Post by Adriana Velez
Meet my new obsession: The extended trailer for the movie Les Misérables. You've seen us talking about its star, Anne Hathaway, and how skinny and shorn she'd gotten for her role as factory worker Fantine. And I thought Russell Crowe would be perfect as Inspector Javert. I saw the stage production years and years and years ago. But honestly, I didn't care that much. It was all, "bla bla Les Mis bla bla" -- until I saw this. First of all, I forgot how powerful and passionate Les Misérables is: The story, the music, the emotional turmoil of it all. I mean, there's a reason they didn't call it Les Super-Happy. Just hearing the songs again reminded me. Brought me to freakin' tears, people! (Gah, I hate/love that.) But what really got me is how this musical is different from any other movie-musical we've ever seen.![]()
Meet my new obsession: The extended trailer for the movie Les Misérables. You've seen us talking about its star, Anne Hathaway, and how skinny and shorn she'd gotten for her role as factory worker Fantine. And I thought Russell Crowe would be perfect as Inspector Javert. I saw the stage production years and years and years ago. But honestly, I didn't care that much. It was all, "bla bla Les Mis bla bla" -- until I saw this. First of all, I forgot how powerful and passionate Les Misérables is: The story, the music, the emotional turmoil of it all. I mean, there's a reason they didn't call it Les Super-Happy. Just hearing the songs again reminded me. Brought me to freakin' tears, people! (Gah, I hate/love that.) But what really got me is how this musical is different from any other movie-musical we've ever seen.