Les Miserables Review
By: Megan Gotch
I am totally obsessed with this now! I have the soundtrack on repeat, am humming the songs in my sleep and just finished up the 25th anniversary special on Youtube. This is zero to sixty since I went into seeing the movie without knowing anything about the story and only knowing two of the songs. I have now seen the movie twice. I almost wish I still worked at a movie theater so I could see it as much as I did The Phantom of the Opera when it was in theaters {which was maybe 5 or 6?!} and then RENT.
Could this movie be anymore epic?! From the opening notes to the ending ones. It filled up my soul.
My Favorite Songs:
*Do You Hear the People Sing – EPIC
*Red & Black – heroic
*One More Day – also EPIC
*Who Am I? – UH-mazing
*On My Own – favorite to sing along to
*Drink with Me – heartwarming
*Hugh Jackman: Best songs were Let Him Live/Bring Me Home so emotional and the finale made me ugly cry! LOL Honorable mention to Who Am I? I LOVE that one.
*Anne Hathaway {I Dreamed a Dream} and Eddie Redmayne {Empty Chairs at Empty Tables} need to have awards rained down upon them for their solos! Both made me sob!
*Amanda Seyfried was beautiful and sang the same!
*Helena Bonham Carter, love her as usual.
*Sacha Baron Cohen I thought I was gonna loathe, BUT he had a great singing voice and brought the character to life. He and Helena together were a perfect pairing!
*Russel Crowe is a GREAT actor…as a singer and compared to everyone one else in the cast…not so much.
I am so happy that these wonderful musicals have been made into movies. I would have not been able to see them otherwise. A movie ticket is much cheaper than a theater ticket and you always get the best seat in the house!
5 out of 5 stars
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