Les Miserables Musical Film (Tom Hooper) Reflections by Ms. Lassandro

2024-12-18 13:34:05 UTC

the film cut out a lot of scenes that seemed very detailed/important in the book. the film also didn't seem to focus on poverty as much as the book

Nathaniel Wagner

2024-12-18 13:36:30 UTC

Javert wasn't just a marauding police officer in the barricade, he was a legit spy. Also, Jean Valjean did not fight Javert in the book.

Jackson Hirst

2024-12-18 13:37:52 UTC

I believe the film cut out part of the love story between Marius and Cosette. There weren't any scenes where Marius walks past Cosette at the Luxembourg. I feel like this was a very important part of the plot and they should not have left it out.

Lia M.

2024-12-18 13:38:45 UTC

I feel like the musical didn't focus on some of the things it should have. it cut out a lot of details that were important in the book. It focused a lot on the barricade, when there were other details that should have also been focused on. The very end felt rushed, including Javert doing suicide and JVJ dying of age.

Keira Deeds

2024-12-18 13:38:59 UTC

In a book, we typically get to see what a person is thinking through lines in the text. In a movie, we don't typically get an internal view of a character's thoughts. I think adding the music gave a chance for characters to show their thoughts and feelings in a more obvious way.

TK

2024-12-18 13:39:05 UTC

There were a few differences from the book to the musical one being that they are singing all the time. Another one is that it is much shorter and if they used the book word for word the film would probably be a lot longer. Another difference is that I don't feel that the movie goes into as much detail as the book does.

A C

2024-12-18 13:39:07 UTC

The film skipped some scenes like Marius and Cosette's love scenes, the book included more descriptive details about the scenes than the film did.

Nathaniel Wagner

2024-12-18 13:39:36 UTC

It seems that it focuses on characters' faces and in the scene when Javert talks about how he must find Jean Valjean, the lighting is dark, as Jean Valjean has eluded Javert and is hidden.

Caroline Williams

2024-12-18 13:39:57 UTC

the film cut out a lot of scenes and I was king of confused when Marius all of a sudden came on scene and we didn't see any of his backstory.

GC

2024-12-18 13:40:04 UTC

In some of the musical numbers both characters will sing the same lyrics but in different tones (or to different people) like the scene where Marius and Eponine are at JVJ and Cosset house where Marius is singing with Cosette and Eponine is singing about how she likes Marius. Also, there are times when a bunch of characters are singing and creating a song. GC

Elliot

2024-12-18 13:40:25 UTC

The scenes in the film seemed a bit rushed, different from the book which was very very slow. There was a lot of extreme zooming in and out. Everyone was singing at pretty much every moment, even if it was just talk-singing. The feelings of the characters were harder to figure out since they weren't explicitly said or written.

Christian

2024-12-18 13:40:39 UTC

I think that the film does. It doesn't focus on the death of any character for very long and also doesn't really show any huge tragedies. It also made light of the number of deaths in the revolution and brushed it to the side like it didn't matter much.

OW

2024-12-18 13:41:42 UTC

The film cut out many of the love scenes with Marius and Cosette. There was a lot more focus on the battle in the movie than in the book. Another difference is that Jean Valjean did not fight Javert in the book compared to the film.

Nathaniel Wagner

2024-12-18 13:42:10 UTC

Every character has their own note, to signify how masculine/feminine they are. Javert is low, as he is a legalistic police officer.

Sarah Dougherty

2024-12-18 13:42:11 UTC

I feel that the film does add glory to the revolution, but it does not glorify the death of it. It shows a reality that some people were willing to die in order to change the world. I also think that it showed the hard repercussions from the death of other members of the revolution or other members in the French society.

MS

2024-12-18 13:47:41 UTC

The first couple of scenes of the book felt rushed compared to the book. The book also skipped a lot of scenes throughout the entire film, such as the love scenes with Cosette and Marius. If we had watched the movie first and then read the book, I would have had a lot of questions and feel lost at times.

Layla S.

2024-12-18 13:48:36 UTC

I think the music in the movie added a wave of emotion to the scenes, which made It easier to understand the vibe and what is going on, whereas in the book there is no musical action. This can sometimes be confusing to understand what the feeling of the characters and the scene is.

Cassidy M

2024-12-18 13:48:38 UTC

I think the music made scenes more emotional. Everyone sings their own voice, like when Eponine sings to Marius she is saying how she likes him but he doesn't notice but he is singing about Cosette, almost saying their thoughts out loud. You can also feel the emotion through music by the tone and lyrics they are saying which makes you understand the scene more.

SA

2024-12-18 13:48:57 UTC

Musical numbers played an important role in this film. When reading a novel, it can be hard to imagine what's happening. With the musical number, we can hear the characters' emotions through their voices and faces. The background music also adds to the intensity of each scene. There was soft music for the sad scenes and harsher music for the other scenes.

Scarlett Tyson

2024-12-18 15:19:44 UTC

Eponine was a minor character in the book, but in the movie/musical, she was more of a major character. We saw more of her life and how much she loves Marius.

2024-12-18 15:20:10 UTC

The film didn't focus on the poverty as much and it meshed together some scenes that were detailed on their own.

2024-12-18 15:20:25 UTC

It was pretty dark and wet and dim

Owen Burkepile

2024-12-18 15:20:41 UTC

I think that the film glorifies death, because the movie all leads up to the end where everyone that was dead was all jolly and happy.

Margo Sirinides

2024-12-18 15:21:28 UTC

Musical numbers in the movie and musical show emotion and internal thoughts. I noticed that when people were singing they sang about how they were feeling with emotion behind it even with others standing around them. I felt more connected to the story and more attentive to singing vs. dialogue.

Kz

2024-12-18 15:22:07 UTC

The book was more detailed while the movie kinda just skipped over some parts like the love between characters. The movie did help to understand and picture the fight scenes, it showed how intense this time was.

Cooper Hoffman

2024-12-18 15:22:07 UTC

The movie focuses on the exposure to detail and the people's interactions. So if it is a sad/unhappy part of the movie it is also going to be a darker setting. The music also brought a sense into this matching the mood of the play.

2024-12-18 15:22:24 UTC

The way that music sounds portrays the feeling and emotion in a more obvious way than a regular movie with regular dialogue might.

HS

2024-12-18 15:22:54 UTC

I was only here for the very end. The difference I saw is that JVJ didn't tell Cosette that her mother was Fantine. We just had to infer that the letter he gave her said that.

Rylee Gallagher

2024-12-18 15:22:56 UTC

The film focused mainly on the barricade, and cut out some scenes. We didn't get to see much of Marius's backstory, he just showed up. The musical rushes Javert committing suicide and Jean Valjean dying. Marius walking past Cosette at the Luxembourg Gardens was also missing.

John Flynn

2024-12-18 15:23:10 UTC

I noticed that the book had a lot more key details and smaller things that added to the plot. Hugo went in-depth with the story to help the reader get a strong understanding. On the other hand the movie had a few more action-packed scenes to keep the audience intrigued. I like both the book and the moive.

Scarlett Tyson

2024-12-18 15:23:20 UTC

The music helps the dramatic elements of the musical to be more dramatic. For example, when Javert was about to jump off the bridge there was a cello doing vibrato to create suspense. It makes the audience question "Is he going to jump???".

Liam Blanco

2024-12-18 15:23:52 UTC

I think the musical numbers are supposed to give more character to the dialogue. They also make it easier to show certain emotions than if they were just speaking. I think that singing was a good addition, especially for the barricade, because it portrayed their feelings about the situation better.

OGW

2024-12-18 15:24:26 UTC

The film was a lot less detailed than the novel. The book included many more scenes that wouldn't be a big deal if they were to be cut out. The film left out lots of little details.

Anderson S

2024-12-18 15:24:29 UTC

The music is important because it is a way of directly conveying the mood of the scene. The musical numbers help us form the mood in our minds a little better. If the music was slower and quieter then it helped the scene become sadder. When the music was faster and more upbeat then the scene was formed as happy and uplifting.

miranda wise

2024-12-18 15:24:52 UTC

I feel the movie cut out alot of scenes or made them less detailed. and they kinda have to so the movies not like super long but I liked how things were worded in the book and they were written very pretty.

Bryn Shebelsky

2024-12-18 15:25:29 UTC

I feel like it didn't show enough details compared to the book. I also think it would have been harder to see the message of the story if I hadn't read the book because of the lack of detail.

Kenze

2024-12-18 15:26:05 UTC

The lighting changes from dark to light. It changes back because of the darkness of what is happening and the same things happen for the light. The angles also are towards an important moment in the movie.

Cole Gillette

2024-12-18 15:26:44 UTC

The book makes death seem glamorous and sad at the end of the book. Jean Valjean is seen with his people in the afterlife all singing happily. The other half of the end is the side of Cosette and Marius, who are sad and crying at Jean Valjean body.

CS

2024-12-18 15:26:44 UTC

In the film the musical numbers serve to build the plot, and progress it via song. Just like the other purpose of songs in other musicals: Building and progressing the plot of the story via song.

Margo Sirinides

2024-12-18 15:27:04 UTC

I noticed that Eponine, my favorite character from the original broadway version, was not featured as much in the book. I also noticed that Marius did not look through a hole to the Thenardiers in the movie.

Max Nguyen

2024-12-18 15:27:06 UTC

Yes, the film does give light to death. For an example, at the end of the film when JVJ passes away, he walks over to Fauchelevent (referring to his past), and he sees Fantine again. Fantine is bald, but JVJ is joyful to reunite with his friends again.

Margo Sirinides

2024-12-18 15:29:38 UTC

I enjoyed the lighting and angles because they made it more dramatic and wet in emotional scenes and beautiful red, blue, and white in scenes like the French Revolution.

Emily Winey

2024-12-18 15:29:49 UTC

There were a lot of scenes in the movie that were not pictured in the novel. Maybe because we read the abridged version in class. Also some important seeming parts were cut out. And scenes that were changed, like the scene where Marius watched the Thenardiers through a hole in the wall.

MS

2024-12-18 15:30:07 UTC

The book went more in-depth about some of the characters and scenes, but the film left out some important parts. The film skipped over a few parts in the book that would've been interesting to watch. They didn't read the letter that JVJ gave Cosette as they did in the book.

Celestina Smith

2024-12-18 22:21:45 UTC

The role that these musical numbers serve is that they give you a perspective of what is going on especially when a book can be very confusing. Although, it can be a very good representation of it. It can also show what the tone is like better than a book could.