Comments on: ‘Les Miserables’ Review: Nails Notes But Loses Direction

By: JohnHDD

JohnHDD — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:15:00 +0000

Of course the other thing is artistic integrity, but it seems there is not much of that these days, so time travelling critics are our only hope.

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By: JohnHDD

JohnHDD — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:10:00 +0000

I found High Jackmans acting to be terrible never mind his singing, which like his acting was over dramatic and wafull.But of course he WAS the leading man, so the money interest had to make sure they had a ganag of brown noses with a voice in the money controlled media prasing him, same goes for The worst A list none actor in the history of cinema, Sacha Baron Cohen.

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By: JohnHDD

JohnHDD — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:03:00 +0000

The only thing between us the paying public and total corporate media money interested poor quality, artistically feeble rubbish cinema and art in general, are the honest critics.
I prefer dr who style myself, better to get em before not after, as some things are easy to see in the past before the present.

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By: JohnHDD

JohnHDD — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:59:00 +0000

And thank goodness for a gaggle of honest critics.
Such things are worth qouting.

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By: JohnHDD

JohnHDD — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:58:00 +0000

Thank goodness for honest critics,never mind critics who will go to the trouble of replying to angry fan boys/girls.

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By: Michele Smith

Michele Smith — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Alrighty. Enough is enough. I don’t understand how this turned into a petty catfight, but it’s gotten ridiculous. Ghost, it was wrong of you to question Jess’s credentials. Jess, it was wrong of you to cite other people instead of finding examples within the film. Throwing other writers in someone’s face doesn’t invite discussion. No one person is right or wrong in this situation. It is all a matter of opinion. You are both obviously passionate about the film. So let’s have a mature and polite discussion, starting now. Clean slate.
I truly enjoyed Hugh Jackman’s performance on “Who Am I” and during other moments in the film. I suppose that made up for his rather mediocre showing on “Bring Him Home”. Russell Crowe didn’t really have a moment where I said “wow”.

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By: jessica lewis

jessica lewis — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:18:00 +0000

lol you’re the one who said i didn’t have any musical training and wasn’t a theater lover. If you’re the one who starts being disrespectful, you can’t get irritated when you are proved wrong.

You were disrespectful from the start. Then you were proved wrong.

This is a place to share your opinions on film, not comment on punctuation and grammar when you couldn’t even spell “definitely” correct. (“definately” is wrong).

Everyone will be wrong at some point in their lives, and you just happened to voice your opinion in public. Again, I apologize that you were offended that others supported my opinion.

I’m very receptive to people when they have differing opinions from my own, but they way you presented yours was an unnecessary and personal attack. Most importantly, an unwarranted attack in which others supported my opinion.
You are absolutely allowed to have your own opinion, we encourage it. But perhaps if you had simply stated your thoughts on the film, instead of attacking a writer personally, you wouldn’t have been so upset when there were other writers who agreed.

I love discussing film, not my personal qualifications.

As mentioned, it really does stink to be wrong, but perhaps this will be a learning experience for you.

THE END even more.

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By: The Ghost of Victor Hugo

The Ghost of Victor Hugo — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 04:01:00 +0000

Thank you for your continued disrespect. I look foward to emailing the editor and expressing my opinion on the matter to him. Welcome to the world, where not everyone will agree with your opinion. If you have a problem with that, the MATURE way is to handle it with grace and dignty. THE END.

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By: jessica lewis

jessica lewis — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:11:00 +0000

I think sighting other critics shows that your opinion doesn’t mean my opinion is wrong. You questioned my judgement, and it is not my judgement alone. This is evident by many other critics having the same opinion.

If you want to pick at specifics, I didn’t quote you. I didn’t say “you said”, so please take time to read exactly what you’re responding to. I said, “if you think”. My whole point was Jackman’s performance was good, it just wasn’t as excellent as I’d hoped.

To actually quote you, you said, “to call Jackman’s performance OK is not OK”, but there are many other critics who disagree with you too.

I’m sorry that the support of my opinion by others offends you, but unfortunately, I can’t control that.

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By: The Ghost of Victor Hugo

The Ghost of Victor Hugo — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:43:00 +0000

Do you think sighting other critics gives you an edge? I never once said Jackman’s performance was “flawless” as you misquote me (feel free to re-read my previous comment for clarification).

As for grammar and run on sentences, do not blame your poor writing on the editors of the website.

I am appalled that you would respond to a reader in such a disrespectful manner. Your need to “one-up” me is evident. Please learn how to respond to the readers of this website in a more respectful way.

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By: jessica lewis

jessica lewis — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:19:00 +0000

As for your other comments, I only have limited space for my review, so I choose things that were more “make and break” for the film. Seyfried I thought was decent, but not the strongest or weakest part. If you read most critics reviews, her vocals are praised.

I disagree with your diagnosis of the lack of grandeur, as I’ve seen the live musical and I think the orchestra gels with the visuals much better. It’s one of the issues with placing an opera musical on screen, but I’ve seen it more successfully done and thus hold it to a high standard as well.

For grammar and run on sentences, feel free to email our editors, we are always trying to make the site better. But those are things done in post-writing, I never use semi colons if that gives you any indication of the editors style.

I will absolutely see this film many more times, but perhaps you should also see what others are saying on the film before you jump to the conclusions you seem to so strongly feel. I don’t know your background in vocals or theater, but I didn’t write my review as someone with specific interests. I write as a common movie goer with high standards in all aspects of the film, as I think I owe it to our audience to do so.

Thanks again for reading, and we always appreciate feedback, positive or negative!!!

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By: jessica lewis

jessica lewis — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:09:00 +0000

Actually, I am both a singer and an avid theatre buff, which is why I was even more let down with Jackman. If you think his performance was flawless, you are surely mistaken. Several other film critics have not only agreed with me, but have had even worse things to say. I stand by saying that he was not bad, but I didn’t appreciate some of his choices. I am not as easily impressed as the typical film goer, because I believe I have a duty to my audience.

Examples:

-San Francisco Chronicle’s Mike LaSalle, “in half-voice Jackman is a disaster. His voice quavers and wobbles in and out of tune. There are times in “Les Misérables” where you might think the music is an experiment in atonal composition. But no, that’s Jackman.”
-Vulture.com’s David Edelstein, in reference to Jackman “But he’d have come off better if he hadn’t been forced to sing at the tippy-top of his register—and higher”
-The New York Times Manohla Dargis, “Mr. Jackman suffers the most”
-Yahoo News’ Christ Lemire, in reference to Jackman, “although the higher part of his register gets a bit nasal and strained”

It’s obvious that not everyone shares your opinion, and that Jackman’s performance was not 100% spot on. Like I said, as a film critic, I owe it to my audience to not be so easily impressed. Jackman’s performance was obviously not a 100% hit for all.

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By: The Ghost of Victor Hugo

The Ghost of Victor Hugo — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:09:00 +0000

Ok, well obviously you aren’t a trained musician or theatre lover. I realize everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, however, you definately missed the mark on this review.

To call Hugh Jackman’s performance “Ok” is not ok. If you are going to criticize someone for poor vocals, give that award to Amanda Seyfried. Her horrible vibrato wasn’t even mentioned in your review. Jackman is a trained, award-winning Broadway actor. His performance was incredible. Russell Crowe deserves the “Ok” but Jackman and him do not deserve to be on the same level.

In regards to your comments about the orchestra, this score was written over 25 years ago when the musical was first introduced. The “grandiose” of this musical is found within the performances of its actors as well as the orchestra score. From the first time I saw this musical I was blown away by the music, and this movie did a wonderful job translating it onto the screen.

This review just scratches the surface of the movie and its performances. As an avid reader of Reel Movie Nation, I am used to better reviews and better grammar (holy crap, avoid run on sentences.) Please go see this movie again.

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