Hello lovelies,
Maybe you recognised the song and, therefore, know
already what I'm going to sing about... Yes, you're right, my friend, I'll sing
you a song about "Les Miserables"!
What you have to know, before paying £10 and buying
your popcorn is that, they do sing. A lot. A hell of a lot! Every single
sentence is sung. Every. Single. One!
Sorry about the emphasis. Understand me well: I LOVE
musicals. I adore "Mamma Mia", "Hairspray",
"Chicago" and even "High School Musical" (yes, all three of
them)! But, this was too much!
A musical is a film when people talk and, then,
suddenly, start singing about their feelings or their actions. Then, there's
more talking and more singing. But there is some sort of balance between the
blabla's and the lala's.
There is no such thing in "Les Mis". And, in
all honesty, it gets quite boring after an hour. And the movie lasts 2 hours
and a half...
When I got to the loo before hopping back on the tube to go home, I
felt like singing: "Girls, I am peeing and the toilet paper is running
looooow". I was mostly feeling a bit drunk from all the singing!
Anyways, when it comes to the cast, I have to say that
Anne Hathaway blew my mind. She was amazing in the role of Fantine. Which I can
quite relate to: she loses her job, has to send money to the people looking
after her daughter so she sells everything she has (hair, teeth and, yes, her
body). Ok, I'm not quite there yet. I don't even have a kid but still, times
are hard, as hard as in "Les Mis"!
She goes to heaven quite fast; still, she delivered an
amazing performance.
Hugh Jackman is great, playing Jean Val Jean. But,
he's not the sexy, manly Wolverine. Which is not the point in this case. What I
mean is that his physical transformation is overwhelming and a bit scary.
On the downside, I thought that Eddie Redmayne was a
bit behind the others in terms of singing (remember that they sing all the
time!): it felt like his voice was forced and that he was in pain whilst
performing.
When it comes to songs, my mind caught two: the unforgetable
- thanks to Susan Boyle - "I dreamed a dream" (song that I've promised
myself to learn, just in case I have kids someday and they ask me why I look
sad! Ha!) and "Do you hear the people sing?" because it's catchy and
it makes me want to raise and rebel myself.
So, to conclude (and I would gladly sing it for you but I
don't want you to go away forever, so I won't), it was a good film, with a
great cast and a very effective scenery...but way too much singing; way too
much! Now, you can't say you weren't warned ;-)
Miss DiversiT
