Pick camera angles to best tell the story. . . don't be sucked in by a style that won't serve the story.
I'm not sure how old he is, but I heard him use the word 'newfangled' one time, so he's gotta be pretty far gone.
Dawn ,'Beneath You'
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sumi - Jan 11, 2013 5:58:13 am PST #23356 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Steph L. - Jan 11, 2013 6:04:34 am PST #23357 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Also, caring about cinematography not make Hulk snob.
DavidS - Jan 11, 2013 6:09:17 am PST #23358 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay, not much easier without paragraphs. Sorry.
Jessica - Jan 11, 2013 6:12:57 am PST #23359 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sorry, I don't mean to sound ungrateful! I have some respiratory/sinus thing that makes my head feel like someone's stuffed it with chloroform-soaked cotton balls, so thinking is not happening.
Steph L. - Jan 11, 2013 6:26:29 am PST #23360 of 30000
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That review reminds me -- I haven't see Les Miz yet, but we saw a commercial for it last night (I assume the first commercial after the Oscar nominations), and the first shot of Jackman made me yell "Wolverine!"
Tim told me if I'm going to be yelling "Wolverine!" through the whole movie, I'm not allowed to go. I told him I would mix it up by yelling "Catwoman!" and "Gladiator!" as well.
Frankly, I'm amazed he ever goes to movies with me.
On a less smart-assed note, at a family party I was talking with Tim's 21-year-old nephew about Les Miz, and it turns out we have the same favorite cast recording of it (and feel equally strongly about the fact that it is the One True Recording). And he's also a HUGE fan of Dr. Horrible and Avengers (well, mostly Loki). It was a highly geeky evening.
Dana - Jan 11, 2013 6:35:53 am PST #23361 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
What is your one true recording?
Steph L. - Jan 11, 2013 6:44:31 am PST #23362 of 30000
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The London cast. And, honestly, I think it's my one true recording because it was the first one I ever heard. I was 17, and I don't think I realized there might even be more than one cast recording. I listened to it incessantly before I found out there was a Broadway cast recording. When I listened to that one, I had already burned the London cast into my brain, and nothing else has ever sounded right to me.
Jessica - Jan 11, 2013 6:46:34 am PST #23363 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
and the first shot of Jackman made me yell "Wolverine!"
Like he did?
(In my head, the last bit of this song is sung to the tune of "Who Am I?" because I assume the only reason it wasn't really done that way was copyright.)
Steph L. - Jan 11, 2013 6:57:02 am PST #23364 of 30000
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Like he did?
Hah. Not quite so melodious.
Also, I had never heard him sing before (having not seen Les Miz yet), and he's pretty good. (But Colm Wilkinson is still an impossible act to follow.)
Connie Neil - Jan 11, 2013 4:35:56 pm PST #23365 of 30000
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The only bits of Les Miz that I've heard are passing phrases from commercials or stories about the show. I've never heard any of the songs all the way through. I guess I'll fix that some day.