We'll have to agree to disagree in regards to both Anne and Helena.
LOVE Anne, can't stand Helena.
However, I LOVE the musical movie. I've seen the PBS special 25th anniversary show they did. Really enjoyed it. So I knew a bit about the musical before I saw the musical movie. LOVE IT!
Hugh (oh baby! Love that man as both an actor and a human being) just, OMG, fabulous!
LOL about Russell, I couldn't agree more. LOL Not a fan of his. He was okay but I think they could have found someone else to play that role. I think they wanted "names" for the leads.
All in all, I really enjoyed the musical movie. :D
We actually agree more than you think.cinematixyzSeptember 11 2013, 01:11:22 UTC
I just hate Anne in this role. Not even hate, just felt is wasn't Oscar worthy...at all...
And I can't stand Helena lately either, that was my whole point. Like 'just because you own Tim Burton's balls at the moment doesn't mean you have to play the same character over and over and over again'
Re: We actually agree more than you think.dweomeroflightSeptember 11 2013, 13:31:11 UTC
I did write a comment in which my six years of hardcore HBC fandom got away with me and I got a spot irate so it is probably a good thing that the comment got accidentally baleted but I can't help myself. I have to (re)say it
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Really? "Master of the House" was the highlight of the movie for me (not my favourite song; that would be "Do You Hear the People Sing?" which I totally want to do a goth-punk cover of). It was one of the few songs that really gelled for me, despite being on the Burton-esque side. The only good singer was Eponine, though.
I wish I had knowledge of the play or the novel to go off, but I didn't enjoy the movie as much as I wanted to. It didn't thrill me. I agree about Anne Hathaway. Like the Phantom of the Opera movie, which I have seen on Broadway, it is most likely better on the stage.
Phantom was my first live show, West Side was the last (thus far).
But I am missing like 7 of my top ten faves to see live and I keep waiting for revivals....
Les Miserables isn't in my top ten musicals..live, film, or otherwise. After a work of art like Evita (with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patikin on broadway), it's like A.L.W. phone it in.
I don't mind Phantom on stage but dayam I hated that terrible movie.
Remembering the otherwise normally competent Miranda Richardson with her bad french accent still makes me wince. Especially since no one else bothered with one.
Thank you for saying that Anne Hathaway didn't deserve that Oscar. I thought I was the only one. I just got really sick of all the lead-up telling us how great she was going to be and how amazing her performance was and I was there thinking, "But she's playing Fantine... she'll be there for five minutes..."
I love Hugh usually, but I wasn't too fussed on him as Valjean. His voice is too... I don't know what word I'm looking for, but the kind of voice you go for if you're casting Gaston in Beauty and the Beast or Peter Allen... not Jean Valjean. Especially in Bring Him Home, which was clearly too high for him to sing comfortably.
I also had lots of issues with the alterations they made to the order of songs and the lyrics they cut, and basically the only bit I really liked was A Little Fall of Rain, and I'm just going to stick to the In Concert DVDs and the productions that pop up every five years or so in my city.
We finished it, so I get ya... I know what you mean, all da way.
(Also, to the person who's comment I accidentally deleted, I tried to find it and it was gone. I am sorry, because it was a couple paragraphs and I hated that I clicked the wrong button. Been working on VERY little sleep of late.)
Yes, THANK YOU for rewriting it.... lemme get on dat.
(that's why I went back into my old format because where the button I normally hit to reply and unscreen comments, in the new format I tried, I deleted yours and didn't pay attention I guess when it said if I was sure (Like I said, not alot of sleep, family stuff, etc.)
No one has mentioned the damned irritating camera close ups yet.
I found this to be a thoroughly uninspired film tbh. It is a case in point for why so many movie musicals fail. Because people try to film as though everyone is still on stage. Film is not stage film directors. Sheesh.
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LOVE Anne, can't stand Helena.
However, I LOVE the musical movie. I've seen the PBS special 25th anniversary show they did. Really enjoyed it. So I knew a bit about the musical before I saw the musical movie. LOVE IT!
Hugh (oh baby! Love that man as both an actor and a human being) just, OMG, fabulous!
LOL about Russell, I couldn't agree more. LOL Not a fan of his. He was okay but I think they could have found someone else to play that role. I think they wanted "names" for the leads.
All in all, I really enjoyed the musical movie. :D
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And I can't stand Helena lately either, that was my whole point. Like 'just because you own Tim Burton's balls at the moment doesn't mean you have to play the same character over and over and over again'
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My other half had to ask me what she just said like 4 times...
On stage, it's sung correctly. It wasn't here, IMHO.
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Phantom was my first live show, West Side was the last (thus far).
But I am missing like 7 of my top ten faves to see live and I keep waiting for revivals....
Les Miserables isn't in my top ten musicals..live, film, or otherwise. After a work of art like Evita (with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patikin on broadway), it's like A.L.W. phone it in.
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Remembering the otherwise normally competent Miranda Richardson with her bad french accent still makes me wince. Especially since no one else bothered with one.
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LOL
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I love Hugh usually, but I wasn't too fussed on him as Valjean. His voice is too... I don't know what word I'm looking for, but the kind of voice you go for if you're casting Gaston in Beauty and the Beast or Peter Allen... not Jean Valjean. Especially in Bring Him Home, which was clearly too high for him to sing comfortably.
I also had lots of issues with the alterations they made to the order of songs and the lyrics they cut, and basically the only bit I really liked was A Little Fall of Rain, and I'm just going to stick to the In Concert DVDs and the productions that pop up every five years or so in my city.
Ending the comment here before I get more ragey.
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(Also, to the person who's comment I accidentally deleted, I tried to find it and it was gone. I am sorry, because it was a couple paragraphs and I hated that I clicked the wrong button. Been working on VERY little sleep of late.)
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Anyway, the film. What was with it. Really?
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(that's why I went back into my old format because where the button I normally hit to reply and unscreen comments, in the new format I tried, I deleted yours and didn't pay attention I guess when it said if I was sure (Like I said, not alot of sleep, family stuff, etc.)
So TY for rewriting it!
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I found this to be a thoroughly uninspired film tbh. It is a case in point for why so many movie musicals fail. Because people try to film as though everyone is still on stage. Film is not stage film directors. Sheesh.
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