Movies & TV Shows Watched in 2013

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[emeraldarrows]

How was Les Mis.? I take it it didn't work well as a musical film either?

[msantimacassar]

I didn't think it worked at all. I wanted to yell at the screen everytime they started singing! They wasted a lot of time with pretty blah songs rather than get to the meat of the story, I thought.

[emeraldarrows]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I felt about the play, too.

[msantimacassar]

It's just not suited to be a musical at all. Leave what's amazing alone and don't pick, you know? The songs don't even do the story justice.

[emeraldarrows]

I agree. Some things work as a musical, some don't, and Les Mis. just feels wrong as one.

What was Marius like, though? I'm always curious how each version depicts his character.

[msantimacassar]

Yes, there are some things that should just not be musicals.

Um, he had nonexistent character development for the most part and barely any worthwhile screentime. I kind of felt like Eddie Redmayne was so thrilled to be in the musical he didn't convey a whole lot of emotion or depth besides fanboy excitement. He did impress me with his performance of Empty Chairs, Empty Tables but otherwise I felt kind of annoyed at him for being so darn happy all the time. They didn't explain his backstory either so that didn't help.

[emeraldarrows]

Yikes, sounds terrible. I'll certainly be sticking to my Marius instead. ;)

[msantimacassar]

For sure! :-)