There was a lot of good in the film, which bothers me that they didn’t get

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Dec 15, 2024
5:39:08pm

Revolution All-American

Someone like Ewan McGregor to play to play Valjean.

Anyone could have played Javert better than Crowe.

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Anne Hathaway was great in Les Mis. But Crowe & Jackman were nearly unbearable.

Revolution

Dec 15, 3:44pm

Hugh Jackman was incredible, what are you talking about??

NGB

Dec 15, 3:46pm

The movie version of the Les Miserables musical.

BYUtka

Dec 15, 3:47pm

His acting is fine, not great. His singing is terrible.

Revolution

Dec 15, 3:48pm

I liked it

Supercoug

Dec 15, 3:54pm

His singing? In the movie?

NGB

Dec 15, 3:57pm

Absolutely not

Revolution

Dec 15, 4:04pm

His singing was fine. In some ways nice to not have overly operatic Valjean.

runnincoug

Dec 15, 4:11pm

We still really enjoyed it. They weren't that bad. Eddie Redmayne singing like

BYUtka

Dec 15, 3:46pm

I'm amazed you were able to pick out a single bad performance in JA. Possibly

russkiejedi

Dec 15, 4:02pm

It's amazing how bad it is. Everyone should watch it annually to experience the

BYUtka

Dec 15, 4:17pm

Swan dive at the end was pretty cool.

Shore10

Dec 15, 3:53pm

for your enjoyment....

BYUFBDAD

Dec 15, 4:08pm

Crowe was the worst. The absolute worst.

Chasicle

Dec 15, 4:11pm

He was the best - they were casting for acting talent, character gravitas, and

oxcoug

Dec 15, 4:17pm

I think he is normally great but didn’t bring anything to this movie and only

Scooter

Dec 15, 4:28pm

Les Mis is a musical first. He ruined the entire movie.

Chasicle

Dec 15, 4:38pm

False. It ruined it for you, which is fine w most people who loved it bc they

oxcoug

Dec 15, 5:50pm

Yes, thanks, captain. Obviously I speak for myself. lol.

Chasicle

Dec 15, 6:04pm

And once again: Wrong. It's a book first. You knew that, right? The musical has

oxcoug

Dec 15, 5:51pm

Yes. I read the book. The movie was based on the musical more than the book.

Chasicle

Dec 15, 6:03pm

You care about this too much.

Shore10

Dec 15, 6:31pm

Only chronologically. Les Mis the musical has touched the most amount of people.

kimdaddy35

Dec 15, 6:37pm

His singing was atrocious.

kimdaddy35

Dec 15, 4:20pm

He usually is, in whatever movie he gets cast in.

BYUtka

Dec 15, 4:24pm

He ruined the movie for me because I love the Javer songs, esp Stars, and he

Scooter

Dec 15, 4:26pm

I think that was the point - they knew Crowe wasn't a singer when they cast him

oxcoug

Dec 15, 4:12pm

It’s the raw emotion that makes it so good. Plus all singing was live.

N8Dawg

Dec 15, 4:12pm

That choice wasn't to everyone's taste but I appreciated and enjoyed it.

BYUtka

Dec 15, 4:23pm

Samantha Barks as Eponine is the best performance in the film. She outshines

BYUtka

Dec 15, 4:22pm

Wasn't she the only actual Broadway/West End singer in the movie? Makes sense

HandwovenBox

Dec 15, 4:33pm

Yep.

BYUtka

Dec 15, 4:35pm

They're all unbearable. Musicals always are.

yorksama

Dec 15, 4:30pm

I call it the "bad singing" version of Les Mis.

taylorcoug

Dec 15, 4:44pm

Crowe is the only one that detracts for me. The movie was so visually impressive

russkiejedi

Dec 15, 5:30pm

There was a lot of good in the film, which bothers me that they didn’t get

Revolution

Dec 15, 5:39pm

People don't understand the movie for what it is and why Cameron Mackintosh has

indocoug

2:23am

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