I really hope this is as good as the trailer leads me to believe. I will be seeing this in theatres. The live idea is great. I feel like it will give it a stage perfomance quality, which is what a musical such as Les Mis should have.
They should redo the entire musical as rap. STRAIGHT OUT OF PRISON ANOTHER CRAZY ASS FRENCHMAN MORE ORPHANS I SAVE YO THE LESS I BE GUILTIN'. Etc.
i am here, but i've never seen les mis so you guys have to write the whole thing for me. looks like you're off to a good start!
I'm not sure I'd go that far, most movie actors are not of stage-level quality (unless they are familiar with stage performing like Hugh Jackman) and are generally selected because of their image and because they can sing OK or have musical experience. I know plenty of known musical stage actors who would trounce pretty much every actor appearing in the movie in terms of singing ability, but they are nobodies with little to no experience of acting for cameras.
On the other hand, stage actors who have only played for the stage, however famous they might be, would have a tendency to ham it up even in front of a camera, with grand gestures and a loud voice, when a more contained body language or even a whisper might do the trick, to give the scene a more intimate feeling. So it's really a matter of knowing what you want as a director and taking the means to go there. Depending on the type of musical and the artistic direction, stage actors might be more appropriate than film actors, or vice versa. Cheers, Lauré
I would say stage actors have a better acting ability by far, but that doesn't mean they could adapt to camera acting, as camera acting you have to be more emotional in the face, where as on stage, unless the audience is close, you don't necessarily have to do that, but do have to project. ... It's all very confusing.
Yeah, it's a bad idea to cast too many pure musical stage actors in a film. That's definitely not a good recipe for realism. They are good for stage but I agree that they tend to ham it up too much on camera. However, I still think they should have gotten a better singer than Russell Crowe. How about I just summarize for you... Jean Valjean steals bread, goes to prison for 19 years, then proceeds to go through France and encounter as many people he knows in random coincidences as the cast of the SW PT.
Then there's a lady names Fantine who he has fired from his factory, and she has a daughter named Cosette that he takes care of after Fantine dies. She falls in live with a young revolutionary student named Marius, who is a part of a movement to give power to the people. There's another girl named Eponine who is like the original Friend-Zoned person to Marius. Oh, and the entire 10 years or so that this story spans, there's a police officer named Javert who is trying to hunt down Jean Valjean for breaking his parole. It's awesome. On the subject of stage vs film acting, there is a HUGE difference, and stage actors don't work well on film typically.
I'm hugely torn between wanting to kill @Rogue1-and-a-half for his joke about Javert rapping and his knowledge of the lyrics hopefully by heart...
Well, that settles the release date debate, then... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...20636553.98609.291963720822424&type=1&theater I guess they didn't want to do a face-off with the Hobbit and lose their share of the opening day box-office. Besides, a Christmas Day release makes more sense for a musical, while still getting it our just under the cut for potential Oscar consideration. Cheers, Lauré
I have the OST and I love it. It's why I want to see the movie. I am unsure whether I should read the play or watch the old version first though. Sad that it's being pushed back but very understandable.
Any idea if they're going for the full original song list from when the show first ran, or if they will reduce it to more like the current version of the show? The original show had to be cut down because it was three and a half hours long, people won't sit through a musical like that and I doubt they will be inclined to sit in a cinema for that amount of time (especially if they don't get an interval which they do in a theatre)
