{"id":1215,"date":"2012-12-25T20:28:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T01:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=1215"},"modified":"2012-12-25T20:28:44","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T01:28:44","slug":"les-mis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2012\/12\/25\/les-mis\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Mis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We have long ago forgone the extravagant gifts at Christmas for time together.\u00a0 We realize the significance of time more than most so my sister\u2019s gift to me for Christmas was two hours and thirty eight minutes of Les Miserables, the movie.\u00a0 Yeah, us and all the Jews.\u00a0 They, who relish the movies on Christmas Day, were none too happy that we were invading their bastion of tradition in droves.\u00a0 To the point of sold out showings, everywhere.<\/p>\n

My sister went early to get the tickets.\u00a0 She knows I am a fan.\u00a0 Don\u2019t think the folly of the hundreds spent on seeing this show four times on Broadway is lost on me.\u00a0 I don\u2019t care.\u00a0 Each time I saw it I was moved to tears and brought to my feet as if it was the first time.\u00a0 So expectations were high, well not so much as the trailer and the coming attractions and commercials brought goose bumps and welling in advance.<\/p>\n

I could not have had a better seat, last row, and last seat all the way to the right of the screen.\u00a0 No one in front of me and several fans in the same row.\u00a0 Make no mistake this is a movie for fans.\u00a0 The reviews have been mixed but the fans turned out in record numbers for an opening showing\u2026on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

Tom Hooper\u2019s direction is fabulous, his innovation in recording the singing live while filming is perfect even if all the notes aren\u2019t, yes Russell we\u2019re talking to you but who the hell would expect Javert to be able to sing anyway.\u00a0 I love Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, and Ann Hathaway\u2019s one take wonder of \u201cI Dreamed a Dream\u201d started everyone down the path of smeared mascara and sniffing.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t risk tissues for this movie but had a trusty faded bandana to weep and snivel into, so clever am I.<\/p>\n

Yes, that was Colm Wilkinson as the priest who saves Jean Valjean from going back to prison.\u00a0 He is my all-time favorite Jean Valjean, ever. And I did see him (twice) on Broadway, so the nuance of him setting Jean Valjean on the path of righteousness was a brilliant cameo pick in my mind.\u00a0 Too much, have I said who cares enough yet?<\/p>\n

I thought the casting was perfect, each bringing their acting\/singing abilities with them toward a musical as much acted as sung.\u00a0 I love the firsts, the technology, the live singing, and the true to the original feel of a movie make of a beloved Broadway show.<\/p>\n

To say I was a mess at the end of this movie is an understatement.\u00a0 My bandana could be wrung out. Whatever the critics say the hell with them.\u00a0 The audience applauded the finale, and I must say I didn\u2019t know how Tom was going to get Hugh into the final number from\u2026well you know, but he did.\u00a0 I loved this movie, I loved sitting in a dark theater knowing my sister was right next to me, keeping an eye on me as I brushed the tears away.\u00a0 I will own this movie and watch it over and over finding something new to love each time including the memory of a Christmas spent with my sister.<\/p>\n

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