Dec 28, 2012 les miserables is an even better novel. I had previously seen the play and quite enjoyed it. What are the differences between the musical les miserables. The explanation behind the meme please try to both detail the meme s. Which is a better film to watch, les miserables 2012 or. Only personal attacks are removed, otherwise if its just content you find offensive, you are free to browse other websites. Sure, its unusual to open up with valjean stealing the bread and then follow him the entire time hes in prison, which means they dont even get to paris until the last.
Merciless critics lead the les mis rebellion usa today. However, immediately after coming out of the movie theater, i knew that i was going to have to read the book, which i do every few years. She has played eponine numerous times in a production of the play in london as well as in the 25 th anniversary concert. In the book theres also marius rich grandpa but he appears in the 2012 film. I think the biggest difference is that the novel gives a much more indepth backstory to all the characters, especially javert who is godfearing in the play, atheist in the book, and i dont think its mentioned in the movie, but also notably the pontmercy family, the thenardier family including eponine who is not in the movie, and her brothers and sisters who.
Im excited about the coming soon movie adaption of the musical play adaption of the book les miserables by victor hugo. In the englishspeaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its original french title. One of my favourite musical films is the 1956 the king and i, with the late yul brynner and late deborah kerr in the lead roles. The persistent greatness of les miserables the new yorker. Half of da characters dat was in da book wasnt even in da movie that we had been seein in class. The musical captures the scope and scale of the book better, but the nonmusical focuses in more on valjean and javert and is all the better for it. However, this is a book which is over 100 years old and which still had the power to make me cry, not just once, but in several moments. The rebels in the novel have single, special deaths instead of just being shot. Or maybe the chanted verse in the movie version could have sufficed, if only the camera. May 01, 2018 i believe from the book of mormon musical on the 65th tony awards. You just dont sing along with a musical the first time someone sees it or in any kind of theatre unless youre specifically meant to rocky horror, mooing along with rent, that kind of thing. The friends of the abcs are goobers, funny funny goobers marius bangs his head against a tree for. Jan 09, 20 in this post, ill compare book with the recent hugh jackman movie, because it is the only version of les mis that i have seen. Jan 25, 20 samantha, being a broadway star herself, is not shy to the world of les mis.
I think the biggest difference is that the novel gives a much more indepth backstory to all the characters, especially javert who is godfearing in the play, atheist in the book, and i dont think its mentioned in the movie, but also notably the pontmercy family, the thenardier family including eponine who is not in the movie, and her brothers and sisters who are not in the play, the. It is a book which is still as relevant today in its tale of love and redemption, as it ever was a century ago. Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the french revolution, avoiding a lawobsessed policeman hellbent on capturing him. Written by mark twain, the book shows masterfullydone written by mark twain, the book shows masterfullydone. Hugo wrote several novels, but the only three that have continued to be much read today are les miserables. See them twice, and you will put aside the maudlin nonsense of les mis forever. At the novels climax, hugo describes how marius began to. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or. Feb 19, 20 originally written in book form by victor hugo, les mis shortened by many people was adapted into a musical and later into numerous films, the latest being produced in december 2012. This london production was the first englishlanguage version of les mis and some songs have been tweaked for the later broadway productions. Translation, adaptation distillation, and the general awkwardness of musical dialogue have led les miserables to genuine memetic gold.
Mar 02, 20 the strange power of les mis, the book victor hugos hardnosed melodrama. My high school did it when i was a freshman and ive been in love with it ever since, but that is obnoxious shit. Jean valjean, after spending nineteen years in jail and in the galleys for stealing a loaf of bread and for several attempts to escape, is finally released, but his past keeps haunting him. Jan 03, 20 see them twice, and you will put aside the maudlin nonsense of les mis forever. The bishop myriel is more developed in the novel than in the musical.
The strange power of les mis, the book the new republic. With liam neeson, geoffrey rush, uma thurman, christopher adamson. Samantha, being a broadway star herself, is not shy to the world of les mis. My reaction was overwhelmingly positive, and i felt i had to read the book. A lot of the introduced characters encounter other characters, so we get an increasingly complex net of relationships. The novel was published in 1862 in an era of european radical retreat after the eruption of the revolutions.
Les miserables 85th academy awards rehearsal duration. Les miserables funny les miserables book jean valjean look at you just for you hugh michael jackman hugh jackman russell crowe les miserables what others are saying javert is a cop just trying to do his job, and in the end does not kill jean valjean when he has the chance. An adventure story for children, the adventures of tom sawyer is a funfilled book that shows life along the mississippi river in the 1840s. The movie earns points for bringing les mis to the masses that cant get to broadway or the west end, plus, it is simply amazing. I just got a kindle, and having read hunchback several years ago and having the signet classics les mis waiting on my shelf for a while, i decided this would be a good first hurdle for the kindle. Dec 28, 2012 the persistent greatness of les miserables. Amazon doesnt seem to like to list the translators but it can make a huge difference. Les miserables sandie angulo chen 12252012 director tom hoopers film adaptation of les miserables is remarkably faithful to the stage production. The stage version of les mis is usually performed on an abstract unit set and the libretto is full of what i like to call theatrical suspension of disbelief, or tsod.
But during the french revolution, he was forced to emigrate to italy, and his wife died before having children. Originally written in book form by victor hugo, les mis shortened by many people was adapted into a musical and later into numerous. At digne, he is repeatedly refused shelter for the night. Create your own images with the les mis meme generator. Set in the parisian underworld and plotted like a detective story, the work follows the fortunes of the convict jean valjean, a victim of society who has been imprisoned for 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. The best of the hilarity of the musical phenomenon, les mis. One day, an ex convict wanders into the bishops village and cant find any food or lodging because everyone turns him away. Nobody trusts an excon, so the poor guy has a pocketful of money that he cant spend on food or lodging because no one will take him in. Marius character he is a far better character in the movie and musical than he is in the book. However, this was samanthas first movie, which is a bit of a different environment.
We do our best to find the source of all pictures, and many are created by us too. The word meme is a shortening modeled on gene of mimeme from ancient greek pronounced mi. Valjean is also known in the novel as monsieur madeleine, ultime. In the book marius finds out about valjeans past and ostracizes him from cosette. At the novels climax, hugo describes how marius began to have an inkling of how incredibly lofty and solemn a. Only the saintly bishop, monseigneur myriel, welcomes him. Despite a 70%25 rating%2c a few prominent critics came out strongly against %27les mis%27. See more ideas about les miserables, musicals and musical theatre. Les mis reminds us that, although revolution may be heavily romanticised in popular culture, it is both a concept and an action that has led to the loss of many lives. Overall the movie was good, there were a few places where the accents were off, sounded more like oliver or nicholas nickleby, an english accent more than french. Theres still hope for people who love les mis the new.
Les miserables, victor hugo les miserables is a french historical novel by victor hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. So although ill talk about the changes the movie made from the book or the movies songs, i do know those changes were made first for the stage show and not just. Da movie had been ending aftah javert had done and thrown himself into da river like a fool. And yet, les miserables is as its title tells us a story about the poor and downtrodden, but one that begins with a fiftypage digression on a christlike bishop and ends with a vision of bourgeois marital conformity and saintly death. Illustration by gustave brion author victor hugo illustrator emile bayard country first published in belgium. Most importantly of all, to quote the west side story essay, a movie screen is filled out differently than a live stage is.
The books opens by describing the life of a really upstanding dude named bishop myriel. Theres still hope for people who love les mis the new yorker. In the book we know cosettes father felix tholomyes. Jul 11, 2008 les miserables is based on an ethics which believes in the triumph of the defeated. As a result, the films valjean is not as great a man. The story depicts the characters 19yearlong struggle to lead a normal life after serving a prison sentence for stealing bread to feed his sisters children during a time of economic depression and various attempts to escape from prison. It is not true to the book and makes marius role in the abcs far more important and has valjean walking off smiling when he finds out what happened to javert, which changes the villain from society to javert. Earlier in this blog i said that i thought the musical version of les miserables was a bad adaptation of the book, and i still think thats true, so i wanted to do a post comparing both of them. For starters, its an example of historical fiction because its second half is based on the june rebellion of 1832 on top of that, its an example of realism because it delves and we mean delves deep into the unpleasant aspects of human life by focusing on the. So although ill talk about the changes the movie made from the book or the movies songs, i do know those changes were made first for the stage show and not just for this movie. Books similar to les miserables meet your next favorite book.
Tom hoopers film is a colossal effort after 158 minutes, you really have experienced something. Les miserables is a 2012 epic historical period musical film directed by tom hooper and scripted by william nicholson, alain boublil, who wrote the original french lyrics, claudemichel schonberg, who wrote the music, and herbert kretzmer, who wrote the english lyrics, based on the 1862 french novel of the same name by victor hugo, which also inspired a 1980 musical by boublil and schonberg. I recommend the wilbour translation or the dennys translation. Les miserables and musical eponine versus book eponine. God im so sick of seeing cosettes face in everything to do with les mis, why dont they ever use any other character. Les miserables meets the internet in the heights hugh michael jackman theatre nerds musical theatre theater get shot book tv just for laughs the funny the best les miserables memes from around the web.
Novel of the century, by david bello david bellos new book is a comprehensive guide to les miserables, and a compelling story in its own right, packed with detail about the. Smith in culture, entertainment, religion i admit it. The strange power of les mis, the book victor hugos hardnosed melodrama. I am, of course, speaking of les miserables, victor hugos masterwork. How does les miserables the musical differ from the book. Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the french revolution, avoiding a lawobsessed policeman hellbent on. Whats the difference between the movie and the book. Les miserables is the latest musical adaptation to hit the theaters, but it is hardly the first. The book is called les miserables, so its safe to say that someone is going to start off in a state of wretchedness. He was the son of a man of parliament, and he spent his younger years devoted to worldly affairs. Les mis, as everyone knows, is sung all the way through, like an opera. It was an instant popular success and was quickly translated into several languages. I saw the musical for the first time on new years day 20, by way of its film adaptation.