Les Mis set to be highest grossing movie musical of all time. - Page 16

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/6/13 at 7:23pm

Yes it is DAME...LMAO

[ggersten]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 11:28am

Ok. It wasn't last week. THIS (2/11-2/17) is the week Les Mis finally passes Mamma Mia for US domestic gross.
As of 2/11/13, per Box Office Mojo, Les Mis is about $150,000 shy. But, it lost another 50% off of its weekly take. Still, excellent numbers and a hit.

Worlwide number is up to almost $360M.

[DAME]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 11:32am

It's done very well. I hope we get another big movie musical to kibitz about soon.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 12:19pm

Yes it is an unqualified hit. I hope we get another big musical to kibitz about soon as well.

...and remember there is still the Oscars...which may boost ticket sales...

[DAME]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 1:20pm

I was reading some of the lineup for the oscars. You can tell a pair of queens are running things. Thank god.

[Joviedamian]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 5:31pm

Which Queens and from where?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/11/13 at 5:35pm

Craig Zadon and Neil Meron...from Hollywood.

[DAME]

Posted: 2/13/13 at 1:41pm

Don't get too exited. I think they did last years show as well.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/13/13 at 1:42pm

Exited DAME?

[DAME]

Posted: 2/13/13 at 1:43pm

Girl.. no Starbucks this morning.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/13/13 at 1:51pm

Oh dayum...that's ruff boo...

[DAME]

Posted: 2/13/13 at 1:53pm

Just substituted with Cheesecake factory chocolate mouse cake. See what happens when my routine gets messed with? Not good gurl. Not good.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/15/13 at 4:42pm

So it's really not and never was set to be the highest grossing movie musical of all time, right?

[DAME]

Posted: 2/15/13 at 5:05pm

Can it be?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/15/13 at 5:54pm

If it wants to be. This is America and you can be anything you want in America.

[DAME]

Posted: 2/17/13 at 12:44pm

That is the spirit.

[Dave19]

Posted: 2/17/13 at 3:59pm

It could have been with a brilliantly singing cast.
And by that I mean better acted because of the ability to act through song.

I am not getting into this whole issue again, but my point here is that from now on, now the whole initial hype is over, it comes down to this; Do people want to see it again, do your children (who have never heard of Russel Crowe) appreciate the performances too, etc, etc.

I will not buy the dvd/blu ray and will not show it to my family because some of the performances are just not good enough. These things will keep a film going forever or prevent that.

The product stands on its own now, for hundreds and thousands of years to come.





Updated On: 2/17/13 at 03:59 PM

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/17/13 at 4:04pm

I am not getting into this whole issue again..

And yet you still felt the need to post in this thread and try to undermine the fact that the movie is an unqualified success regardless of whether it became "the highest grossing movie musical of all time"...and nothing, even your feelings for or against the film can really change that fact now, can they?

[BeadleDeedle]

Posted: 2/17/13 at 4:44pm

I've watched it four times, Dave19. I think it features a few great performances and some interesting ideas, interpretations and additions. At the same time, I think it suffers from several flaws. Some of those flaws belong to the filmmakers, but IMO many were always going to be there no matter what because it simply is the film version of the musical Les Miserables. I love Les Miserables. I really really do. But it is not high art.

[Dave19]

Posted: 2/17/13 at 5:18pm

Carlos, my point is that only time will tell what will be "highest grossing of all time" and I mean including home video and re-releases. And that certain factors that were considered as "very important" by the filmmakers actually are not that important anymore now the film stands on it's own, and other aspects are now the make or break point in the "test of time".

Beadle, why do you think some of those flaws were always going to be there?

[BeadleDeedle]

Posted: 2/17/13 at 5:36pm

Because I see them as being inherent in the show. There from the beginning in its conception as the Cameron Macintosh mega-musical Les Miserables.

[Dave19]

Posted: 2/17/13 at 6:25pm

The things that are "flaws" to me were not in the musical.
The performances of Valjeans I have seen on stage were much more film-like than the extremely theatrical (my name is Jean-Val.....Jeaaaaaaaaaaaan, way too long-excessive strained vibrato-taking me out of the story, while all the stage Valjeans I've seen kept this note short and realistic). Another example: Now come on ladies, settle....dooooooooooooown. I was in the story until the word ""settle". Long notes are wonderful and perfect, and every other Valjean I have seen manages to do every word just right. Mr Jackman deserves an award for making wrong choices on every note, wrong emphasis on the wrong word and holding the wrong notes for too long and vice versa.

About Javert, I can't remember that more than 50% of the audience's reactions on the Javerts were that negative. So that is also not a "thing of the concept".

With that said, there are a lot of things I love about the film, the orchestra, the locations, some performances, but after Fantine dies the film turns into this "black hole" because of the 2 mentioned above, and it only picks up again from the point where the students come in, after "Stars".

These factors might make the film not so successful over time.
That's what I say.

Flaws that are inherent in the show will not block the success in any way in my opinion.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/19/13 at 6:46pm

I still don't understand how the OP arrived at the title of this thread.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/19/13 at 6:48pm

You take a little gay giddy excitement and mix in a quarter cup of no facts at all. Mix that up and you get the thread title.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/19/13 at 6:51pm

^ THIS. And look at who started this thread: theaternutjob. TROLL.