miserableoldgit Posted 9 December, 2012 Posted 9 December, 2012 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2244304/Les-Miserables-movie-Chris-Tookey-gives-verdict-masterpiece.html I am so looking forward to this.
Dr Who? Posted 22 December, 2012 Posted 22 December, 2012 Me to, going to see it with the wife in January. Not sure it will be as good as the theatre, but will see.
Deano6 Posted 27 December, 2012 Posted 27 December, 2012 Actually this is the adaptation of the play. Exactly the same songs / scenes etc and put together by Cameron Mackintosh. If you want an adaptation of the book see the 1998 Liam Neeson film with Clare Danes, which has no singing. I could not conceivably be more excited to see this. Got tickets booked to see it when I get back to NY on 31st, and have had the songs in my head all week. I am a little worried about Crowe's part in this, and also reckon I'm gonna come out thinking "Why couldn't they have just sung it properly??" Found Jackman's Who Am I, one of the most climactic moments in the show, to be a little underwhelming from the youtube clip... [video=youtube_share;xx7K42uyrts]
miserableoldgit Posted 27 December, 2012 Author Posted 27 December, 2012 Actually this is the adaptation of the play. Exactly the same songs / scenes etc and put together by Cameron Mackintosh. If you want an adaptation of the book see the 1998 Liam Neeson film with Clare Danes, which has no singing. I could not conceivably be more excited to see this. Got tickets booked to see it when I get back to NY on 31st, and have had the songs in my head all week. I am a little worried about Crowe's part in this, and also reckon I'm gonna come out thinking "Why couldn't they have just sung it properly??" Found Jackman's Who Am I, one of the most climactic moments in the show, to be a little underwhelming from the youtube clip... [video=youtube_share;xx7K42uyrts] I understand what you are saying about the singing but film and stage are completely different. I loved the film of "Warhorse" but love the stage production even more. In "Les Mis" the actors were acting and actually singing at the same time, as opposed to miming to pre-recorded tracks. I first saw Hugh Jackman in "Oklahoma" at The National Theatre some years ago. He is/was a very good musical theatre performer but this is not musical theatre - it is cinema. Having listened to the cast albums of "Les Mis" hundreds of times I know that it is going to be different, but different in a good way, I hope!
miserableoldgit Posted 11 January, 2013 Author Posted 11 January, 2013 Saw "Les Mis" this afternoon. Absolutely stupendous! Apart from Russell Crowe and Anna Seyfriend, the singing is excellent. Anne Hathaways "I Dreamed a Dream" and Eddie Redmaynes "Empty Chairs and Empty Tables" particularly outstanding. If you are a fan of the show you will be relieved like me that the film has kept to the spirt of the show and expanded it. As many people (men AND women) "blowing their noses" at the end as at the end of the stage version "Warhorse!" One of the very best British films for many years IMHO.
Essruu Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Off to see it Sunday at Harbour Lights. Looking forward to it.
Liquidshokk Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Saw this tonight. Thought id hate it but think I loved it a bit... ...russell crow should NOT be singing though... Reckon they hired him for his acting skills and no one had had the heart to tell him he couldn't sing so went with it
miserableoldgit Posted 17 January, 2013 Author Posted 17 January, 2013 Saw this review of Les Mis online, made me smile this morning; Went to the movies with the wife. We saw this obscure movie I had never heard of, some French foreign film. They must have been giving away free tickets because the lines were out the door. Anyway, the movie starts and Wolverine is singing his guts out. then Catwoman starts crying and singing and it's all very moving. The only problem... was, the girl next to me, who had apparently read the book or something, starts singing along. it was very distracting. so Wolverine is on the run from the Gladiator because Catwoman had a baby at Borat's house, but now she wants Wolverine to care for her. Time skip. A bunch of kids get shot, and in the end everyone dies. Four stars. ....and this Funny!
Tokyo-Saint Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 Saw this review of Les Mis online, made me smile this morning; Went to the movies with the wife. We saw this obscure movie I had never heard of, some French foreign film. They must have been giving away free tickets because the lines were out the door. Anyway, the movie starts and Wolverine is singing his guts out. then Catwoman starts crying and singing and it's all very moving. The only problem... was, the girl next to me, who had apparently read the book or something, starts singing along. it was very distracting. so Wolverine is on the run from the Gladiator because Catwoman had a baby at Borat's house, but now she wants Wolverine to care for her. Time skip. A bunch of kids get shot, and in the end everyone dies. Four stars. ....and this Funny! Has bearsy started posting reviews on other forums? What a slag!
Bearsy Posted 17 January, 2013 Posted 17 January, 2013 I ain't seen it. I ain't particularly inclined to see it, I dunno much about it but it's mostly the title what puts me off. They should of called it Les Excitements or Les Megalolz or Les Bians then I would of been well up for going!
Deano6 Posted 18 January, 2013 Posted 18 January, 2013 I see Lez Miserables and his orchestra are still going strong in Shaftesbury Avenue after all these years.
Tokyo-Saint Posted 20 January, 2013 Posted 20 January, 2013 Just watched it.... Need a lie down.... Will report on it later.... There were no survivers.... It was like nam again..... Need to rest now.... Report later.
Bearsy Posted 21 January, 2013 Posted 21 January, 2013 Hi when uv stopped crying like a little b!tch can you upload comprehensive review please tokyos FFS thanks!
Tokyo-Saint Posted 22 January, 2013 Posted 22 January, 2013 Decided to do it on home ground... http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?42741-Tokyo-Saint-takes-one-for-the-muppet-show-team-Les-Miserables-review
Dr Who? Posted 3 February, 2013 Posted 3 February, 2013 Went to see it last week, and what you expect at the cinema and was really good, but the theatre is just better for musicals and has more depth.
Dr Who? Posted 8 February, 2013 Posted 8 February, 2013 Went to see it again last night... Fantastic, must get to the theatre again soon!
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