oscars
https://twitter.com/TheCameronLee/status/272497964394618880
Cameron Lee @TheCameronLee (marketing specialist)
@SamanthaBarks Saw Les Miserable movie today in Santa Monica. Wish you had more screen time! The part was made for you. #OscarCampaigning!
https://twitter.com/TheCameronLee/status/272549693542760451
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
All three women are great - Hathaway - who is sadly not in it enough, Seyfried and Barks. All showstoppers. #lesmiz
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272498941164142592
j.v.hart @jvhart (screenwriter)
Les Miserables last night at Alice Tully is a staggering film of the musical directed by Tom Hooper, best ever Hugh Jackman. Cheer. Cry. Go!
https://twitter.com/jvhart/status/272504081644412929
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Boy that Anne Hathaway is pretty incredible when you look at her two perfs this year. Totally different, both spectacular.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272505066060124163
Drew McWeeny @DrewAtHitFix (HitFix)
Regarding "Les Miz": On every level, wow. And Russell Crowe was a rock god in another life.
https://twitter.com/DrewAtHitFix/status/272499239232368640
Ricky Schweitzer @RickySchweitzer
@AwardsDaily Not sure if you saw my question, but do you have any thoughts on Redmayne? Marius is such a great part for him
https://twitter.com/RickySchweitzer/status/272512129108676609
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@RickySchweitzer he's good but to me the women steal the movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272512406394126337
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
He should get nommed at least. RT @TylerH12: @AwardsDaily how was Hugh jackman? Any chance of beating DDL for best actor?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272510946520465408
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@thin_white_duke I actually love Russell Crowe. I liked that he did this. But he'll take some crap for it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272511654347042816
Ian @thin_white_duke
@AwardsDaily Are you not supposed to give personal Les Miz reactions yet?When you are, I'm curious if u liked Crowe, not whether others will
https://twitter.com/thin_white_duke/status/272511224330199041
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@thin_white_duke I didn't think he was bad. No one in the film is bad. It's a class act.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272511456044527616
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
PPl keep asking me if any actor can beat DDL. Too soon to say but my opinion is, no, no one can beat him. It's uniquivocal. So is Anne Hath.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272512092194623489
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Hooper did not dumb down Les Miz to make it more palatable - and he dove right in. There's a lot to be said for that, I think.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272508089603870720
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Also amazed that every actor in Les Miz was singing live. That had to be one of the hardest films to pull off.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272505187619463168
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I am not sure if they did or not. They all sang beautifully. RT @wellshwood: @AwardsDaily re-singing in post not an option?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272507120728027136
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
PPl keep asking what I thought of Russell Crowe. I agree with Dave Karger that he will divide people. Some will love, some won't.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272507345932795904
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Tom Hooper, though, should be commended like Joe Wright for taking a big big risk. Artists should always do that; that's how you grow.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272507915070500864
Cecily Knobler @cecilysaysstuff
Just came from a screening of Les Miserables and will just say: hope Hathaway wins an Oscar this year if that'll stop her from hosting them.
https://twitter.com/Cecilysaysstuff/status/272510913280618496
Scott Alan @ScottAlanNet
Every friend I speak to who saw the Les Miz screening yesterday all say @SamanthaBarks will get an Oscar nom. Life can change so quickly. ;)
https://twitter.com/ScottAlanNet/status/272380937931739136
Pernilla Blomkvist @dontstandmedown
@AwardsDaily I love the play and can't wait to see the film. Is Jackman any good?
https://twitter.com/dontstandmedown/status/272508916028559360
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@dontstandmedown he's great.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272508984638976002
Pernilla Blomkvist @dontstandmedown
@AwardsDaily Thank God! I love Valjean.
https://twitter.com/dontstandmedown/status/272509722232504320
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@dontstandmedown See, even knowing who that character is makes me certain you will love the movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272509822686072832
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Finally: I really think if you've already seen Les Miserables play you will love the movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272503793600589826
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@ewdot2480 I feel like I didn't know enough about it going in so I can't be trusted particularly.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272504897113559040
Glenn Whipp @GlennWhipp (Los Angeles Times writer, covering movies and television)
@AwardsDaily I have. And I didn't. So there's that.
https://twitter.com/GlennWhipp/status/272516853476257792
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@GlennWhipp Oh. Well. Okay.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272516969100636160
Hollywood Elsewhere @wellshwood (Jeff Wells)
@AwardsDaily Take a "Les Miz" crash course before seeing film or you might experience a Sasha Stone reaction. If only I'd seen the play!
https://twitter.com/wellshwood/status/272509078226477056
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@wellshwood I figure, a theatrical experience embeds it in your soul at some point. So the movie would have you relive all of that.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272509379381702656
Hollywood Elsewhere @wellshwood (Jeff Wells)
@AwardsDaily Check.
https://twitter.com/wellshwood/status/272511499443003393
Robert Miller @Robert_M_85
@kristapley @awardsdaily Does Anne Hathaway's acclaim in The Dark Knight Rises factor in on her winning Best Supporting Actress at all?
https://twitter.com/Robert_M_85/status/272498964169908224
Kristopher Tapley @kristapley (HitFix)
@Robert_M_85 @AwardsDaily All one big bowl of favorable circumstances for her this year.
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/272501111582232576
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@kristapley @Robert_M_85 she's just got it all sewn up. But even without TDKR I think she would win for Les Miz.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272501293875081216
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
I didn't feel that TKS was divisive in the least bit. SLP isn't either. They are general audience crowd pleasers/steak eater movies.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272553845551398912
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
But to me, TKS is more like SLP - a Weinstein broken man makes good than Les Miz, which to me would be more like a Lord of the Rings movie.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272553686436311040
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Amending this earlier tweet, pretty sure nothing beats Lincoln that I've seen RT @AwardsDaily: Argo can't beat Lincoln. Les Miz might.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272558445624967170
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
Because I was anti-TKS everyone is going to assume that anything I say about Les Miz reflects hidden resentments or is set to replay 2010.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272553486141501440
Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC (Associate Culture Editor for Newsweek)
@AwardsDaily Ah yeah I was very anti-TKS, too (TSN way more zeitgeisty), but I'm totally gay for Les Mis right now, haha.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/272553944088199169
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@MarlowNYC were you familiar with the play?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272554079065108480
Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC (Associate Culture Editor for Newsweek)
@AwardsDaily Mom took me to Broadway when I was 10, then saw in London when I was 20. Not gen big musicals fan. Fav novel of all-time, too.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/272554474093031425
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@MarlowNYC you are the textbook type to appreciate it. I never saw anything…went it cold.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272554567605030912
Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC (Associate Culture Editor for Newsweek)
@AwardsDaily Hmm... not really. I think that would make me more critical of it, having those preconceptions.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/272555057902387200
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@MarlowNYC you have to just trust me on this.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272555137841627136
Marlow Stern @MarlowNYC (Associate Culture Editor for Newsweek)
@AwardsDaily Haha.
https://twitter.com/MarlowNYC/status/272555326061023232
shinan govani @shinangovani (social columnist for Canada's National Post)
@AwardsDaily you are leaving Victor Hugo right out of the Oscar calculus. the material has pedigree BEYOND just the play/musical.
https://twitter.com/shinangovani/status/272564554813280256
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@shinangovani yeah sure. But really it doesn't.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272564857210015744
Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily @shinangovani Rereading the Hugo original again to remind myself of why I love the musical. There is a huge back story.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272568858408255488
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 @shinangovani yeah, was lost on me. That's why I think there will be nothing better for Les Mis fans than this film.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272569000716812289
Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily When I didn't like "The Master" I got "You don't understand it" - It's perfectly okay to admire elements and still not like.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272701375320829952
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
You can put anyone in front of TKS and SLP and they will get it if not love it, which is how you define a BP winner. Can't say same for LM
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272554007963262976
Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily Unfortunately, you may be right. Loving novel & musical lead to loving the film, but you need to truly understand the story.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272566112653279232
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 anyone needs to be able to understand it.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272566205758439425
Jamie Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily I think the beauty speaks for itself, but that's me. Lincoln is great & love history. SLP just makes me angry.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272568413975633920
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 you mean Les Mis?
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272568569835974656
Jamie Jamie @jessied44
@AwardsDaily Beauty refers to Les Mis. Anger to Silver Linings. Consider it a total fraud for sake of popularity.
https://twitter.com/jessied44/status/272572704845090816
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 there is beauty for sure in Les Mis. I can see if it hits you right that is what it would be. Alas, it did not penetrate for me.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272572882033463297
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@jessied44 @shinangovani yeah, was lost on me. That's why I think there will be nothing better for Les Mis fans than this film.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272569000716812289
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@DougDofNB don't go in blind. Better to have background.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272501631134875650
Doug Dickinson @DougDofNB (Reporter, the Woodstock Bugle-Observer, film critic)
@AwardsDaily Is there any of the films in particular that you recommend? Thinking I will check out the 1998 version with Liam Neeson.
https://twitter.com/DougDofNB/status/272502452782256129
Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily (Awards Daily)
@DougDofNB I never saw that. But I wish I'd been better informed before going to see it I think it would have hit me harder.
https://twitter.com/AwardsDaily/status/272503162433318912
This is really messy. I went through a couple sources so there may be some repeats in there.
(ETA: Twitter is now sourced and credited)
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
@DrewAtHitFix which one did you go to? Crowe was my least favorite person, sadface.
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272505484337086464
Drew McWeeny @DrewAtHitFix (HitFix)
@loquaciousmuse I was at the 1:00 at the TV Academy.
https://twitter.com/DrewAtHitFix/status/272516152742277120
All Things Fangirl @loquaciousmuse (http://www.allthingsfangirl.com)
@DrewAtHitFix me too!!
https://twitter.com/loquaciousmuse/status/272531313381220353
John Rivera @Thejohnrivera
@kristapley Les Miz Won't win BP unless it splits with director
https://twitter.com/Thejohnrivera/status/272477437311459328
Kristopher Tapley @kristapley (HitFix)
@Thejohnrivera Makes no sense. Hooper isn't in a "can't win again" position, as much as some would like.
https://twitter.com/kristapley/status/272477651774627841
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Couldn't sleep. Too excited to see Les Miserables today.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272396693411090433
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Hm. Perhaps putting on mascara before seeing Les Miserables wasn't the best plan...
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272421454459572224
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Hm. Perhaps putting on mascara before seeing Les Miserables wasn't the best plan...
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272421454459572224
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
@hgelpke It was completed at 2am yesterday.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272414158962712577
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
FUCK YEAH HUGH JACKMAN #fourwordlesmuzreview
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272470968734216192
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Tom Hooper says his "short list" for Jean Val Jean quickly became a list of one: Hugh Jackman. He couldn't have done the film without him.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272473222086266880
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Most impressed by script adaptation of Les Miz. They restructured and added things that really improve the story.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272480113231290369
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Btw not everyone was a Les Miz fan: heard plenty if catty comments in the ladies room. ("Can I get a wide shot? Please?")
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272507437494464512
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
@AwardsDaily I think Russell Crowe is one of the greatest actors of all time and, sadly, was the weakest link here.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272508070029053952
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
I think I just have trouble with watching Russell Crowe singing because of that South Park episode cc @sarahkuhn #oytugger!
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
More so with the play, but I always had a problem with the fact the comic relief in Les Miz is provided by child abusers.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272508499664195584
Scott Mendelson @ScottMendelson (Film Critic/Pundit for hire, Salon.com, Huffington Post, and Mendelson's Memos)
@jenelleriley As a big fan, that bothered me too. Hoping it doesn't come off on film like talking animals in otherwise dark Disney toon.
https://twitter.com/ScottMendelson/status/272511471999655936
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
@ScottMendelson I think it's handled better in the film. The play seems to glorify them at times.
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272522507196723200
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
I think I just have trouble with watching Russell Crowe singing because of that South Park episode cc @sarahkuhn #oytugger!
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272509264218685440
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
Trying to watch SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN after seeing LES MIZ is like...eh not worth the metaphor...
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272562889905295360
Jenelle Riley @jenelleriley (writer)
I could not get THIS out of my mind every time Russell Crowe bursts into song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygcRrfQt-0Q … Thanks @sarahkuhn
https://twitter.com/jenelleriley/status/272567648095698944
Christian Jean @decipherchris (Director, Writer, Producer at Decipher Pictures)
I think "Les Misérables" (2012) by Tom Hooper will sweep the Oscars this year. Hard to describe the genius of this film. You have to see it.
https://twitter.com/decipherchris/status/272520678996078593
Hilla 'LALI' Peer @LaliPeer (makeup; http://www.hpmakeup.com)
@LesMiserables is outstanding!! Wow! #TomHooper #HughJackman #AnneHathaway #OscarNominations
https://twitter.com/LaliPeer/status/272524052969709568
Sorry, there's probably some repeat in there. Now I have to do some other work. So till then ...
ETA:
Finally hearing from Tom O'Neil: Tom O'Neil on 'Les Miserables' Oscars mystery: Will it win?
And did I not post this? Video interview with Hugh Jackman.