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Just watched Les Miserables (2012 version)..
Posted on 9/4/13 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 9/4/13 at 3:22 pm
A shame it took me this long to watch it
Liked the Neeson/Rush version as well but this one definetly held its own. Hathaway and Crowe had great performances. Singing was pretty good considering musicals aren't any of the actors' specialty
Liked the Neeson/Rush version as well but this one definetly held its own. Hathaway and Crowe had great performances. Singing was pretty good considering musicals aren't any of the actors' specialty
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Posted on 9/4/13 at 3:31 pm to MrPackSix
Hugh Jackman was born to sing and dance in this kind of thing.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 3:41 pm to MrPackSix
Eponine 
Posted on 9/4/13 at 3:58 pm to MrPackSix
There was so much singing
So much god damn singing.
So much god damn singing.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:16 pm to Lacour
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There was so much singing
So much god damn singing.
I watched about 10 minutes. 
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:21 pm to MrPackSix
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Hathaway
I thought she was passable at best. Compare her performance to Ruthie Henshall or Patti LuPone.
They were doing it live while Hathaway and the rest of the movie cast had a great deal of electronic assistance.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:25 pm to Holden Caulfield
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They were doing it live while Hathaway and the rest of the movie cast had a great deal of electronic assistance.
I thought Hathaway's performance was slightly overrated, but the whole cast of the movie sang live.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:32 pm to TK421
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but the whole cast of the movie sang live
That was little more than a gimmick
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but, as director Phyllida Lloyd later explained, the movie only included some of those vocals. Much of what audiences heard was a “blend” of live and re-recorded singing. Considering the sleek design of this Les Misérables—and the imperfect vocal abilities of Amanda Seyfried—it will not be surprising if the live vocals are partly masked with post-production mixing and overdubbing.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:42 pm to Cajun Revolution
I made it an hour. It was just unbearable after that.
If it had been like other musicals with songs intermixed with the dialog that would have been fine.
But what I saw was 95 percent singing and 5 percent dialog.
I couldn't imagine going to see it at the theater. If I had it would have been the only movie I ever walked out on.
I'm not saying it was bad. There was just much damn singing.
If it had been like other musicals with songs intermixed with the dialog that would have been fine.
But what I saw was 95 percent singing and 5 percent dialog.
I couldn't imagine going to see it at the theater. If I had it would have been the only movie I ever walked out on.
I'm not saying it was bad. There was just much damn singing.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:43 pm to Holden Caulfield
That doesn't actually prove that the live versions in Les Mis weren't used, it proves that someone else thinks they weren't.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:43 pm to Holden Caulfield
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but the whole cast of the movie sang live That was little more than a gimmick
That's true. The cast and producers made a huge deal out of singing live only to have the truth come out that it wasn't as live as they were putting forth.
Ruthie Henshall, now she did it live.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:45 pm to TK421
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That doesn't actually prove that the live versions in Les Mis weren't used, it proves that someone else thinks they weren't.
The director is telling you only a small amount of live singing was used and the rest was a blend.
Even the so-called live crap was enhanced electronically.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 4:47 pm to Erin Go Bragh
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The director is telling you only a small amount of live singing was used and the rest was a blend.
I willing to be corrected. Link?
Posted on 9/4/13 at 5:47 pm to TK421
Samantha Barks is fiya.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 5:52 pm to MrPackSix
I thought Hathaway was quite good and Jackman inconsistently good. Crowe was intermittently terrible as a singer (I was surprised to hear he supposedly did a lot of singing earlier in his career).
Posted on 9/4/13 at 7:02 pm to Lacour
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There was so much singing
So much god damn singing.
Yep. When they started singing simple conversational phrases I knew I was facked. It was good for what it was but that is really not my thing. I felt every one of the 158 minutes as they crawled past.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 7:03 pm to MrPackSix
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This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 9/4/13 at 7:06 pm to Lacour
double post
This post was edited on 9/4/13 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 9/4/13 at 8:21 pm to MrPackSix
In my humble opinion, I thought it was great. Saw live show in London years ago, great story and music.
Interesting Film Trivia
Interesting Film Trivia
Posted on 9/4/13 at 8:39 pm to Lacour
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I made it an hour. It was just unbearable after that.
I got about an hour in and was like wtf, but then I was like I've made it this far, I'm watching this shite to the end.
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