Hugh Jackman, Hugh Jackman,
Anne Hathaway, Anne Hathaway,
Russell Crowe, Russell Crowe
, Helena Bonham Carter
, Eddie Redmayne, Eddie Redmayne,
Samantha ·Bacs Samantha Barks
These are the actors that I think perform well. Although I hate Russell Crowe, he played well in this film, and we can't do it for favoritism. Both Hugh Jackman and Annie made teary performances. Eddie made my nosebleed, and the song "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" was also very moving, with freckles on the face, like a bowl of alluring black. Sesame paste. Helena never misses but never breaks through. Samantha is an actor in the stage musical "Les Miserables". Of course, she sings very well, and she looks a bit modern, but she was finally moved by her. In addition, the following Xiao Zhengtai is very crisp, although it is the first time to be on the big screen:
Daniel Huttlestone
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next thing is relatively not so important (XD) stuff, there are specific spoilers, if you don’t want to know more, please stop. However, everyone who should know the story of Les Misérables also knows it.
This "Les Miserables" is the only film adaptation I have ever seen, so there is no comparison. The original work was read once in a distant boyhood. The impression is very vague, so there is no comparison. One of the more vivid memories is that Fantine picked up a guest in the snow, and was stuffed with a ball of snow in his thin clothes by the villain. It was indeed a very abusive scene, and they kept it.
Personally, I think this film has many things to watch and chew, from music to pictures to performances to singing, from content to details to themes. In other words, it is quite substantial, entertaining, surprises, and profound. Therefore, 8 points were given.
The musical poster of "Les Miserables" is a close-up of his childhood Cosette, and the trailer poster of the movie version uses the same concept. I didn’t care about it before. I watched the film last night and thought: Why use Cosette?
Cosette is not the protagonist. The protagonist is Jean Valjean, Javert, and Fantine. But why did Cosette appear on the poster? I think answering this question means understanding the story.
As a teenager, Jean Valjean was caught and sentenced to 5 years for stealing a piece of bread from his sister's child. During the period of his sentence, he repeatedly escaped from prison without success. As a result, he spent 19 years in prison before being released on parole. After he was released from prison, he took the mark of a prisoner and was desperate, and no one gave him a chance. His heart is full of hatred for this world. One day, he was kindly taken in by a bishop, but when he left, he stole the silverware from the church and was captured again. The police brought him to the bishop, but the bishop lied for him and excused him. Jean Valjean fought fiercely in his heart and changed his name and surname from then on. When Hugh Jackman sang this paragraph, his acting skills were very superb. The prisoner's look and make-up are also very good, and I read that Jackman lost 30 pounds for this look after watching the play. Before the filming, he lost water for 36 hours to make him look hideous.
Eight years later, he became the owner of the factory and the mayor of a town, fair and kind, and loved by others. But the police officer Javert has not given up on hunting Jean Valjean who disappeared during parole for eight years, and fate has brought them together. Because of Javert's appearance, the anxious Jean Valjean did not deal with the disputes between the female workers in the factory in time, and the female worker Fantine was fired by the foreman who had been looking after her but had been unable to succeed. Fantine was abandoned by her lover and had a daughter unmarried. When Jean Valjean met her again, she was already very sick. Valjean promised to take care of her daughter Cosette, and Fantine died in peace. Annie took the role of Fantine and sacrificed a lot in the image, but her ambition as an actor should have been satisfied. The acting is quite contagious. But because her beauty has always been too deep in the hearts of the people, the bitter Annie always makes me play a little bit, which is not good for me.
Jean Valjean went to pick up Cosette, escaped Javert again, and disappeared. Javert was born in prison, and when he grew up, he joined the police, loyal to the law, and jealous of evil. He believes that the bad guys won't get better, and he wants to kill the bad guys. Russell Crowe's slack look is too suitable for this role. To be fair, he also gave Javert a level and depth to hold Jackman's position. The core of this story is actually the conflict between the compassionate man represented by Jean Valjean and the severe punishment represented by Javert.
After nine years, Cosette grew up, and during the years of raising her, Jean Valjean felt true love and completed the transformation from hatred and fear to anxiety to great compassion. An uprising will break out in Paris at this time. A revolutionary, Marius (Hot Eddie), fell in love with Cosette at first sight, and she fell in love with him. Jean Valjean met Javert again at the barricade, and he was captured by the Revolutionaries. Jean Valjean let him go. The Revolutionaries failed in the barricade battle (many handsome guys sacrificed), and Jean Valjean rescued the injured Marius. Although Javert had a chance to seize Jean Valjean, he did not start because of inner conflicts. Javert doubts and shakes his life's beliefs, unable to face himself, and commits suicide.
After Marius recovered from his injury and married Cosette, Jean Valjean also came to the end of his life and passed away in the company of the two. In our words, there is love in this story, and no one is wronged. So it's called "Les Miserables".
Now back to the question at the beginning: Why is there only Cosette on the poster?
I think it is because Cosette represents the salvation of this miserable world. She represents love. She is the purpose of Fantine's life. She enables Jean Valjean to enjoy the happiness that a child can bring. After the failure of Marius' revolution, she suffered physical and spiritual trauma. She gave him comfort. In other words, she is a goddess. She is almost a concept. So Cosette is not a particularly interesting role. It is not easy to please her as she plays, and it is even harder to please her if the appearance is not outstanding. Unfortunately this situation happened here.
But this is not to say that Cosette is not important. She may not be an interesting character, but she is indeed the key to the whole story. Without her, the world is truly miserable from beginning to end. Poverty and injustice, humbleness and despair, struggle and conflict, all kinds of suffering, have always been like this. Therefore "Les Miserables" is a classic and never outdated. Fantine's experience. The Indian girl who was raped and abused to death recently. What happened to Jean Valjean. We have a lot of examples of this, because we were severely sent out for petty mistakes, so we were forced into big evils. What happened to Javert. Those who occupy the highest point of morality are doing the devil's behavior under the correct banner. What happened to Marius. What exactly is revolution? What does it bring? What can save us?
Victor Hugo's answer is compassionate. There is almost certainly no answer to such a grand story with multiple themes. Everyone has what they think is reasonable, including the shameless hotelier. The greatness of Hugo is the ability to interweave these motives and behaviors into a beautiful and seamless picture. Then, as an idealist of that era, he is willing to believe that our world has a problem-solving concept.
I also want to believe. But I can only implement that idea by myself, and I can't guarantee the results of what I do.
After telling the story, tell the movie. The movie version of the musical cannot sing well with the stage version, but fortunately, I sing pretty well, at least I heard it. But I don't like the music of this play very much. The film also has a strong stage feature. You need to get used to it at the beginning, especially the scene where the prisoners pull the big boat at the beginning, the front is dark clouds, the big waves are hit, and the ripples on the water around the prisoners are a little fresh. As soon as he turned his head, the other side of the screen was exposed to sunlight (or is it related to lighting?). Are you wondering if you can't adjust the color in post-production? In the process of watching the film, such factors will be brought out of the play from time to time, but the hard performance of the actors draws people back. The Paris barricade, which took up a lot of space, gave me a weird and even Camp feeling. I don’t know why, but perhaps I think of Chairman Mao’s quotations: Revolution is not a treat for dinner, it is not gentle and courteous. But it seems that the French Revolution hasn't been so brutal?
After watching "Les Miserables", after all, I was inspired and very moved.
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