why i'm a little leery of the new 'les miserables' movie
1) jean valjean's eyes would not look like that after he had met the bishop, which, if he's all clean-cut, he clearly has. those eyes look defiant, not forgiven.
and 2), most horribly, is the tagline. the point of 'les mis' is not a man trying to be free after 19 years in prison, with a dog on his tail after that. the point is redemption. perhaps they mean freedom from the darkness of his past, like spiritual freedom, and it's meant to sound like a promise; but it doesn't sound that way, especially when paired with that picture.
hopefully this is all just my prejudiced (since i love the liam neeson version) preconceptions and i'll be pleasantly surprised. because i know there are people out there who will like it better, and hopefully they'll still be able to see that the point is GOD working in a man's life.
posted by melilotnfosco | 6:01 PM
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Yes, hopefully people see that it's God.
Sometimes the pic on covers is not from the movie at all. Maybe that's the case here. Maybe they told him to have that expression just for the cover/movie poster, so that people who need to hear a story of redemption but don't realize they do might come hear it. I dunno. :) But I wanna see both... all I've ever seen from the Liam Neeson one is the clip they keep playing at church. :)
i have that version you know... ;)
and i'm sure it's not from the movie, but from a photo shoot. but i'm concerned that if that's what they're going for, the message will get lost.
I know you do. :) But for some reason we never watch it when I'm there (or when you're here). Maybe we could with Auto when you guys come? Redemption seems like a good theme when you're turning, um, 29 again. ;)
you always say you don't want to watch something serious. but i'll bring it anyway in case. :)
I've never seen the Liam Neeson version. In fact, I can't picture Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean. I'll have to look it up sometime when it is not 1 am :-D.
he's perfect. i love him in that role.
and of course that version has geoffrey rush as javert, and like i said on fb, i think geoffrey rush is one of the finest actors of his time.
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