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  • The latest in a very long line of musicals and film adaptations, this Best Picture nominee

  • by director Tom Hooper was released nationwide on Christmas Day, and in just a few short

  • weeks earned $200 million dollars. A faithful adaptation of the 1980's musical, which itself

  • was based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo, the sung-through style of the picture,

  • which has virtually every line of dialogue being sung by the actors can honestly be distracting

  • at times. The music and performances are so enthralling, you forget you're supposed to

  • be paying attention to the exposition within the lyrics. With all of the A-list cast commendably

  • singing live, Hooper's decision to film many of the movie's most delicate moments with

  • non-steady cam handheld was jarring at times. Especially so, when juxtaposed to the rest

  • of the otherwise deliberate and conventional filming style: the dimly let Paris backdrop

  • gloriously photographed in every scene. The plot of this 158-minute musical drama follows

  • Hugh Jackman as a paroled prisoner who decides to care for the wayward daughter of a troubled

  • factory worker, played by Anne Hathaway who has been reduced to a life prostitution, all

  • while Russell Crowe, a ruthless Parisian policeman attempts to track them down. Undergoing impressive

  • make-up changes to make his character age 16-years over the course of the film, Jackman's

  • leading performance is remarkably relatable and engrossing one: audiences should have

  • no issue rooting for his Academy-nominated performance. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena

  • Bonham Carter are briefly featured as scheming housekeepers, their delightfully fun duet,

  • "Master Of The House", infuses this rather somber British musical with some much needed

  • comic relief. Eddie Redmayne and Amanda Seyfried contribute a lackluster love-story later in

  • the film, but even their above-average singing wasn't enough to truly sell their passion

  • for each other. Despite her limited screentime, Hathaway's Oscar-nominated performance is

  • a brilliant show-stopper, her goosebump-educing singing soliloquy of the musical's most famous

  • number, "I Dreamed A Dream" is as amazing beautiful as it is emotional resonant. In

  • that intensely intimate, uncut three-minute close-up, she single-handily made audiences

  • everywhere cry, while simultaneously winning herself an eventual Oscar, frustratingly belting

  • out, "I had a dream my life would be so different from this hell I'm living!" But with two hours

  • left after this incredibly memorable scene occurs, the picture never quite returns to

  • the powerfully moving experience: falling back on unlayered stereotypes, and relationships

  • between characters that lack much importance. Throughout it all, Crowe continues his fugitive

  • purist, but eventually his character seems desperate and clueless, with his singing curiously

  • falling flat in a few scenes. The introduction of an almost completely new plot halfway through

  • the picture was bothersome as well, but the visuals, costumes, and set-design are all

  • breathtaking: for all intents and purposes, this movie was filmed in 19th century France,

  • even if it all but glosses over the importance or historical context of the Paris Uprising

  • Of 1832. Considering this entire overly long picture is nothing but singing, I was surprised

  • that so few of the number were catchy or memorable... but rather a commendably performed means to

  • an end. Fans of the original musical and soundtrack will no doubt love this picture, but as it

  • was only truly incredible in a few scenes, it ultimately left me wanting more. Les Misrables,

  • "Enchantingly powerful, but only sporadically." Now lets check out the YouTube comments to

  • read some of your reviews.

  • A NINE and an EIGHT for Les Misrables. Your opinions were widely varied on this one,

  • but only to a degree of how emotional effective, and how well the singing was performed. Unanimous

  • praise was given to Hathaway's performance, while you were less impressed with Crowe - rating

  • the movie an "Awesome". As you probably guessed, I'm not a huge musical guy, but of the few

  • I've seen, this is easily the strongest. You remove Anne's amazing performance though,

  • and this picture is maybe a six. As is though, I enjoyed this picture, despite its flaws:

  • I thought it was GREAT.

The latest in a very long line of musicals and film adaptations, this Best Picture nominee

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    阿多賓 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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