And certainly something won it fervent fans several decades ago - and has kept them, ever since.īut to the still unconvinced, its operatic wall-to-wall score seems to be missing some melodies. In the world of Broadway musicals, "Les Misérables" would seem to have it all - a solid literary property, a strong conflict, a love triangle and plenty of epic sweep. Part of another review (from the Newark Star Ledger): As compared to most movie adaptations of musicals, that's good in my book.
I think it's a fine adaptation of the musical, well produced, directed and performed (for the most part). I guarantee you every hater posting that stuff loves any number of movies that won few awards and weren't huge grossers. I don't take the troll bait that it's a disaster unless it sweeps all the major awards and is a box-office chart-buster. I loved that at the end, the moral of this movie is: If you lead a good life, then when you die, Aaron Tveit is waiting for you in heaven. Hugh I felt was fantastic in the first 30 minutes, then pretty pedestrian soon as he starts looking like Hugh Jackman. I thought Russell Crowe was quite good in the patter dialogue confrontations, but is HORRIBLE in his 2 solo numbers like the only man who shows up for the role in community theater tryouts, so you have to cast him and hope for the best.
Oddly, I felt like 'On My Own' barely registered. Anne Hathaway sang better than I'd feared her scenery-chewing is a bit much but I give her props for the single-take performance of the song. I hate that he's paired so much with Amanda Seyfried, whose paper-thin twittering is just godawful. I loved Eddie Redmayne and his 'Empty Chairs and Empty Tables' was one of my favorite parts of the movie. It is looooong, especially the middle section (I never have liked Castle on a Cloud or Master of the House, and they're followed by the new song where Valjean seems kind of creepily giddy about being with young Cosette). I thought it was well done and mostly well-performed.
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