Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (50 Viewers)

[Enron]

Precisely, but you have to look at the movie as an adaptation of the musical, not the book.

I heard they let Russell Crowe sing live.

 

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[Völler]

Precisely, but you have to look at the movie as an adaptation of the musical, not the book.

No, I should look at the movie as an individual piece of art.

 

[Kate]

I heard they let Russell Crowe sing live.

They all sing live, some are AMAZING. But they should have asked Quast.


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No, I should look at the movie as an individual piece of art.

That makes it even worse.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Precisely, but you have to look at the movie as an adaptation of the musical, not the book.

what a joke

 

[Kate]

what a joke

What do you mean?

 

[Völler]

That makes it even worse.

The film? I guess so.

 

[Maddy]

dem miserables got me thinkin bout singin in de rain which got me thinkin; mary poopins. so immah watch mary poopins after the nfl game.

such a great movie

 

[Kate]

Mary Poopins?

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is far superior.

I am waiting for the Martin Guerre adaptation...

 

[pitbull]

Ah. If you love the book and are not familiar with the musical, then I don't know if you'll like it. Do you like musicals in general? Les Mis is a "sung-through" musical, meaning very little un-sung dialogue.

They rush through it, to a degree, but I find it works on stage. The main storyline is really just the relationship between Valjean and Javert, with others bringing their own stories along.

Used to love Notre Dame de Paris musical, the one with Garou and Mervil in it, but more often than not in my experience musicals are either crappy written or performed horribly. The Latvian rock-operas and musicals being an obvious exception though, they're pretty excellent
I think I'm gonna give it a try without any big expectations.

 

[Maddy]

Mary Poopins?

Bedknobs and Broomsticks is far superior.

I am waiting for the Martin Guerre adaptation...

bedknobs & broomsticks' so stronk but mary effing poopins!

 

[Kate]

Used to love Notre Dame de Paris musical, the one with Garou and Mervil in it, but more often than not in my experience musicals are either crappy written or performed horribly. The Latvian rock-operas and musicals being an obvious exception though, they're pretty excellent

I think I'm gonna give it a try without any big expectations.

Oh yeah? I've never been a huge fan of the French/Quebecois musicals (NDDP, Starmania, etc.), ironically enough. I'm more of the Cole Porter, Sondheim type of girl. Not to mention Chess, which is one of my all-time favourites

 

[GordoDeCentral]

What do you mean?

interpretation of an interpretation, one is already bad enough

 

[Kate]

interpretation of an interpretation, one is already bad enough

Ah, ok. I will ignore this criticism as I blindly love the musical

 

[Marty]

Just saw it... They rushed through the whole damn thing, and god was it a shame. Les Miserables basically has enough storyline for 5 films or something like that so when you decide to rush through the whole damn story in 150 minutes without ever taking 2 minutes to reflect on the story and characters, then shallowness is unavoidable. The singing was fine and the acting was good, but when the songs are as similar as they are, then you are going to get fed up with the songs and absolutely hate the sung dialogue eventually.

Peter Jackson could have turned that into 20 three hour movies then

 

[Kate]

Peter Jackson could have turned that into 20 three hour movies then

CAN YOU IMAGINE? Who wouldn't want a whole film based on the chapter about Waterloo

 

[Völler]

Peter Jackson could have turned that into 20 three hour movies then

There would actually be enough material for that.

 

[Maddy]

peter jackson needs to be pile drived with a shit load of parsnips.

three movies on 1 childrens book. hairy fag!

which reminds me. anyone here seen the little prince from 74?

 

[Nzoric]

Just watched The Hobbit. I can't see why people are bitching that much, found it to be quite entertaining. Could've spent some more times on the characters as I don't really feel I know any of them better than after they all met up at B's house.

 

[Kate]

Just watched The Hobbit. I can't see why people are bitching that much, found it to be quite entertaining. Could've spent some more times on the characters as I don't really feel I know any of them better than after they all met up at B's house.

Indeed.

I felt they did as best a job they could in the time-frame. How do you expand upon the individual characteristics of so many dwarves in such a small space?

 

[Nzoric]

Indeed.

I felt they did as best a job they could in the time-frame. How do you expand upon the individual characteristics of so many dwarves in such a small space?

How long have you been saving that one for?