Movie date with Les Misérables
I watched Les Misérables , the most-raved musical play in the globe. The close-ups give this film an intimacy that is unattainable on the Broadway stage. If you’re a fan of Les Misérables or musicals in general just like me, then you’re in for a treat. --- Posters of Les Misérables --- The film tells the story of Jean Valjean (starring Hugh Jackman), a former prisoner who becomes mayor of a town in France. Valjean agrees to take care of Cosette (played by Amanda Seyfried), the illegitimate daughter of Fantine (starring Anne Hathaway), and must avoid being captured again by Javert (played by Russell Crowe), a police inspector. Russell Crowe is pretty weak in the movie, though he is a good actor and I think he does his best with this role, but his opera voice is jarringly different from the rest. Nevertheless, Russell Crowe’s robotic singing voice works pretty well for his character. Marius’s (starring Eddie Redmayne) singing brought me to tears. Ev...