Posted: 12/28/2012 6:53:18 PM EDT
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They dragged us to see this play in Jr. High. I remember it bored the piss out of me. Was there a legitimate reason for making a movie out of it? Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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I will be the first to point out that Les Mis is a FABULOUS Musical, if you are into Musicals. (And they are, admittedly, a different form of art from what most of us are used to*)
I -might- have lucked into a set of 3rd-row seats, center stage, in London when I was 17.... so I -might- be biased. 
*-ETA: Let's face it, the default ARFCOM reaction to a movie is directly proportional to the amount of full-auto action in it... and Musicals have exactly zero. BTW... take your wife, GF, potential fuckbuddy, whatever... you'll get laid.
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Because a Renaissance Man knows how to kill, how to cook, reads literature, and appreciates music. "Specialization is for insects." There's more to life than Red Dawn and Arnold Schwarzenneger.
Had front center row seats to this in Chicago in 1988-ish. Outstanding. Go, you might enjoy yourself. Take your wife/girlfriend if possible. |
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outstanding music... Damned straight. Here's what it's supposed to sound like:  http://youtu.be/Iz13cWUokOs
yeah the music in LM was always awesome |
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outstanding music... Damned straight. Here's what it's supposed to sound like: http://youtu.be/Iz13cWUokOs
The 10th anniversary has the best singers. Empty chairs at empty tables by Michael Ball |
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outstanding music... Damned straight. Here's what it's supposed to sound like: http://youtu.be/Iz13cWUokOs
The 10th anniversary has the best singers. Empty chairs at empty tables by Michael Ball is that the year country star Gary Morris Played the lead role? |
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outstanding music... Damned straight. Here's what it's supposed to sound like: http://youtu.be/Iz13cWUokOs
The 10th anniversary has the best singers. Empty chairs at empty tables by Michael Ball is that the year country star Gary Morris Played the lead role? Don't think so. Colm Wilkinson is Valjean in the 10th anniversary. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: outstanding music... Damned straight. Here's what it's supposed to sound like: http://youtu.be/Iz13cWUokOsThe 10th anniversary has the best singers. Empty chairs at empty tables by Michael Ball I'm partial to the original broadway cast with Colm Wilkinson, but there are a lot of great singers out there. ETA: I see the 10th also has Colm. The one I posted does have Lea Salonga. |
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outstanding music... Damned straight. Here's what it's supposed to sound like: http://youtu.be/Iz13cWUokOs
The 10th anniversary has the best singers. Empty chairs at empty tables by Michael Ball I'm partial to the original broadway cast with Colm Wilkinson, but there are a lot of great singers out there. ETA: I see the 10th also has Colm. The one I posted does have Lea Salonga. Javert is the best in the 10th also. Even some of the lessor characters are amazing. They don't call it the dream cast for nothing. I only wish there was a high quality version of the entire program. |
| Well for one this is a remake. The old movie wasn't a musical. It's a great story about redemption and preconceived notions and of course love. Great Christian message. But yes I think I prefer the nonmusical version. I have not seen the new musical movie yet. |
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Quoted: I'm only aware of one other movie and that both are adaptations of the play. ... The play being the first thing out besides the book so of course everything else is based off it. Quoted: Well for one this is a remake. The old movie wasn't a musical. It's an adaptation of the stage production that has been running for the past 30 years. There have been a ton of movies based on the novel. |
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outstanding music... Damned straight. Here's what it's supposed to sound like: http://youtu.be/Iz13cWUokOs
The 10th anniversary has the best singers. Empty chairs at empty tables by Michael Ball I'm partial to the original broadway cast with Colm Wilkinson, but there are a lot of great singers out there. ETA: I see the 10th also has Colm. The one I posted does have Lea Salonga. Javert is the best in the 10th also. Even some of the lessor characters are amazing. They don't call it the dream cast for nothing. I only wish there was a high quality version of the entire program. I too was VERY use to Colm as Jean Valjean but for Javert I grew up hearing Terrance Mann. Notably though, in the movie they did include Colm as the priest. I recognized his face but didn't realize who he was until his bit was over.  But then I was like "OMG OMG!" ... well silently that is. 
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the movie with Claire Daines was pure garbage! My wife told me she had to watch that in a lit class in college for credit. I was like  Then we watched the real musical on dvd. I said " Now thats Les Mis!" she looked at me like I lost my friggin mind! But she was cryin as well so it was all good! 
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Went and saw it tonight with the wife.
Both loved it. This is a very good way for people who don't go see musical theater to get introduced to one of the greatest stories ever told. And to you gun nuts who have not seen it and are making fun. You don't know what you are missing! I have seen it live in Chicago, Toranto, Houston, SLC. I generally like the live versions, but this new movie has a lot to offer. |
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Only the most gorgeous woman in the 'verse!
By the way, if terminal boredom were our goal, wouldn't reading A Tale Of Two Cities accomplish the same purpose with almost identical story lines (and save a shit-ton of money?)? (uncultured heathen here, especially when it comes to musicals that liberals rave about!)
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Only the most gorgeous woman in the 'verse!
By the way, if terminal boredom were our goal, wouldn't reading A Tale Of Two Cities accomplish the same purpose with almost identical story lines (and save a shit-ton of money?)? (uncultured heathen here, especially when it comes to musicals that liberals rave about!)
watch fiddler on the roof first if you have never seen a musical. it has alot of everything from humor to romance to tradgedy. If you like it then step up cowboy and saddle up for an emotional roller coaster like Les Mis. In Sydney I was sitting next to this huge rugby player( I am guessing, the man was huge) I said to him joking did you bring kleenex. He says to me "No worries mate I don't cry at this shit.) Into the second act he nudged me and asked if I had any kleenex. Its rough but beautiful. |
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I just can't get in to opera/musicals. It's such a clumsy form of art. It's a complete immersion destroyer. The moment any singing occurs when violence is near, it's just stupid and does not fit. Expressing anger with crystal clear voices and operatic vibrato just does not fit. Yes, I've seen it performed. |
| The movie is a bit different from the musical in that the singing is much more visceral and raw. Because the camera is so close to the performers, it needed to happen. And it works very well. I believe Anne Hathaway's soliloque performance alone is Oscar-worthy. |
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The movie is a bit different from the musical in that the singing is much more visceral and raw. Because the camera is so close to the performers, it needed to happen. And it works very well. I believe Anne Hathaway's soliloque performance alone is Oscar-worthy. Agreed. One continuous shot. Didn't sound like any editing either. That alone was worthy of best picture. |
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Well for one this is a remake. The old movie wasn't a musical. It's a great story about redemption and preconceived notions and of course love. Great Christian message. But yes I think I prefer the nonmusical version. I have not seen the new musical movie yet. I think the movie I saw when I was in high school was non-musical, but I can't recall for sure. The movie seeemed to have been fairly recent (at that time). Whatever the case, I enjoyed it. I really don't like most musicals. Most are way to bright and cheery for my taste (that I've seen at the theatre so far). I prefer traditional plays and operas; I do like some of the more somber musicals, though. |
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Inara is a high-class Companion. She'd expect you to take her to see LM before you rail her from every direction. |