The film pays more attention to the form of expression, but it fails to fully demonstrate the essence of the original work. Compared with musicals, the movie version gets rid of the limitation of the stage, and it is more difficult to reflect the background and characteristics of the original work. In this movie version, although the main plot in the original work is still retained, but due to the deletion of the original musical, the story develops too fast, and the audience has no time to experience the details and reflections, so they hurriedly follow in the continuous singing. The plot moves forward, weakening the understanding of the original work, especially for the understanding of human nature and the power of redemption that Hugo endowed in this work, which is a pity.
Les Misérables Negative Evaluation of
2021-10-20 17:21
Extended Reading
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Thénardier: Make for the sewers! Get underground! Leave her to me, Don't wait around! You wait, my girl! You'll rue this night! I'll make you scream! You'll scream all right!
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Thénardier: Jean Valjean - the old con. You pay up and I'll say where he's gone.
Marius: [handing Thénardier money] Not so loud! Here's for you. God forgive us the things that we do.
Madame Thénardier: How's about some extra on a day so glad. Our little orphan girl, she hasn't done so bad. Raised in a convent, cash to spare - we want our share.
Thénardier: [Marius hands over yet more money to Madame Thénardier] Quite the little nun, ain't she!
Marius: [Marius punches Thénardier across the face. He falls through a door. Marius bends down to Thénardier who is almost unconscious] Where is he?
Thénardier: [cowardly] The convent.