Opinion on Anne Hatheway's performance in Les Miserable. Is it Iconic? — Page 3

Ginnentonic

That's nice to say but pretty much everyone posting here is over 30.

That's nice to say but pretty much everyone posting here is over 30.

Not for another four months!

Shambolic

"Awards don't mean anything, and they have nothing to do with the general public liking it."

Awards mean plenty to the people who made the picture and the company that distributes it. And when it makes half a billion bucks, that would indicate that at least some of the "general public" liked it. Of course I respect that you didn't like it but it's almost as if you can't bear the fact that a lot of people did.

"3 Oscars out of 8 nominations, 3 Golden Globes, 4 BAFTAS, a slew of other honors and a gross of half a billion. Yeah, it was dreadful."

I am assuming your "it was dreadful" is sarcastic. But, just because a movie wins awards, doesn't mean people have to like the film. It's almost like you can't stand that a lot of people really, really hated it.

The majority of the box office was from viewers overseas, it only made 148 million here, which isn't a ton these days. I think a lot of people saw it just because they loved the musical, doesn't mean it was any good.

Updated On: 10/5/14 at 09:52 PM

"But, just because a movie wins awards, doesn't mean people have to like the film."

This is true, but the film's gross income suggests that most people did like it. Awards speak for the industry insiders, but the money speaks for everyone else. If it were seen a turd of a film by the majority of the movie going public, word of mouth would have sucked and the movie would have tanked at the box office. You may not have liked it, many here may not have liked it, but that does not stop the film from being a success on all levels that count.

All of that being said, I enjoyed Hathaway's performance in the film, and I thought it was great. If she were on stage I would likely have compared that performance to Rubin-Vega's performance in the first revival, which was not so good.

Sutton, I was being sarcastic. It always amuses me when someone who doesn't like something, which is everyone's right, is outraged that other may have liked it. No, awards and grosses are not everything but they are an indication that some people admired the picture. To simply dimiss it as a piece of crap seems a bit lazy. But then this is a board for theater enthusiasts, not cinephiles.

Buying a ticket is not the same as liking the film.

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Updated On: 10/5/14 at 10:44 PM

Mr Nowack--you just hit the nail on the head - you can only decide AFTER the event.
This thread is actually the first time that I have seen so many emerge and reveal their honest[negative] thoughts on her performance. Advertising bombarded us ,daring us NOT to like her.

Iconic? Not at all. She deserves to have her acting card taken away for her performance in Les Mis. I would have rathered she win the Oscar for her work in The Dark Knight Rises or The Princess Diaries.