Mon Feb 25, 2013, 03:35 PM

"Le Mis" Would Have Been Better As Best Picture Because -----

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It is the most realistic version of what conditions were like during Victor Hugo's time. If you really look at it, the economic conditions that existed at that time are the kind of economic conditions the GOP would love to see today. In fact we are already there in many ways. Persecution of the poor and felony charges for eating some cookies at Walmart are exactly the predicament the Jean Valjean faced. We punish the poor and reward the rich. While banksters go free normal citizens end up in jail for pilfering $1.

Javert is who the GOP really is. His world is who the GOP really is. And what was so interesting was the elephant statue in the movie and how it was used.

Women under the rule of religious righties and the GOP have no more choices than Fontine had in that era. There was no safety net then and little choice of your fate. The factories depicted were little better than the ones in the third world today.

"Argo" as best picture seems to be a political statement. "Le Mis" would have been a better pick and the righties heads would have really exploded with Michele announcing the award for that picture.

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"Le Mis" Would Have Been Better As Best Picture Because ----- (Original post)	TheMastersNemesis	Feb 25	OP
"Argon" was noble, but too elemental	pinboy3niner	Feb 25	#1
That's a gas.	dipsydoodle	Feb 25	#4
But was it a Classical Gas?	Bake	Feb 25	#15
very clever pinboy3niner...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 25	#6
"Argon" was inert, even at the Oscars.	MineralMan	Feb 25	#25
Only problem is that Argo and Lincoln were better pictures, imho. n/t	MoonRiver	Feb 25	#2
Having seen Les Mis on Broadway,	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 25	#9
I never saw the play.	MoonRiver	Feb 25	#19
Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln?	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 25	#20
Oh yes! Field was awesome too.	MoonRiver	Feb 25	#21
Thanks!	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 25	#23
I haven't seen the play, but the film worked as a musical,	winter is coming	Feb 25	#34
Thank you...	Sekhmets Daughter	Feb 25	#35
Le Mis "the most realistic version of what conditions were like during Victor Hugo's time"	FSogol	Feb 25	#3
Of course someone belting out	exboyfil	Feb 26	#51
Sorry, I disagree. The cheesy, "Let's-Put-on-a-Show"-ness of the production	FSogol	Feb 26	#53
Argo a political statement? No, Argo was a GREAT movie.	Zen Democrat	Feb 25	#5
Argo was a wonderful movie,	Blue_In_AK	Feb 25	#7
If Argo was intended to be a political statement, it was the right one.	FSogol	Feb 25	#10
Great analysis, FSogol n/t	Cha	Feb 25	#28
Argo was a Well-Crafted Movie	AnnieBW	Feb 25	#39
I saw a few Best Picture nominees - Lincoln, Life of Pi, and Argo	fujiyama	Feb 26	#40
Problem is that it's a musical.	longship	Feb 25	#8
You only have to see Russell Crow warbling to imagine Victor Hugo rolling over in his grave. n/t	FSogol	Feb 25	#13
Definitely the weak link in the movie	exboyfil	Feb 26	#52
I love the theatrical version of Les Mis and	avebury	Feb 26	#48
Les Miz	Dpm12	Feb 25	#11
I'm wating for the glitter musical version of "The Grapes of Wrath" or "On the Waterfront".	Tierra_y_Libertad	Feb 25	#12
Why not a musical version of "The Killing Fields"?	FSogol	Feb 25	#14
Dancing in the rice paddies might prove problematic..and messy.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Feb 25	#16
We could animate it, so all the skulls could sing too!	FSogol	Feb 25	#17
With a Delta Rhythm Boys backing track	dipsydoodle	Feb 25	#18
Oh my lord!	JustAnotherGen	Feb 25	#22
On A Sad Note Haing S. Ngor Was Murdered On This Day 1996	HangOnKids	Feb 25	#26
That was sad. 1st Asian man to win an Oscar for Best Actor. n/t	FSogol	Feb 25	#29
I always remember his death as my Mom died the day before he was killed	HangOnKids	Feb 25	#30
A musical based on the Zapruder film, but it would be over by the first chorus	Tom Ripley	Feb 25	#36
And yet there was a Musical of Grapes of Wrath....	WCGreen	Feb 25	#38
It would be better because then we'd have even more reason to grouse about the Oscars	frazzled	Feb 25	#24
My daughter is glad it didn't win, since it's not an original story.	Avalux	Feb 25	#27
Ha! Yeah, but Argo is a copy of a real-life event, also not an original idea. nt	valerief	Feb 25	#33
Ha! Can't wait to go home and tell her that!	Avalux	Feb 25	#37
Les mis has ZERO to do with current times. But I do love Russell Crowe	graham4anything	Feb 25	#31
Shatner was in Judgement at Nuremberg and The Brothers Karamazov	REP	Feb 26	#41
I love Bill! however, Star Trek will always be a TV show to me. First and always	graham4anything	Feb 26	#44
5th	REP	Feb 26	#45
He was a Rocket Man	graham4anything	Feb 26	#46
I'd see Les Miz if it didn't have all that horrid music in it. nt	valerief	Feb 25	#32
Right--because that's what Paris was like....the poor and disease-ridden breaking into song....nt	msanthrope	Feb 26	#42
...and all those beautiful teeth!	Iggo	Feb 26	#43
Les Miz:	AngryOldDem	Feb 26	#47
Message auto-removed	freezegal	Feb 26	#49
...of Russell Crowe's angelic singing voice?	Tommy_Carcetti	Feb 26	#50

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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 03:41 PM

pinboy3niner (27,561 posts)

1. "Argon" was noble, but too elemental

Just a heads-up on a typo.

"Le Mis" Would Have Been Better As Best Picture Because -----

1. "Argon" was noble, but too elemental

4. That's a gas.

15. But was it a Classical Gas?

6. very clever pinboy3niner...

25. "Argon" was inert, even at the Oscars.

2. Only problem is that Argo and Lincoln were better pictures, imho. n/t

9. Having seen Les Mis on Broadway,

19. I never saw the play.

20. Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln?

21. Oh yes! Field was awesome too.

23. Thanks!

34. I haven't seen the play, but the film worked as a musical,

35. Thank you...

3. Le Mis "the most realistic version of what conditions were like during Victor Hugo's time"

51. Of course someone belting out

53. Sorry, I disagree. The cheesy, "Let's-Put-on-a-Show"-ness of the production

5. Argo a political statement? No, Argo was a GREAT movie.

7. Argo was a wonderful movie,

10. If Argo was intended to be a political statement, it was the right one.

28. Great analysis, FSogol n/t

39. Argo was a Well-Crafted Movie

40. I saw a few Best Picture nominees - Lincoln, Life of Pi, and Argo

8. Problem is that it's a musical.

13. You only have to see Russell Crow warbling to imagine Victor Hugo rolling over in his grave. n/t

52. Definitely the weak link in the movie

48. I love the theatrical version of Les Mis and

11. Les Miz

12. I'm wating for the glitter musical version of "The Grapes of Wrath" or "On the Waterfront".

14. Why not a musical version of "The Killing Fields"?

16. Dancing in the rice paddies might prove problematic..and messy.

17. We could animate it, so all the skulls could sing too!

18. With a Delta Rhythm Boys backing track

22. Oh my lord!

26. On A Sad Note Haing S. Ngor Was Murdered On This Day 1996

29. That was sad. 1st Asian man to win an Oscar for Best Actor. n/t

30. I always remember his death as my Mom died the day before he was killed

36. A musical based on the Zapruder film, but it would be over by the first chorus

38. And yet there was a Musical of Grapes of Wrath....

24. It would be better because then we'd have even more reason to grouse about the Oscars

27. My daughter is glad it didn't win, since it's not an original story.

33. Ha! Yeah, but Argo is a copy of a real-life event, also not an original idea. nt

37. Ha! Can't wait to go home and tell her that!

31. Les mis has ZERO to do with current times. But I do love Russell Crowe

41. Shatner was in Judgement at Nuremberg and The Brothers Karamazov

44. I love Bill! however, Star Trek will always be a TV show to me. First and always

45. 5th

46. He was a Rocket Man

32. I'd see Les Miz if it didn't have all that horrid music in it. nt

42. Right--because that's what Paris was like....the poor and disease-ridden breaking into song....nt

43. ...and all those beautiful teeth!

47. Les Miz:

50. ...of Russell Crowe's angelic singing voice?