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OneGrassRoot

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28. Just saw it and CAN'T STOP CRYING...

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 08:29 PM

Dec 2012

I thought Jackman embodied Valjean BRILLIANTLY.

Seriously...can't stop crying. I've always cried at the thought of Valjean but now it shall be sobs.

Edit to add I agree that Anne Hathaway was also stunning. Raw emotion. Absolutely brilliant.

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URGENT MUST SEE - "LES MISERABLES" -- It Is The Movie Of Our Time -- GOP Featured -- [View all] TheMastersNemesis Dec 2012 OP

The element that makes great literature persist is it fits any time. lunatica Dec 2012 #1

It is also about racism and sexism like found in the 1850s and 1950s and 1960s graham4anything Dec 2012 #2

Hathaway was stunning exboyfil Dec 2012 #5

agree on all the above and elehhhhna Dec 2012 #12

There is a guy who lists the top 10 things he hates about exboyfil Dec 2012 #15

It's a great part - the best after Fantine. Cosette is a bore elehhhhna Dec 2012 #23

Can you give a link to this list? Would love to read it. Moonwalk Dec 2012 #25

The language is very crude exboyfil Dec 2012 #26

Can't possibly beat Chicago or Cabaret! The best musicals ever made, IMO. Or close to it. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #32

All great exboyfil Dec 2012 #35

Never seen La Mancha, but Fiddler on the Roof is way up on the list. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #43

There weren't too many adieu Dec 2012 #17

Which ties in to the economic exploitation epitomized by the capitalist system......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #30

Capitalism adieu Dec 2012 #34

True that Marx wasn't so much "against" capitalism as he was.......... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #36

This movie and the Hobbit are on my xmas movie list riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #3

Read the Julie Rose translation. politicat Dec 2012 #6

I think modern language translations of classic books are more correct. Kablooie Dec 2012 #8

Good to know. Thanks for this tip. n/t truedelphi Dec 2012 #11

The Hobbit was excellent. And I say that not as a Hobbit fan. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #33

The Republicans can easily see it as supporting their own philosophy. Kablooie Dec 2012 #4

You have to start with the premise exboyfil Dec 2012 #7

Our 3-strikes law out here put a guy away for life, for stealing pizza SoCalDem Dec 2012 #21

Yep. I mentioned it several times this week. Absolutely amazing. The 1935 version is great! Gregorian Dec 2012 #9

My favorite of them all is the 1934 French version aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2012 #13

I was going to watch that a few weeks ago, but saw how long it was. Thanks. Gregorian Dec 2012 #14

I saw this as well, and it was superb frazzled Dec 2012 #20

People in this couintry like watching the poor from theatre seats. Not so much mingling... jtuck004 Dec 2012 #10

Why 'this country'? Les Miz is a global mega hit, on stage and on screen. The stage production start Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #39

Because in this country we have docmentation of low-income people being arrested jtuck004 Dec 2012 #42

I plan to go see it, but it will have to had really strived to be as good as the stage 1monster Dec 2012 #16

The French Revolution is a lesson both sides can learn from tblue Dec 2012 #18

Except it's not about the French Revolution frazzled Dec 2012 #19

Except the Paris Uprising was a direct result of the post Waterloo administration... politicat Dec 2012 #24

I realize this is late, but I really love your explanation. No snark, just the facts. nt Stardust Jan 2013 #44

On CBS Sunday Morning, David Edelstein really cut it down question everything Dec 2012 #22

Wonderful thread....Thanks to all! haikugal Dec 2012 #27

Just saw it and CAN'T STOP CRYING... OneGrassRoot Dec 2012 #28

Just got back from seeing it... noel711 Dec 2012 #29

Crowe and Hathaway were the best of the actors. rjones2818 Dec 2012 #31

I Have The 10th Anniversary On Video Tape. Even In That Format It Was Excellent. TheMastersNemesis Dec 2012 #37

Huge Jackman is probably the best musical theater leading man of our time. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #38

Went to see this with my kids christmas night... bhikkhu Dec 2012 #40

American Les Miserables 2012 Berlum Dec 2012 #41