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TheGreatErenan · (This post was last modified: 07-01-2013 10:20 AM by TheGreatErenan.)

Here come some opinions! Tongue

Les Mis (the musical) is one of those weird things. You either love it or you don't. I don't, and I doubt I ever will, but that's the musical in general, not specifically the 2012 film. Anyway, possibly on account of not being a big fan of the musical, the film didn't win me over. However, I think I would have liked it much more if it had been longer with an intermission in the middle. Too much of the action was glossed over in short cuts (e.g. climbing over the wall to escape). If they had fleshed those non-song scenes out to a respectable length, then it would have been more effective as a movie. As a celebration of the musical's songs, it works. As a movie, not so much.

I like the non-musical 1998 version with Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, and Claire Danes: Link.

Aside from Les Mis...

I like Children of Men.

No Country for Old Men is another that I like a lot, but I guess it's not really for everyone.