Samantha Barks is in the film and she was also in the 25th Anniversary concert. Her version of On My Own is just as heartbreaking as Hathaway's I Dreamed a Dream. those were the two highest points in the film for me.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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quester - Jan 01, 2013 1:44:28 pm PST #23290 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Dana - Jan 01, 2013 1:49:35 pm PST #23291 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Damnit, now I'm listening to clips, and I can't remember what recording we had.
Edit: Definitely Broadway. And the actress playing Eponine won a Tony, so I'm clearly in the minority there. But she's much less vocally pleasing to me, compared with Marius and Cosette.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 01, 2013 2:36:49 pm PST #23292 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I am sooo glad that Taylor Swift was not cast in the movie!
Surely it only took the casting agents seeing her "acting" in Valentine's Day to put the kibosh on that idea? She was out-performed by Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, George Lopez, most of the inanimate objects, and Eric Dane in that movie!
quester - Jan 01, 2013 4:19:21 pm PST #23293 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I might be getting a little obsessed with Les Miz...I just watched the 10th Anniversary special. Nice to hear Wilkinson in full voice and a much better Marius.
Also, Lea Solanga scored the biggest coup. Lucky girl she got to sing both Eponine and Fantine, at least in concert.
megan walker - Jan 01, 2013 4:47:11 pm PST #23294 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Rewatched Les Miz today with my SIL. On rewatch, I was even more impressed with Hathaway and the revolutionaries, and less impressed with Jackman. Seriously, I don't know if it was the weird sound in our theater or what, but Crowe and Jackman seemed more on par than I remembered. Seyfried seemed even worse.
SIL, who just read the book but had no experience with the musical, had little problem with Crowe, hated Seyfried, and was disappointed in Jackman (just because she had high expectations I think). I realized that if you don't know the musical parts, it is not very obvious that Crowe is not singing it "right"; however, Seyfried sounds like she is straining regardless.
I cried just as much as the first time. Perhaps more.
Liese S. - Jan 01, 2013 5:36:15 pm PST #23295 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm thinking about rereading before I watch. At my speeds I think I can, but I might not want to try.
Jon B. - Jan 02, 2013 7:12:27 am PST #23296 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DavidS - Jan 02, 2013 7:19:09 am PST #23297 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is fascinating!
Really is. Kills me to think that the matte painting of Sigourney Weaver's apartment building in Ghostbusters was broken.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 02, 2013 7:22:30 am PST #23298 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Good stuff.
quester - Jan 02, 2013 5:46:37 pm PST #23299 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I accidently stumbled across some Harry Potter slash fiction at work today.
Is anyone interested? I'm not sure I really want to read it because I'm not that much into fan fiction, but if anyone would like to see it, I could send it to you. It's in an email.