I'm kind of an idiot, so when I hear "Les Mis," my first thought is of a porn parody about a straight-laced librarian called "Lays Ms.," or possibly "Lezz Ms." But apparently it's a famous novel by Victor Hugo! Which became a famous play! And now that play is a movie! What a world. Directed by The King's Speech's Tom Hooper, Les Miserables stars Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, and supposedly Sacha Baron Cohen, though he's nowhere to be found in the trailer. Anyway, I'm torn on this one, because while I love few things so much as period pieces with cannons and ships, I mostly hate musicals. As a general rule, I don't want to watch people sing, unless the people are pirates, and the song is about rum and loose women.
I predict this will become the year's second most critically-acclaimed movie musical, behind Adam Shankman's Rock of Ages.
Opens February 8th.
Russell Crowe plays General Jean Poutine, credited for being the first man to eat french fries with gravy. He also designed his own collar, featuring a bundle of delicious sage.
Eddie Redmayne really doesn't look like an "Eddie Redmayne." He seems more like a "Cornelius Van Der Sloot," or a "Reginald Hobblebottom."
"I would've tugged that rope way less gay." -Glenn Danzig.
Look at those pupils! I'm pretty sure this chick's on ecstasy. I bet she's asking if she can touch that guy's hair.
Oh quit your crying, the queen needs merkins. This is a great honor.
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…or Lumberjacks and they’re okay.
And the award for non-sequitors goes to…
If this movie doesn’t have 30 Odd Foot of Grunts playing Master of the House, its not a musical I want to see.
what with all the talk about Sansa’s red flower, this week’s Game of Thrones was the period piece for you.
As a general rule, I don’t want to watch people sing, unless they’re Lannister henchmen, accompanied by a former member of the delightful 90s Britpop duo, Robson & Jerome, and are singing about Lord Tywin’s famous victory over the rebellious Reynes of Castamere. (*wedgies himself*)
/nerd is the new black
Les Miserables stars Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman…
Danzig thinks, even for a musical, this is too gay.
Russell Crowe signed onto this project mistakenly believing that he would get a lifetime’s supply of the new Lays flavored potato chips
“No Russell, for the last time it’s a musical where you’ll sing bass, not eat it!”
It was Russell Crowe’s job to make sure Anne Hathaway stayed malnourished by always getting to the Kraft services table before she did
The “S” in “Les” is not pronounced. You should say it more like “lay”. YOUR JOKE IS INVALID!!
Headline: Hathaway made to look like little boy in musical Les Miserables. Director knows his audience.
I saw Les Mis three times on Broadway when I lived in NYC. It’s a brilliant musical.
You gotta see it live… Master of the House!