This year’s Oscar has a theme called "Salute to Musical Films". The leading actors of "Les Miserables" collectively sang on stage. When the French flag was slowly lowered with the singing, the audience fell into tranquility. It was a tribute. expression.
Musical dramas and Hollywood musicals have a close blood relationship. Many Hollywood musicals are directly transplanted from musicals, and "Les Miserables" is also the same routine. The previous hit "Mamma Mia" and last year's "Anna Karenina" are no exception. It is not easy for a musical to achieve a perfect artistic effect (obviously I am not talking about Bollywood). Director Tom Hopper has also put a lot of effort in this aspect, from laying carpets to achieve perfect radio effects, and then shooting with piano live accompaniment, abandoning the old routines of song and dance films that have been recorded in the first stage and later in the later stage. , Also made extremely high demands on the actors.
Due to the requirements of lyrics, most of the song and dance films are adapted from masterpieces, so they are not very attractive at the story level. How to make a new appearance when the audience is familiar with the whole story frame is the first thing the director needs Questions to consider. "Les Miserables" performed well in this respect, and the opening scene was a grand scene of stormy seas. High-level CG special effects are also used on some shots. Javert stood on the elevated edge of the city twice, with a panoramic view of the entire Bali, and the last part of the bridge that plunged into the Seine River was also magnificent, and the rendering of emotion reached its peak.
Adaptation is not a simple modification, but a new form of creation. Therefore, even if it is a classic, it is extremely difficult to switch between original works, musicals and movies, but once successful, the effect is often a breakthrough. I disagree with what some people say that changing the singing to dialogue would also be a good historical drama. Most of the highlights of the film are the actor's singing, the tension of the plot, the impact of the actor's performance and the rendering of music into a stable triangle, which continuously promotes emotions. If it is not through singing, the inner monologues of the characters in the film can only be tediously stated through the actor’s mouth. Even if the actor’s performance is proficient, it will give the audience an idea that the director cannot express himself through the story. Only through the actor instead of the director to tell this kind of inferior strategy to carry out the plot. But once the soundtrack is played, everything has a magical change. You seem to be face to face with the narrator on the screen, listening to him telling you about your mental journey.
Speaking of adaptation, one topic that has to be mentioned is the subtitles that the film was shown in China, which can be described as sparse. Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on the translators. Songs and poems are inherently difficult to translate. If you take into account the meaning, it is difficult to take into account the rhythm and rhythm. Xindaya is basically an impossible task. But the magic of musicals is that even if you don't know what the actor is singing, you will be infected by her. Perhaps this is what we call art and emotion without borders.
The actors' performances in this play are also all kinds of enthusiasm, basically they exhausted all their strength in the performance. Of course, Hugh Jackman's background as a professional opera actor makes him a well-deserved actor. Amanda Saifuli has to continue her consistent and stable performance, as in "Mamma Mia", the voice is clear and high-pitched, and the high pitch recognition is extremely strong when singing with other people. Musical drama is undoubtedly her most suitable genre. In contrast, the performance of the goddess in this film is mediocre. Although there are no flaws, it is not necessarily higher than the others. However, Annie still has no suspense to pick this year's best supporting actress, so There is no doubt that the goddess is the goddess.
Finally, let me talk about the director Tom Hopper. It seems that Tom Hopper is very interested in language. Last year he showed a history of stuttering growth, and this year he showed a good voice. Unlike "Mamma Mia" and "Anna Karenina", there is still basically no serious dialogue in this film. The full form of singing. I have to say that Tom Hopper is still quite dare to make a breakthrough in the type of film.
Of course, this is not a great achievement that can be achieved by Tom alone. Some movies need to stand up in the theater until the end of the staff list, because otherwise we have no way to show respect to them.
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