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Re: Random movie talky stuff.
Finally checking in.
Saw Les Mis on Christmas day. Phenomenal. I was singing along in the theater, I was crying, and when it ended, the entire theater was clapping.
I had my misgivings about Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe and while I still reserve them for Crowe, Hathaway did a fan-freaking-tastic job as Fantine. Russell Crowe, being not particularly known for his singing ability, still did a great job, though I'm used to a different 'style' of Javert, I guess you could say, so I had some issue with him, but for tackling the role, I think he did a great job.
The cuddlebuddy had some issues with (adult) Cosette, picking out some points where she cracked on the higher notes, but I was slightly oblivious to it. Although both of us did make one observation:
CB (leaning over to me in the theater): They're all French, right?
Me: Well, it's in France.
CB: So, where are all the accents coming from?!
Gavroche ("Little People") has sort of a British slant to it and Jackman and Crowe are Australian (though it doesn't really come out in the singing) but still, they're present.
Also, Sascha Baron Cohen and Helene Bonham Carter (I like how they both have the three names) did bang up jobs as the Thenardiers and "Master of the House" was just freaking fabulous. It's one of my favorite pieces, so I paid particular attention to it. The scene is frentic, but it works. CB called it a good "character defining" song.
Found out later that the girl that plays Eponine played her on Broadway, so she stood out as one of the great ones to listen to and holy crap was I in tears at one point watching her.
If you're a fan, go see it. If you're on the fence, go see it. It's just phenomenal. I will point out that I'm fairly certain they removed one of Thenardier's songs (I remember him singing about picking through the corpses and they didn't have that.) and they added one between Valjean and (young) Cosette, but all in all, I have no complaints about it. I think, as the CB said, even if you know what's going to happen, it still gets you.
Finally checking in.
Saw Les Mis on Christmas day. Phenomenal. I was singing along in the theater, I was crying, and when it ended, the entire theater was clapping.
I had my misgivings about Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe and while I still reserve them for Crowe, Hathaway did a fan-freaking-tastic job as Fantine. Russell Crowe, being not particularly known for his singing ability, still did a great job, though I'm used to a different 'style' of Javert, I guess you could say, so I had some issue with him, but for tackling the role, I think he did a great job.
The cuddlebuddy had some issues with (adult) Cosette, picking out some points where she cracked on the higher notes, but I was slightly oblivious to it. Although both of us did make one observation:
CB (leaning over to me in the theater): They're all French, right?
Me: Well, it's in France.
CB: So, where are all the accents coming from?!
Gavroche ("Little People") has sort of a British slant to it and Jackman and Crowe are Australian (though it doesn't really come out in the singing) but still, they're present.
Also, Sascha Baron Cohen and Helene Bonham Carter (I like how they both have the three names) did bang up jobs as the Thenardiers and "Master of the House" was just freaking fabulous. It's one of my favorite pieces, so I paid particular attention to it. The scene is frentic, but it works. CB called it a good "character defining" song.
Found out later that the girl that plays Eponine played her on Broadway, so she stood out as one of the great ones to listen to and holy crap was I in tears at one point watching her.
If you're a fan, go see it. If you're on the fence, go see it. It's just phenomenal. I will point out that I'm fairly certain they removed one of Thenardier's songs (I remember him singing about picking through the corpses and they didn't have that.) and they added one between Valjean and (young) Cosette, but all in all, I have no complaints about it. I think, as the CB said, even if you know what's going to happen, it still gets you.