Les Miserables 64: McTeague Rises

[Largo]

Random question: Anybody that's seen LM, would you vote Hooper for Director if you were an Academy voter?

No. The movie succeeds, in my eyes, in spite of him. And I would never think of nominating the editor, either.

[siowafc]

Flawless man.

Corrected.

It's sad that Redmaynia is never going to become a thing.

[Jonathan]

Russell Crowe Praised For Stunning Portrayal Of Man Who Cannot Sing Or Act In 'Les Misérables'

[Lawrence of Africa]

Russell Crowe Praised For Stunning Portrayal Of Man Who Cannot Sing Or Act In 'Les Misérables'

DONE
DEAD
OVER
FINISHED
CREMATED
SPRINKLE MY ASHES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

[Vincent Blanchett]

Russell Crowe Praised For Stunning Portrayal Of Man Who Cannot Sing Or Act In 'Les Misérables'

[McTeague]

LMFAO that's priceless.

[HollyG]

russell crowe praised for stunning portrayal of man who cannot sing or act in 'les misérables'

Oh My God.

[VSW]

Seeing this tonight, McT.

[McTeague]

Seeing this tonight, McT.

OMG, you're gonna love it. It's very Blanchettesque, all in your face and loud!

[VSW]

[DirkDiggler]

Roger Ebert HATED Les Miserables: "My taste is only personal, but it's all I have. Looking at the nine films nominated for Best Picture, I find only one that I flatly don't believe was a good film, the near-unbearable "Les Miserables." Victor Hugo's superbly entertaining novel has been transformed into a lumbering musical of dirges that rise and fall, with the occasional relief of a little rinky-dink tune. Not only do you fail to come out humming the songs, you almost don't realize they are songs. Hugo's set piece about the escape through the sewers of Paris is one of the great passages in fiction, and although the film indeed shows it, it doesn't bring it to life.

A small hip fracture prevented me from reviewing "Les Mis" on its opening date. Now I suppose I'll do my duty and write a review. That elephantine film aside, this year's list is a good one."

Get ready for his review.

This is like 1.5 stars territory. bye bye metascore

[cirque]

Roger Ebert HATED Les Miserables: "My taste is only personal, but it's all I have. Looking at the nine films nominated for Best Picture, I find only one that I flatly don't believe was a good film, the near-unbearable "Les Miserables." Victor Hugo's superbly entertaining novel has been transformed into a lumbering musical of dirges that rise and fall, with the occasional relief of a little rinky-dink tune. Not only do you fail to come out humming the songs, you almost don't realize they are songs. Hugo's set piece about the escape through the sewers of Paris is one of the great passages in fiction, and although the film indeed shows it, it doesn't bring it to life.

A small hip fracture prevented me from reviewing "Les Mis" on its opening date. Now I suppose I'll do my duty and write a review. That elephantine film aside, this year's list is a good one."

Get ready for his review.

This is like 1.5 stars territory. bye bye metascore

Girl just obviously don't like the musical. "Don't come out humming the songs?" They infect your brain like a bad std that penicillin won't get rid of "on my owwwwwwwwwn"

[Vincent Blanchett]

Roger Ebert HATED Les Miserables: "My taste is only personal, but it's all I have. Looking at the nine films nominated for Best Picture, I find only one that I flatly don't believe was a good film, the near-unbearable "Les Miserables." Victor Hugo's superbly entertaining novel has been transformed into a lumbering musical of dirges that rise and fall, with the occasional relief of a little rinky-dink tune. Not only do you fail to come out humming the songs, you almost don't realize they are songs. Hugo's set piece about the escape through the sewers of Paris is one of the great passages in fiction, and although the film indeed shows it, it doesn't bring it to life.

A small hip fracture prevented me from reviewing "Les Mis" on its opening date. Now I suppose I'll do my duty and write a review. That elephantine film aside, this year's list is a good one."

Get ready for his review.

This is like 1.5 stars territory. bye bye metascore

Not a fan of Les Mis. But seriously, that's bullshit.

[RTerra]

So, a friend of mine, both of us fans of the musical and now of the film version, posted this on her Facebook wall, after seeing the film:



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Translating:
Les Miserables: Anne Hathaway is on my list of actresses who I want to look like. Hugh Jackman is on my list of actors with whom I want to get married and have children. Russell Crowe is not in any of my lists.

Poor Russell x)

[Bob Burns]

at least Ebert has read the book.... points for that.

but if an entertainment writer billed as a critic hasn't made the effort to see a few dozen live musical (and dramas) and listen repeatedly to the basic catalog of cast albums, that writer does not deserve to call himself a critic.

I'm an architect, and consider direct experience with film, stage, the agreed upon great paintings, sculpture, prints, architecture, landscapes, urban spaces, concert music, interiors, opera, fashion... etc to be obligatory cultural competence for practice.

I can't take Ebert seriously about anything if film is all he knows. If he hates the film, fine, he is the expert on his own tastes, no quarrel. But he claims to love the book..... the music interacts with the book in artistic ways that do not depend on ones opinion of the overall work. He is welcome to grade the film as he wishes, but there is no cultivated intelligence in his review.

[BTN]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/m...itics/1839145/

Merciless critics lead Les Mis critics rebellion