I'd never heard of the musical version before, and I only vaguely recall the original story as a child.The music, scenes, and stories in the movie version are very good, and there are also some moving passages that give people goosebumps. However, as a film's expectations, it is inevitable that there are still some things that are not satisfied.
First of all, I want to say that the solo singing in the first part of the movie by Anne Hesevier is really powerful, and the fantasy at the end is also very tear-jerking. And the whole story has always been a dualistic dialectic between the ego and the big self, suffering and sweetness, hate and love, hell and heaven. Whether it is the arrangement of the story line or the back and forth of the music and songs, it has always been closely linked to this theme. Let the film maintain a certain tension all the time. But I guess this should all inherit the content of the original novel and musical.
As an adaptation of the film, of course, the director put a lot of effort into the scene scheduling and editing as well as the actors' close-up appearances and expressions, which are probably all parts that cannot be presented through text or music. However, as a musical movie, the singing ability of these Hollywood actors inevitably detracts from some of the auditory charm, which is also an irresistible choice for filming.
In addition, when the sight and hearing are extremely full, it feels like there is less room for the film to breathe. If it is not the current almost pure musical film, but a traditional musical style with a mix of plots and songs, what will it be? better yet?
Although the background of the story is in France in the distant nineteenth century, the charm of the classic is that it can still be connected with real time and space in various ways, whether it is Jean Vincennes's journey from imprisonment to freedom, from oppression to resistance, from life to death. Although it does not necessarily involve revolution, but in the face of the confusion and anxiety of the times and life, asking and recognizing who one is and finding a way to live may also be the inspiration that this story can bring to people.
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