Everyone waits until the year is over to compile their “Best of whatever” movie lists. This has become a mundane practice. Time for a bit of a change, kids.
As more independent flicks enter the 2012 movie fray, a few marquee releases such as This Is 40 and Les Miserables arrived to be in consideration for respective film critics’ associations year-end voting deadlines. Besides those two notables, due out around Christmas time, Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer The Weinstein Company’s Quartet, and a unique documentary titled The Imposter, all made a decent impression when compared to the 200 films reviewed/screened by yours truly up to this point.
EB: The How It Should Have Ended YouTube channel has released its parody for Logan, but it’s unlike most of the other bits that poke fun at the flaws of a movie and revise its ending or how certain scenes play out. According to the creators there is a reason for this, they just really thought Logan ended well, so outside of changing one scene’s outcome, the video is more or less the X-Men version of Les Miserables. I guess the franchises both featured the talents of one Hugh Jackman, so hey, why not?
Is Pixar going downhill fast? Is the Governor doomed? Can you imagine a modern day Les Miserables? Will Matt Damon be Bourne Again? Are unpopular opinions healthy? Are we recording in a cave? These are just a few of the questions we will be discussing on this week’s exciting episode. Did I mention the awesome Darcy Shull joins us? You can’t miss it!
Colton of The Daily Rotation wrote, "Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper wasted hardly any time after the success of The King’s Speech for his next directorial project. Right after his surprise Oscar win, Hooper ambitiously took on an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s French historic novel Les Misérables. This may be a daunting task to a lot of filmmakers due to the fact that Hugo’s original novel, first published in 1862, is widely considered as timeless. The novel is set in 19th century France and centers on themes such as redemption, love, and revolution in great detail."
i watched this film in the big screen and i made a promise to myself to have a copy of this in bluray. i heard some critics didnt like that the whole movie was done in singing but i loved it so much, it is the best musical movie for me and years ago i thought chicago will be hard to beat.
