Sylent's blog: "Music"

So tonight, I went to see Les Mis.  I gotta tell you, I was completely taken by surprise at how well done it was.  There was not a dry eye in the theater.  Including myself.  Now I had seen the Broadway production 4 times.  And each time I was amazed.  But there was something different about the Movie adaptation.  

Many broadway enthusiests hated how it was done, but I thought it brought real emotion to the characters.  The Sing-Song-Speak is very effective.  And the fact that they broguth Colm Wilkenson in to play the priest was just brilliant.  The ONLY Problem I had with it, and you can't even call this a problem, was they had to change the key for Russle Crowe to play Javert.  

The initial Duet between Marius and Cosette was fantastic.  This is one of those parts where I mentioned they brough emotion to the characters.  He sang it like a nervous man would.  And Eponine, just absolutely heartbreaking.  It's one thing to hear it on Broadway in a loud voice, but when you are watching it on screen, the subtle differences become very apparent.  If the actors did it as they did with the Broadway production, I do not think it would have translated as well as it did.  

I could sit here and ramble about this all day and all night.  However, I will not bore you all with my thoughts on this.  Just know that it was well worth it and yes, I do plan on seeing it again.  Job well done!