Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Les Miserables movie is wonderful good entertainment. It has suprisingly lots of moral and specially Christian lessons. Congratulations!

I watched last night on January 16 Wednesday 7:00 pm at Cinema 6 of Power Plant Mall in Rockwell, Makati City, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It was the successfull and full-house special screening project of the MBA students of the Ateneo Business School.

My MOVIE REVIEW below...

(This movie poster image sourced from impawards.com)



Spectacularly set in 19th century France in the throes of revolutionary ferment, the musical movie Les MisĂ©rables is an inspiring tale of struggles, shattered dreams, love, idealism, sacrifice and redemption. It is a beautiful and searing tribute to the indomitable strength of the human spirit.

Jean Valjean (played so convincingly by Hugh Jackman) is a poor ex-prisoner and a fugitive from the law for decades, pusued relentlessly by police officer Javert (Russell Crowe). The changes in the destiny of  ex-convict Valjean take dramatic and unexpected detours starting with his promise to care for factory worker and prostitute Fantine's (Anne Hathaway) young daughter Cosette. The young girl eventually meets the love of her life during the era of revolution and social tumult.

The acting and live singing of Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway were remarkably superb, powerful!

Congratulations to one of the world's longest-running musical in this wonderful and enthralling musical film by Tom Hooper, successfully bringing to the big screen the timeless epic saga of Victor Hugo, and the musical written by Alain Boublil and the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg (with English-language lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer).

BUT: Tom Hooper created a truly entertaining and touching film. But, the romance of the young lovers lacked real emotional spark or magic, as with parts of the film in terms of emotions despite talented actors and actresses, despite the world-class and famous material of this Victor Hugo literary masterpiece.

I highly recommend this well-made, inspiring, thoroughly entertaining and morally uplifting movie!

(Cosette played by actress Amanda Seyfried and aristocratic revolutionary firebrand Marius played by actor Eddie Redmayne, here depicted below, this image sourced from santabanta.com)





(Image below sourced from movies.newyorktimes.com)





(This film poster image sourced from imdb.com)

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