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tenlittlebullets) wrote2006-02-11 01:35 am
tenlittlebullets) wrote2006-02-11 01:35 am
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Watched the first two hours of the 1957(?) LM movie with Jean Gabin. It does seem quite faithful on the whole, but since it's late and I haven't had enough sleep lately, here are some random giggly thoughts on the first two hours, so I don't forget them, before I toddle off to bed:
- Wow, can anyone say dated? XD It's most obvious in the treatment of the female characters and the voice acting as a whole (is this dubbed?), but some parts of it just screeeeeeeam fifties.
- Gorgeous costumes though. Someone's been doing their reeeeeeesearch.
- Has anyone yet got the whole sequence of [Fantine's death / ship Orion / fake death and escape / Thénardier inn / flight to Paris / hiding in the convent] right yet?! All these weird chases and police searches and wot.
- M. Gillenormand owns my soul.
- Obviously, the real reason for the success of the musical is that it tends to feature hot Enjolrati. All the movie versions, this one especially, could fool you into believing that "ugly as sin" is somewhere in his character description.
- All the same, nice that they introduced Amis.
- Wait, what? No, Mr. Narrator, you did not just tell me that this is set in 1848. Especially since they're still blabbering about Lamarque wtf. PICK ONE, preferably the one where, historically speaking, they ALL DIE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE PLOT GOES THANKS.
- Ugly!Eponine! r0x0r!
- Ahahawtf Cosette/Eponine subtext. Except it's subtext in the same way Joly/Bossuet is subtext in the book, i.e. practically text. *giggle*
- There were a bunch of little things that weren't in the book I adored but I can't remember them now, except I remember Valjean intervening when Eponine steals a loaf of bread. Yeah, that was cool.
Okay, right, bed. Stay tuned for the last hour and a half, featuring death, death, more death, here, haven't you had enough? well, we'll throw some more death at you!
Watched the first two hours of the 1957(?) LM movie with Jean Gabin. It does seem quite faithful on the whole, but since it's late and I haven't had enough sleep lately, here are some random giggly thoughts on the first two hours, so I don't forget them, before I toddle off to bed:
- Wow, can anyone say dated? XD It's most obvious in the treatment of the female characters and the voice acting as a whole (is this dubbed?), but some parts of it just screeeeeeeam fifties.
- Gorgeous costumes though. Someone's been doing their reeeeeeesearch.
- Has anyone yet got the whole sequence of [Fantine's death / ship Orion / fake death and escape / Thénardier inn / flight to Paris / hiding in the convent] right yet?! All these weird chases and police searches and wot.
- M. Gillenormand owns my soul.
- Obviously, the real reason for the success of the musical is that it tends to feature hot Enjolrati. All the movie versions, this one especially, could fool you into believing that "ugly as sin" is somewhere in his character description.
- All the same, nice that they introduced Amis.
- Wait, what? No, Mr. Narrator, you did not just tell me that this is set in 1848. Especially since they're still blabbering about Lamarque wtf. PICK ONE, preferably the one where, historically speaking, they ALL DIE BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE PLOT GOES THANKS.
- Ugly!Eponine! r0x0r!
- Ahahawtf Cosette/Eponine subtext. Except it's subtext in the same way Joly/Bossuet is subtext in the book, i.e. practically text. *giggle*
- There were a bunch of little things that weren't in the book I adored but I can't remember them now, except I remember Valjean intervening when Eponine steals a loaf of bread. Yeah, that was cool.
Okay, right, bed. Stay tuned for the last hour and a half, featuring death, death, more death, here, haven't you had enough? well, we'll throw some more death at you!