Ordinarily, I do not like musicals. I find it silly that people should have to resort to singing their lines instead of just having a normal conversation. Seriously. People just don't do that in modern life. Regardless, Les Miserables is a strange musical. I cannot decide if I love or hate it, but I'll write anyway.
I think most are familiar with the Les Miserables narrative, so I shall refrain from belaboring the topic. There have been some re-imaginings of the characters, and frankly I'm not overly fond of the conversation songs that didn't come from the musical. I feel they could've been better composed.
Yet, despite its less than stellar performance as a musical (as I understand musicals), it still is a performance that is rather good at tugging on the heart-strings of the audience, taking everyone from the heights of euphoria and crashing down in utter despair. In fact, there have been many red eyes after the movie ended, so I think it fair to conclude that it was a moving experience.
Apart from its relatively poor performance as a musical, I do think the movie was fairly well put together and did its part to provide an emotional experience. 7/10
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