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Les Miz 2012 ... :D (no spoilers)
O... wow. I finally got to see one of my favorite musicals, after listening to the soundtrack for a couple of decades. squeeeeeeee
And no, I won't give you spoilers. Most you probably know what's going to happen in it anyway but if there are virgin ears out there I don't want to spoil the fun.
Everything here is just minor commentary that won't ruin anything.
1) The rest of the audience. This alone was awesome enough to comment on. Aside from one or 2 spots where everyone chuckled they were SILENT. I mean seriously SILENT.
I'm not really surprised though. Most people who go are going specifically to hear the music. So they wouldn't be yapping etc.
2) It's long. Don't drink too much soda. I had to duck out during the end-credits cos I had to piss like a race-horse.
By the end I was getting a little "ok wrap it up" even though I loved it.
3) Little touches from the book: they had the "elephant" statue that Gavroche & the other urchins lived in. And "take one from the back" (i'll leave it at that, somewhat in the book).
4) O my, Enjolras just somehow looked the way I imagined him. Gavroche did too really
5) Enunciation of lyrics: This one was kinda interesting. I've heard the musical for well over a decade now but... there's a couple of lines that just sounded clearer / easier to understand in the movie. For example the stuff about the "general" - finally made sense.
6) And ... perhaps the most important to me really... I kept thinking "That priest looks familiar..." I didn't realize it until after his scene that it was Colm Wilkinson! - the original Jean Valjean (well for the English version at least).
It tickled me pink that they made sure to include him. (actually from the interviews I watched after I got home, it looks like he helped out a lot with it - including advice for Hugh etc.)
oh and yeah, anne made me want to cry especially.
And no, I won't give you spoilers. Most you probably know what's going to happen in it anyway but if there are virgin ears out there I don't want to spoil the fun.
Everything here is just minor commentary that won't ruin anything.
1) The rest of the audience. This alone was awesome enough to comment on. Aside from one or 2 spots where everyone chuckled they were SILENT. I mean seriously SILENT.
I'm not really surprised though. Most people who go are going specifically to hear the music. So they wouldn't be yapping etc.
2) It's long. Don't drink too much soda. I had to duck out during the end-credits cos I had to piss like a race-horse.
By the end I was getting a little "ok wrap it up" even though I loved it.3) Little touches from the book: they had the "elephant" statue that Gavroche & the other urchins lived in. And "take one from the back" (i'll leave it at that, somewhat in the book).
4) O my, Enjolras just somehow looked the way I imagined him. Gavroche did too really
5) Enunciation of lyrics: This one was kinda interesting. I've heard the musical for well over a decade now but... there's a couple of lines that just sounded clearer / easier to understand in the movie. For example the stuff about the "general" - finally made sense.
6) And ... perhaps the most important to me really... I kept thinking "That priest looks familiar..." I didn't realize it until after his scene that it was Colm Wilkinson! - the original Jean Valjean (well for the English version at least).
It tickled me pink that they made sure to include him. (actually from the interviews I watched after I got home, it looks like he helped out a lot with it - including advice for Hugh etc.)
oh and yeah, anne made me want to cry especially.
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