My thought on Les Misérables
October 1, 2013
Les Misérables has been everything from a book to a fighting game. So why not have a movie?
I…have mixed feelings for this movie. This 158 minutes film is based on the musical by the same name, which was based on a book by the same name. So this raises one of my concerns about this movie- how long is too long. If you think about it, a book is able to be as long as they want. A play usually is about 2 hours with 1-2 interruptions. A movie usually is about 1-2 hours without any interruptions. So can a media transition FROM a media transition work?
Well…I don’t know. I mean, a lot of the acting here is well done. Russell Crowe is being…well, Russell Crowe. Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman I felt did a good job in their roles. The songs, well I have mixed feelings about. Some songs are well done, but by hour 2, I just got bored. Others were just out of place, for example, there a scene where Hugh Jackman must whisper to avoid being caught and then they start singing…WHAT?
Another thing that I felt weird was why they had to be super close up to the singers face. WHY?
These things I just mentioned are more nitpicks than anything to me, mainly because I really didn’t care for the material. But as a movie, it’s not that bad. So, My bottom line is…well, I’m in the middle on this movie. While a good movie by my standards, it’s 3 hours long! I got bored on my viewing for this review. I liked it when I first saw it but I couldn’t sit through it a second time. I’m really on the fence about this…see it for yourself and decide. I guess if you liked the source materials, go see it at least once. Yes, this movie has its problems, but it also does somethings right.
October 22nd, 2013 at 11:59 pm
Honestly this movie has some great actors, which might push some people to go watch the film. But me myself would never bother watching this type of movie, looks super boring and just plain dry. Thanks for the post, i’ll make sure even more not to watch this movie.
October 23rd, 2013 at 10:26 am
I think the movie is boring as well maybe i don’t like these type of movies. I started watching it because my favorite actors were part of it but after 30 minutes i was not interested anymore.