Of course fuck singing, Morbs. Of course.
― Tangy Flavor Nuggets™ (Old Lunch), Sunday, 2 December 2012 14:33 (eleven years ago) link
"Fuck singing" in a through-composed, sung-through musical? I'm afraid I don't understand, Please Explain
― NINO CARTER, Sunday, 2 December 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
I will try. Hmm, where do I start? Well, you see, in a nutshell, Morbs disdains joy and expressions thereof. Does that make things a little clearer?
― Tangy Flavor Nuggets™ (Old Lunch), Sunday, 2 December 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
Morbs disdains joy and expressions thereof
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Sunday, 2 December 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
Broadway car-alarm shit
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 December 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
What does the new Patti LuPone album have to do with anything?
― Tangy Flavor Nuggets™ (Old Lunch), Sunday, 2 December 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Les Mis doesn't have fuck-singing, Morbs. It's not THAT kind of French movie
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 2 December 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
AP review
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 21:22 (eleven years ago) link
But again, it's hard not to appreciate the effort, the risk it required to take on the role.
Yeah, no.
― Simon H., Monday, 10 December 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/david-edelstein-on-les-miserables.html
The tasteless bombardment that is Les Misérables would, under most circumstances, send audiences screaming from the theater
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 10 December 2012 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
I will make any friend who isn't a film critic pay dearly for watching this.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 December 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.noise11.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Hugh-Jackman-Les-Mis%C3%A9rables.jpg
"But I have suffered enough!"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
you'll have to catch me first, alfred :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 December 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
haha
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 December 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
http://curiosity-media.discovery.com/mediaItems/4/e/7/4e7291d0c36f1/kids-taste-buds-1.jpg.jpg?v=1316131286
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 December 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.sounzgood.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Les-Miserables-Russell-Crowe.jpg
"I look for the friends of Alfred. They have violated the law."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/822929/5123-9434.gif
"They chose...poorly."
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 December 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2012430/reg_1024.lesmis.anne.mh.053012.jpg
"Why, Alfred, WHY!"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 December 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
beat me to it, Ned
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 December 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
This movie feels so weirdly abrupt and microbial in scope. It just has absolutely no sense of spatial or rhythmic comparison.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
The belting vets -- Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks -- do the best by the material, tho Eddie Redmayne was surprisingly strong.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
I still don't understand why Russell Crowe. I don't think the world will ever know.
― this will surprise many (Nicole), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Hey, that rhymes! Maybe this is the genesis of a new musical complaining about movies.
― this will surprise many (Nicole), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, the show's fans will cringe at his each and every note. I also wasn't much impressed with Wolverine's high notes, either, but that could be just a result of the horrible audio recording techniques.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
Almost everyone sounds like they're whisper belting.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1217561.1355241302!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/anne12n-2-web.jpg
― buzza, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
I like it? I would wear cracked out things like that every day if I could get away with it.
― this will surprise many (Nicole), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
This entire week I have been singing this more than anything from the actual musical itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRbDOTRqPCY
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
what is she wearing around her legs? they look like fashionable calipers
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
i mean I love the overall look I just, idgi re the legwear
Barks seems hemmed in by the approach. Redmayne sounded Kermit-y to me. Crowe def the worst offender.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
Can we agree that no one at all (yes, even Crowe) sounds as good as they could've had Hooper not f'd up their game with this gimmick?
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
― NINO CARTER, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah the whole "live singing is more real/authentic/etc" thing is so odious.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
eh, I give the direct the benefit of the doubt re: the conceit until I see it
btw I fucking hate this show so the only reason I'll be seeing this is spouse pressure
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
She dreamed a dream
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
it doesn't strike me as a bad idea, but it probably works better if you privilege singing over name recognition - you cant mamma mia this shit
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
The problem with the Live-Singing gimmick is that this is the sole reason Musical Theatre heads seem to be touting this movie musical over other recent movie musicals. Annoyed by the decidedly choppy rhythmic vamping from Jackman on "Who Am I?" and they reply "He's FEELING THE SONG". Complain about Russell Crowe's throaty bellowing and "He's trying to be earthy!".
Half the Musical Theatre heads I know think Les Miserables is about the French Revolution and remember fuck-all about the story. The whole reason the musical was ever popular was the songs, and now that they're being rendered unlistenable, who cares?
I blame Baz Luhrmann for this generation of bad movie musicals.
― NINO CARTER, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
the approach appears to be coming from the school of thought that privileges emotion over accuracy, which may be a very good choice for me given how much I dislike most of the music from Les Miz
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
The problem is that many people seem to be equating emoting with making a constipated gutteral grunt in place of where the note used to be.
― NINO CARTER, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
hooper came off like an arrogant dolt and i'm sort of pleased there's resistance to this movie. what was he saying, other than "those people who made singin in the rain and oklahoma? fucking fakers!" way to not get it, smart guy.
― before and after broscience (goole), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
IMO this film would have been much better with Diamanda Galas as Fantine
― NINO CARTER, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
Richard Gere managed to make an unpleasant nasal whine work surprisingly well as a character voice in Chicago; I don't actually expect Crowe to be any good but maybe his terribleness will distract me from the fact that I just paid for and am sitting through the Les Miz movie
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
i dont think he really meant any of that shit. i love singin in the rain but im not offended on its behalf, hes just trying to hype up/justify his movie's gimmick
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't mind Gere at all in Chicago, actually, now that I think about it
― NINO CARTER, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
The trouble is that (most of) the actors seem too distracted making an effort to sing well to remember to act well.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
xpost Yeah, with that movie, it was the sub-par dancing that bugged me.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link