Les Miserables

[JackDallas]

Took my granddaughters to see the movie today.
I never thought anyone could ever make Anne Hathaway look ugly; but she sang the main theme "I dreamed a Dream" very well, almost as well as Ruthy Henshal.

I didn't care much for singing the dialogue. Almost every word is in song. I know it's a musical but it was a little annoying.

Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman were great. Amanda Seyfried, as Cosette, was....well, she's got those wonderful eyes.
The girls were blubbering at the end. I was not; I'm much too tough for such things.

 

[degsme]

Meh... I think Anthony Lane got it right in his review http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2013/01/07/130107crci_cinema_lane

I was unprepared, having missed “Les Misérables” onstage, for the remarkable battle that flames between music and lyrics, each vying to be more uninspired than the other. The lyrics put up a good fight, but you have to hand it to the score: a cauldron of harmonic mush, with barely a hint of spice or a note of surprise. Some of Hooper’s cast acquit themselves with grace, notably Redmayne, and it’s a relief to see Sacha Baron Cohen, in the role of a seamy innkeeper, bid goodbye to Cosette with the wistful words “Farewell, Courgette.” One burst of farce, however, is not enough to redress the basic, inflationary bombast that defines “Les Misérables.” Fans of the original production, no doubt, will eat the movie up, and good luck to them. I screamed a scream as time went by.

Give me a nice Sweeney Todd...:

Swing your Razor HIGH Sweeney
Hear it singing...YES

Sink it in the Rosy Skin of .... Righteousness...

Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd.
He served a dark and and an angry god.... ​