My wife and I Have a date tonight to go see itTripExistence wrote: Arctic, I think if you revisited it, you wouldn't necessarily be wrong, but I still hold that it's a pretty well put together piece of cinema. It's been so long since I've seen it; I'd be interested in going to watch it again in light of what you've said. You have to let me know what you think of the musical! It really is phenomenal, despite some of the things that I've said.
One of the things I liked best were the subtle things they changed to make it different from the stage musical but not in a way that was distracting. For example, in the stage productions I've seen, the story opens with Jean Valjean working in some kind of rock quarry as he serves his prison sentence. In this move, he's with a few dozen convicts doing forced labor - as they haul a damaged naval warship into a drydock with ropes during a storm.ArchAngel wrote:INORITE?
One part I really liked was when Valjean is singing "Bring Him Home." On the next building is painted a large advertisement with a human eye at the center of it. While he's singing part of the song, the eye is right over his shoulder as if symbolizing God looking at him. Not very subtle, but that image is present throughout the barricade scenes and that's the only time it's really emphasized.ArchAngel wrote:So much symbolism and running parallels. Incredibly careful writing.
Never noticed that. Good catch!ArcticFox wrote:One part I really liked was when Valjean is singing "Bring Him Home." On the next building is painted a large advertisement with a human eye at the center of it. While he's singing part of the song, the eye is right over his shoulder as if symbolizing God looking at him. Not very subtle, but that image is present throughout the barricade scenes and that's the only time it's really emphasized.
?Yeah, they didn't really build it like the standard musical, so I hear a lot of people saying, myself included, that they don't really like musicals, but they loved this.TheWampaKing wrote:I really really really really liked it. And this is from someone that's never liked a musical beside nightmare before Christmas. I also had never even heard of it unt I saw the trailers for it. It was quite tasty
Up to you, really. Like I said above, people who don't like musicals have been liking this. As for feeling depressed, this movie has some very downer parts, but very uplifting parts as well. It's not just one trip down (I'm looking at you, Boy in the Striped Pajamas).harrelsonm wrote:I've been debating wheter or not to see it. I love a great story but I dislike musicals and things that leave me feeling depressed!
"Come with meArchAngel wrote:Up to you, really. Like I said above, people who don't like musicals have been liking this. As for feeling depressed, this movie has some very downer parts, but very uplifting parts as well. It's not just one trip down (I'm looking at you, Boy in the Striped Pajamas).
I think that was the intended design. Might see it to see if I can turn off my feels without being ignorant to the movie.ArchAngel wrote:Right in the feels.
