Watching the movie version of Les Miz is really a painful process. You must always remind yourself that you are in a public place. You can't just stand up and clap your hands. A movie can make people into the drama to this level, it is already considered a success, even if it is full of fault, it is also a happy fault, so here the ups and downs in the process of watching the film and the emotions that cannot be expressed are turned into the power to write a review. . Generally speaking, the movie version is not as bad as the bad impression left by watching trailor, and obviously there are some flaws that make it cut a lot; this article will adopt the method of first suppressing and then raising, first of all Yu anger spit out quickly, and then slowly tasting the points to be commendable. The most ruined song in the movie version: Stars (Russell Crowe): A hard and soft Stars, sing the blood and the special tenderness in the heart of the iron-blooded man. The monologue under such a romantic and touching starry sky made many audiences fall for the big villain in the play, but Crowe sang it as tepid, like a pot of cold footwashing water, you can be worthy of the director's painstaking efforts for you Is the Paris night sky built? It's a sinner through the ages! Unlike Nick Jonas, the uncontroversial horror in the 25th anniversary, the latter is the kind of invigorating horror, while Crowe is a bit ambiguous. He doesn’t know exactly what’s wrong, but he always feels uncomfortable. No one seems to be in the right position. His voice is rough and bold, which is not suitable for stage play, and lacks the talent for improvement. So he is like an Australian cowboy who has strayed into the Paris city. Although he is full of strength, he still looks at a loss. Bring Him Home (Hugh Jackman): There are really two flowers, one on each. The little policeman sang a song, and the little fugitive was unwilling to accompany him to be scolded. This is true love. As the most experienced of the protagonists, Hugh Jackman plays Valjean in the film. It is really disappointing. There is no bright spot like a passer-by. Not only does it lose the standard of the original drama, it also loses the standard of Hugh Jackman himself. I don’t know if there’s more Wolverine or what’s going on. In the whole film, he is completely absent. When it’s good, he just sings and performs the song well and satisfactorily, but when it’s bad, it’s like this Bring Him Home. Similarly, I even think that the director should call "Cut!" Although Colm Wilkinson's Bring Him Home is a classic that we have never surpassed, sing a compassionate introspective monologue that seems to be filled with indignation like a quarrel with God, which is a bit beyond my acceptance. I really want to ask Jackman, when singing this song, were you Crowe's upper body yelled at? The most ambiguous song in the movie: Valjean's Soliloquy/Who am I (Hugh Jackman): It's probably because the movie is different from the stage play. The drama of these two songs is not as strong as the original drama. The contrast formed by the climax turning point is always not clear enough, but the charm of these two songs and the tension that they want to express are tearing the soul! Without these dramatic effects, Jackman just walked through the scene to explain the character transformation and plot development that should be expressed, but without the shocking effects of these two songs, the character of Valjean became pale and weak. There is no sense of existence too much, and the depth of telling the truth is also lost a lot. The most soy song in the movie: A little fall of rain (Samantha Barks): The fans of the original drama are most disappointed by the performance of the film version of the actor is probably Samantha. On my own, the love song that was so sweet and sentimentally performed by Sa Meizi on the 25th, has truly become a not salty but not indifferent cutscene in the movie. When it came to a little fall of rain, the whole scene and atmosphere were totally out of sync, so no matter how hard the two performed, they seemed a little bit nonsense. The audience may have been filled with inexplicable feelings, but they didn’t know where to put it. (Director Wan You shouldn’t even cut down on this song if you die!) I don’t know if the change in the details of letting sister Sa hide the note is to take care of the rhythm of the plot, but it really sacrifices the role of Éponine, which is completely absent. Although humble in the original drama But because of love and brave and selfless humanity, too few scenes in the film only portray her as a selfish but kind-hearted passerby girl for love. I really want to scream for Sa’s sister, what a sweet and lovely girl, it is a pity for her sincerely, with her strength and performance, she clearly has more room to play. That's it for the pure complaint part, let's talk about the part that I admire. The most breakthrough song in the original drama: I dreamed a dream (Anne Hathaway): If you ask me who is the actor who impressed me the most in this film, Anne! It must be Anne! It's definitely Anne no doubt! After listening to her I dreamed a dream, with tears still hanging on my face, I almost wanted to choke the director to death. That damn trailor was so foolish and so burying Anne’s acting skills. First of all, the position of this song in the film is not better than the arrangement of the original drama. In the original drama, Fantine’s emotions when singing this song when he was driven out of the factory seemed to be just out of disappointment in life. Fantine was homeless and even sold her hair, skin and teeth. When she fell into the dust, she was desperate and had lost everything. When the client climbed up from the numb Fantine and dropped the two small coins, she was also indifferent, as if one had only one. There was still a breathing corpse, and at this moment, she suddenly faintly recalled the long vague past, "There was a time... Many fans of the original drama after watching trailor will complain about the director’s low-key handling of one day more. In my opinion, this song is simply the soul song of the whole drama. The exciting moment that is ready to go on the eve of the revolution is in the drama. The life of the characters is lifelike, and it is this kind of intense anticipation that is both complete and full of desire to make people excited. In the movie, the song was downplayed. The slightly poor mixing, improper use of camera switching and cold crowd scenes made people feel uncomfortable, so they asked the director what you were doing. After watching the whole film, I realized that the director’s treatment of Les Miz’s rhythm is very different from the stage version, such as moving On my own and Stars to the front. The midfield of the film is not after one day more but before Paris in 1823. , Perhaps for the convenience of movie audiences to keep up with the rhythm of the plot, and for this kind of processing, one day more is just an ordinary scene, if it is made into the effect of a million people singing and singing, then how to smoothly connect and transition later Became a problem. The director added a funeral scene between one day more and barricade, which is also reasonable. After all, the rhythm and dramatic tension of the stage's relaxation are enough, but for the movie, the details of the story that are reasonable and reasonable are necessary. Therefore, the fuse of the revolutionary outbreak must not only be present but also obviously a climax, so in fact, part of the climax of one day more is evened out in this scene, so that the plot can transition smoothly. In the ABC cafe no do you hear the people sing, I always feel a little breathless, and it’s really a bright spot here. The black coffin in the cordon pulled by the military and police slowly moves forward, and the crowd is solemn, although It was deathly silence but there was an atmosphere of tension. The anger in the air was already swollen like dry firewood, and it was ready to be detonated and burned. At this time, one or two students sang softly and powerfully "do you". "Hear the people sing", so determined that there is no room to interrupt the suspicion, so three or four, more and more people joined the chorus, the military police panicked, Enjolras rushed into the cordon and waved the red flag, more The man broke through the wall and occupied the carriage. The students standing on the coffin were all proud and confident. They looked down at the confronting military police with provocative eyes, and the horn of war sounded. This scene made people’s heart beat faster, and looking at this vivid scene, I suddenly felt Les The students in Miz are not so far away. They don't just live in the 19th century or in novels, but don't these exciting scenes and scenes always take place today, don't they always live in our real memory? This funeral, this mourning crowd, this young and immature but fearless child, is not familiar? Poor children, it's a pity that you don't know what is waiting for you in front of you. The best visual effect song in the movie: The Final Battle: In this film, I think the director added the most interpretation and expression to the student drama. This scene is almost completely different from the original drama. If the battle on the stage board is the revolution in the students' own ideals, then the movie version presents the true face of this revolution in reality. When the God’s perspective of the film’s lens was pulled just right, what was in front of the audience was a huge city of Paris, unimaginably large and overwhelmingly black. Only then did they realize how insignificant the barricades of these students are, the light of fire. How small it is, the smallness has almost become ridiculous. So this revolution is no longer the rise and struggle of imaginary idealists, but with pebbles hitting rocks and ants stumbling elephants. They are no longer desperate heroes, but just a group of isolated and helpless children, weak and pitiful, almost ridiculous. So even the shouts of the army officer seemed to bring a hint of helpless pity and persuasion: Children, you must be finished, stop making trouble and save yourself. That sentence you have no chance, No chance at all also has real meaning, because this is reality, bloody reality. The tension highlighted in the film is not that this war will inevitably fail, but also the meaning of the students’ revolution and the meaning of their sacrifices. Before the final battle, they doubted the possibility of victory, but the meaning of all they did. The people The indifference and defection, this embarrassing scene of almost ridiculously scattered climate seems to be questioning them, who will appreciate it? The world and people you want to save simply disagree with and do not need you. do you hear the people sing appear at this time appropriately, there is that sentence let others rise to take our place until the earth is free, the director made full use of these to define their beliefs in just a few minutes. The meaning of the revolution is not the purpose. It is because of the flesh and blood holding the determination of death and thumping the bullet at the chest, standing and firm at this moment. It is meaning. Unlike the abstract effects brought about by the interlaced lights on the stage, the occasional fire and crackling gunshots, the film naturally has more room to play. We saw how the students fell down in front of the barricade, how they slapped desperately. The closed door asked the residents for help, how to retreat into the ABC cafe panicked and waited for the verdict of fate...So we saw that the army was not fighting against the revolutionaries of the Jigan Uprising, but holding a few guns but almost everything. Children who don’t understand, what we have witnessed is not a battle, but a massacre. I think this is the revolution that the director wants to create. It is not a heroic ideal disillusionment. It is just a tragedy that hits a rock with a pebble, a total tragedy. These students are not the heroes we would worship and yearn for, but the innocent children who need our mercy. People in each era have different perspectives on the student movement and revolution, and I think this is closer to the definition recognized by this era. So I almost forgave the director’s downplaying of Enjolras, and almost forgave him for writing Enjolras only as an ordinary student leader, so close to the people and so plain, so in the end, when Enjolras looked at the dozen or so facing him with a fearless expression At a gunpoint, the director gave him a Courteyrac, ran to him, accompanied him to his death bravely, perhaps because the director didn’t want to write about the tragic heroes, but a group of like-minded people who stood by each other. Partners. However, I was finally relieved that, no matter what, the director finally gave him the upside-down figure and the blood-red flag. I especially want to add that the theater version is far better than the movie version. It is definitely the section of bringing him home melody. I always remember the sudden silence after the electric light and flint, bringing him. The home sounded like weeping, and the audience held their breath and waited nervously: What happened? Victory? Failed? Has anyone survived? But nothing happened, just deathly silence, with an oboe singing a sad song. When the barricade gradually turned to face the audience, the symphony suddenly sounded. People saw Enjolras hanging upside down on the barricade like a martyr, surrounded by red flags like a pool of blood, all dead, all the students, they It's all dead. That kind of accumulated tension and infectious power can only be felt on stage, so when the director sensationally asked Jarvet to take off the medal and place it on Gavroche’s body, what I couldn’t help but to appear in my mind was still the eye-catching. Blood Red and Enjolras. The most surprising song in the movie: Empty chairs at empty tables (Eddie Redmayne): Perhaps it is more accurate to say that this little freckles is the character that surprises me the most, almost to the point where he plays and sings well. Not only this empty chairs at empty tables, but almost all of his clips in the film are intoxicating and pleasing to the eye. The infatuation in red and black, the excitement and affection in my life, are still a few places after Valjean left. With his commitment and courage, he made Marius change from a little white face that only knows about love to three-dimensional and full. The beautiful temperament of Marius that can be shown in every scene is tightly grasped by him and displayed vividly, which is straight to the eyes. Yiliang. And the explosion of his acting skills is nothing more than this empty chairs at empty tables, another song that I have always neglected sinfully. He did not express his sadness directly in a sensational way. At first he was repressed and numb. Just like wandering in a messy ABC cafe, recalling the past, there is a trace of irony and confusion. Missing his old friends, his anger and regret can not be suppressed, but that line of tears tells the unspeakable regret and hurt of a surviving person. pain. The most faithful original song in the movie: Epilogue: I always wanted to see how the director would handle this finale. As expected, it was a perfect copy of the musical from emotional to expression, faithfully conveying the meaning of the original drama. The two highlights that are worth mentioning are that when Valjean’s soul left his body and headed towards heaven, outside the church’s door, in front of the small church with candlelight flashing like the beginning of the film, we saw the bishop's opening there. Arm greeted Valjean. Although this detail is sensational, it is sensational. If life is like a journey of heaven, the final destination is to go home and return to the place where everything started. The second point is that I have been thinking about how the director will handle the final chorus of the masses. What kind of destination will he shape for the soul in heaven? What I didn't expect was that it was that simple, but it was a square in Paris, where people stood on the barricades as if they were alive. Nothing has changed, but the sky has become clean and bright, and people’s faces have hope and smiles. I like the final tone of the director. Heaven is not a sustenance in other worlds, not a place beyond reality, it It happens where we live and can exist in our present moment. The return of heaven is on the faces of people. Just as I complained after watching the film, from the perspective of a musical fan, this version of Les Miz has too many thorns to pick. Uncle Hugh has been shaking, Crow basically relies on roaring, and sister Sa has become a passerby, golden retriever. Enzhuo has no sense of existence. The hotel owner and the proprietress are purely fishing in troubled waters just like the characters in the story. Stars and Bring Him Home are completely ruined... But Les Miz's charm is here, and I complain all the way in my heart, but the tears are still He kept rushing, and was moved to the point of uselessness. I have always felt that Les Miz is probably the best musical that can be separated from the stage. It only relies on lyrics and music to be rich enough. This is probably the reason why the movie version is still full of charm. The foundation is too good. However, this is also a challenge for the director, because every Les Miz fan has a version of what he imagined in his mind. Tom What Hopper can do is to present music and stories in a version that he understands and wants to express. As for this version? His characteristics are distinct, one likes bitterness, secondly bitterness, and thirdly bitterness; he has the greatest space for the interpretation of student dramas, and whether the effect can be accepted by the public is a matter of opinion; and for the Salvation and Redemption that I pay most attention to in the drama. He has almost no emphasis on each line, and his play is quite limited. But at least, relative to the more likely to happen bad, Tom Hopper at least clearly expressed a flesh-and-blood, complete and justified presentation of Les Miz. So in the end I asked myself what kind of evaluation I would give this movie. I thought that when I want to recommend Les Miz to others, would I recommend this movie, or I will clarify the relationship as I did for the POTO movie version. I think I would recommend it. This is enough.
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