I took the GF to see it for her b-day. I have hear dof Les Mis b4 but never read nor seen it. I also don't usually like musicals with some exceptions (Newsies, Across the Universe, and a few others). Les Miserables was pretty decent i thought, now this may be because I haven't seen it performed on stage (which i hear is crazy good) or had any other exposure to it before seeing this movie. I am surprised Bob has such a strong negative review about the film, usually his reviews are fairly close to my own thoughts about the films he reviews. I'll choose to watch his reviews for movies i'm still on fence about seeing and if he gives a positive review i would tend to enjoy it. Many films i can tell by the trailers that i would definitely not want to see them, and usually bob has a negative review of them. There are few exceptions to where i havent agreed or didnt at least see his points as understandable.
Les Mis is one, i found myself actually not hating it... despite practically being dragged to see it. It was long, yes, but i tend not to mind long movies (my attention span isn't that short i guess [mind you that i saw Les Mis about 30min after i just saw The Hobbit during a double feature]) It was a musical, yes, but i don't mind singing if its done well (i enjoyed most of the acting/singing save for Crowe [i concur that his part could have been better cast]) and some parts of the film are drawn out a bit boring, yes, but i thought the story overall was good enough to merit a look into possibly reading the novel. Also i did not expect to see Borat, his and his wife's characters were quite amusing.
overall, Les Mis will not end up on any of my top ten list (excluded top ten musicals i suppose) but i would not call it a Bad film.
Les Mis is one, i found myself actually not hating it... despite practically being dragged to see it. It was long, yes, but i tend not to mind long movies (my attention span isn't that short i guess [mind you that i saw Les Mis about 30min after i just saw The Hobbit during a double feature]) It was a musical, yes, but i don't mind singing if its done well (i enjoyed most of the acting/singing save for Crowe [i concur that his part could have been better cast]) and some parts of the film are drawn out a bit boring, yes, but i thought the story overall was good enough to merit a look into possibly reading the novel. Also i did not expect to see Borat, his and his wife's characters were quite amusing.
overall, Les Mis will not end up on any of my top ten list (excluded top ten musicals i suppose) but i would not call it a Bad film.