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I'm glad I saw Les Miserables, mainly
so I can never see it again. I actually didn't know much about the narrative, plot-wise, so I was interesting seeing all the pieces that I did know (dead french whore, stole some bread, "I Dreamed A Dream", "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables") put together. Anne Hathaway killed it. She was the best part of the film and did a fantastic job with "I Dreamed A Dream." God. The scene where they take her teeth? Intense. The actor who played Marius was fucking adorable as fuck. (So sad for Eponine, that the nice, rich, be-freckled boy she loved feel in instant love with a pretty blonde.)
Because I am a sucker for father-daughter relationships, I loved the scene where Jean rescues Cosette and falls in fatherly love with her.
Other than that, I found the movie really, really long (like, considered going to the lobby for snacks just to stretch my legs long), and I really would like to read some nice meta about the cultural mores that Victor Hugo was working with, because there was definitely an emotional disconnect for me from the story's stress on the importance of Jean Valjean reclaiming his own name, the importance of Christianity, etc.
Also, I was detached enough that towards the end of the film, when ghost!Fantine shows up, I was thinking, 'that's Catwoman and Wolverine' and then Jean Valjean says something like, 'I'm ready for you to take me now' AND I ALMOST DIED. I literally had by hand over my mouth to try to keep in the laughter and I looked over at my friend who mouthed "I know" at me, and I almost lost it again.
so I can never see it again. I actually didn't know much about the narrative, plot-wise, so I was interesting seeing all the pieces that I did know (dead french whore, stole some bread, "I Dreamed A Dream", "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables") put together. Anne Hathaway killed it. She was the best part of the film and did a fantastic job with "I Dreamed A Dream." God. The scene where they take her teeth? Intense. The actor who played Marius was fucking adorable as fuck. (So sad for Eponine, that the nice, rich, be-freckled boy she loved feel in instant love with a pretty blonde.)
Because I am a sucker for father-daughter relationships, I loved the scene where Jean rescues Cosette and falls in fatherly love with her.
Other than that, I found the movie really, really long (like, considered going to the lobby for snacks just to stretch my legs long), and I really would like to read some nice meta about the cultural mores that Victor Hugo was working with, because there was definitely an emotional disconnect for me from the story's stress on the importance of Jean Valjean reclaiming his own name, the importance of Christianity, etc.
Also, I was detached enough that towards the end of the film, when ghost!Fantine shows up, I was thinking, 'that's Catwoman and Wolverine' and then Jean Valjean says something like, 'I'm ready for you to take me now' AND I ALMOST DIED. I literally had by hand over my mouth to try to keep in the laughter and I looked over at my friend who mouthed "I know" at me, and I almost lost it again.
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