Les Misérables (2012) - March 22 - Review

[JenM]

Originally Posted by Brad1963

I don't understand all the venom for this film. I loved it, thought it stuck closely to the stage version and was epic filmmaking at its best. Seeing again tomorrow and I'm getting it the day it is released on Blu-ray.

Me too! I've seen it 3 times, and everyone I've gone with, who are huge fans of the stage musical, has loved it.

It was definitely different from the show, but it had to be. It wasn't just a matter of putting the stage show outside and filming it. I loved that they went back to the original novel and put stuff in that they weren't able to do on stage (like the convent scene).

I get the criticism for the camerawork. I figured I wouldn't like it either after reading the reviews, but I wound up not having a problem with it.

I even liked Russell Crowe. No, he doesn't sing like the actors I've seen on stage do it, but he acted the character so well that I didn't mind that the singing was less than what I was used to. And that scene with the medal? Damn... (and I read that scene was Crowe's idea)

I've been waiting for a movie version of this forever, and I was just thrilled with it.