Rebecca put a small dent in her Christmas shopping!

[rebecca_in_blue]

2012 might be known in the future as the year Rebecca become obsessed with Les Miserables. (2011 was the year she became a Jew, and 2010 was the year she became obsessed with NCIS. There are worse things for years to be known by.) The other night, I was almost asleep in bed when Sara came in and told me Entertainment Weekly had released five new

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[kew121]

Ack, I have very mixed feelings about the Les Mis movie. On the one hand very excited, but on the other hand I hated that clip of Hugh Jackman singing Who Am I? Fair enough to make the artistic choice to speak-sing, but for the small part that he is singing he's not even on the melody. That really got my goat. But let's get real, it's a movie musical, my favorite genre, so I'll probably still see within the first few days.

[rebecca_in_blue]

Hey, Kew, long time no see! I have mixed feelings about the movie too, but the closer it gets, the more excited I am to see it. Specifically, I don't think Anne Hathaway was a good choice for Fantine; I could barely even watch the clip of "At the End of the Day," which is kinda a weak song to begin with, but her whimpering, simpering voice and facial expressions didn't help. I won't even go into her cover of "I Dreamed a Dream." As for Hugh Jackman, my favorite Valjean is by and far Alfie Boe, whose voice is so soaring and operatic. Jackman's much quieter, sing-speak style was a shock to my ears at first, but it's been growing on me. I love the emotion he puts into the words. Amanda Seyfried's voice sounded a bit shaky, but I've always thought Cosette's songs are kinda high-pitched and shaky/shrilly. I honestly haven't decided on Russell Crowe as Javert yet. Sorry, I'm rambling now. I'm counting the days until this comes out!