re: Les Mis - Anyone Else Going Today?

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a. i, personally, thought anne was amazing. my mother did not. she said that anne was too cry-y.

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my so and i tend to agree more with your mother. we saw it this afternoon in a packed theater (only because the time Django Unchained started was too late or too early ) and it was good, not amazing. I know that a movie like this, being released at christmas time is meant for award season and because of that, you will expect to see many big names. However, finding big names with singing talent proves difficult and the film suffered a bit because of it.

Hugh Jackman was really really good. Russel Crowe... not so much. I really couldn't take much more of it and was ready for him to die about an hour into it.

Hathaway was really good, but i had seen "i dreamed a dream" leaked before so it wasn't new to me. Amanda Seifred (sp) as Cosette (and the little girl playing a young Cosette) was fabulous. I don't know if she is up for supporting actress as well, but i think she deserves it over Hathaway.

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d. marius was gorgeous and sang like a lark. i found him to be believable and fantastic.

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aside from the georgous comment... i completely agree with you. My SO was a little confused how they fell in love so fast, and that took away a bit of the love story from her.

I think Sasha Baron Cohen stole the scene every time he was on the screen. He is hillarous and singing is good. I can't wait for him to play Freddy Mercury.

The Settings, graphics, CGI were all top notch! I expect this film is a lock at the oscars for best Score, Graphics, and Effects.

i give it 7/10. Good adaptation of a classic. Don't regret seeing it in theatres, but i wouldn't have minded waiting till redbox.