Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
#1Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 6:57amOr is it still too soon?
#2Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 7:24amLook, for what it's worth I enjoyed the film more than when I saw the recent revival on stage.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#2Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 7:58amI adore both. I might actually like Les Mis a little more, because of the live singing. Into the Woods had a weird sound to it to me (the singing, not the orchestrations). It almost sounded pop-ish and it took me out of it a little.
#3Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 7:59amNot everyone is going to agree with you, I thought Les Miz was amazing and that's my honest opinion!
#4Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 8:55amFor me, Les Miserables had more highs, as well as more lows. Into The Woods has fewer flaws, but there is no performance in it that matches Hathaway. While I would favor Into The Woods, both are very good.
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#5Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 8:59amMust we choose?
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#6Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 9:09amWhere's that block button?
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#7Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 9:38amYou can block it Matt, but as always it will just come back in a few weeks with another screen name.
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#8Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 9:45am
Can we stop pretending your post was useful?
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#9Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 9:53amFor me, (aside from the casting of Crowe) the only problem with the movie was the way it was shot, or edited (and I don't know enough about how films are made to differentiate.) And by that I'm talking about how so many scenes (particulalry during songs) were shot in horrendous tight close ups. It was one after the other after the other, ad nauseum. But if those had been kept to a minimum, my recollection is that everything else (with the one exception noted) was pretty good. On the other hand, my memory isn't what it once was.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#10Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:04amI'll stop pretending Les Miserables is good if you start paying more attention to what you're watching and listening to and stop misinterpreting things to suit your skewed views.
#11Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:06amIs there some reason they can't both be good?
#12Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:12am
Because TazTarney know everything, and he said so..that's why. Didn't you get the memo?
Why do you think we are now inundated with his utterly useless threads...
He's like a fungus that keeps on growing and infecting the board...
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#13Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:15am
I assumed that those who said it was good weren't pretending.
Just as I wasn't pretending from the get go when I said it wasn't.
I also assume that those who disagree with me and say the movie Into the Woods is not good aren't pretending.
We just have a different opinion.
#14Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:18am
Well, you assumed wrong.
And you know the old adage about assuming don't ya?
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#15Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 10:54amSo I assumed wrong when I took people at their words?
#16Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 11:12amI loved both but I also prefer Les Miserables. I even loved Crowe in it, I thought he did a great job and he surprised me. I loved his rendition of "Stars."
#17Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 11:39am^I agree with you! I thought what he did with that song felt more like a prayer than some aggressive showcase we've seen so often from other portrayals of the character.
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#18Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 11:50amNow that we like apples, can we admit we don't really like oranges.
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#19Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 12:06pm
As you are well aware, opinions are pretty straightforward on this board. I doubt anyone was pretending to hate or like it.
It was the worst, though.
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#20Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 12:11pmI still really enjoyed the Les Miz movie. There are a few things about it that I wish were better, but as a whole, I loved it. I loved Into the woods as well. I just wish that the film versions of Phantom and Rent were as good as either of the two newest entries to the genre.
#21Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 12:23pmI didn't need Into the Woods to help me know I hated the movie of Les Miserables.
#22Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 12:53pm
I didn't need Into the Woods to help me know I hated the movie of Les Miserables.
Exactly.
#23Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 1:09pm
I didn't need Into the Woods to help me know I hated the movie of Les Miserables.
Amen. The live singing in Les Miserables did absolutely nothing for me. I have found the most recent versions of Les Miserables (the film and the revival) to be pretty dreadful.
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#24Now that Into The Woods is out, can we finally stop pretending Les Miserable was good?
Posted: 12/28/14 at 2:59pmCount me as one who liked the movie a lot. I wasn't disappointed.
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