#1
Posted: 12/30/12 at 3:46pm
Anne Hathaway should be arrested for murder. Murdering the signature song "I Dreamed A Dream" in Les Miserables. Obviously Anne didn't pay attention in acting class. Lesson number one is you don't play the end at the beginning. There's a reason why the lyrics say "BUT the tigers come at night." It signals the actress that there is to be a change in the tone of the song. The song is titled I dreamed a dream, not I cried through a dream. And I love how when she's in the hospital and she sings "Cosette it's growing cold" and then coughs twice to make sure we understand how sick she really is.
Overall I was a bit disappointed with the movie. I thought it would be more epic than it was. I thought that none of the main actors rose to the quality of the material (Amanda Seyfried is excused because Cosette is a poorly written role that you can't do much with.)
I thought Samantha Barks was the most truthful of the actors and her only real problem was that she was poorly directed.
Hugh Jackman was ok. I believed his ValJean, but there wasn't enough energy behind his acting.
Russell Crowe acted like a piece of wood from the barricade. No passion at all.
Eddie Redmayne was ok, but miscast. Not dashing enough.
Sasha and Helena did the best they could, but once again I think they were victims of poor direction. I think Tom Hooper squeezed all the fun out of "Master of the House" with all that jumpy camera work.
It seems Hooper is great at little bits of business, like the Santa at the end of Master of the House, but he just doesn't know how to pull together an entire film. Also, the eye behind Jackman when he's singing the prayer was a bit too obvious.
And I wonder if the cast was paid by the number of tears they shed, because every character cries at some point. This was the weepiest Les Miserables I've ever seen.
What they did get right:
the ending when [spoiler alert] Valjean walks toward the priest. I could never figure out why Eponine was in that moment and it makes much more sense for him to walk to the priest, thereby closing the circle that the priest claimed him for God at the beginning.
Little Cosette was great and I love how she has the doll whisper in her ear on the line "Cosette I love you very much".
Overall I was a bit disappointed with the movie. I thought it would be more epic than it was. I thought that none of the main actors rose to the quality of the material (Amanda Seyfried is excused because Cosette is a poorly written role that you can't do much with.)
I thought Samantha Barks was the most truthful of the actors and her only real problem was that she was poorly directed.
Hugh Jackman was ok. I believed his ValJean, but there wasn't enough energy behind his acting.
Russell Crowe acted like a piece of wood from the barricade. No passion at all.
Eddie Redmayne was ok, but miscast. Not dashing enough.
Sasha and Helena did the best they could, but once again I think they were victims of poor direction. I think Tom Hooper squeezed all the fun out of "Master of the House" with all that jumpy camera work.
It seems Hooper is great at little bits of business, like the Santa at the end of Master of the House, but he just doesn't know how to pull together an entire film. Also, the eye behind Jackman when he's singing the prayer was a bit too obvious.
And I wonder if the cast was paid by the number of tears they shed, because every character cries at some point. This was the weepiest Les Miserables I've ever seen.
What they did get right:
the ending when [spoiler alert] Valjean walks toward the priest. I could never figure out why Eponine was in that moment and it makes much more sense for him to walk to the priest, thereby closing the circle that the priest claimed him for God at the beginning.
Little Cosette was great and I love how she has the doll whisper in her ear on the line "Cosette I love you very much".
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
