The basic, basic plot of les mis follows a man named Jean Valjean. First, he is imprisoned for stealing bread. Once he is freed, he flees (and breaks parole) to go and start a new, honest life for himself. He becomes the mayor of the town and owns a factory. One of his workers is a poor woman who has a child being kept by innkeepers. The woman dies, but Jean takes care of her daughter, Cosette. Eventually, he dies, but cosette gets married and is happy. Ps this whole time the jerk Javert was chasing him. But then he committed suicide.
In my opinion, the characters and the plot are equally important. The story is so heartbreaking, but the characters are written as such resilient, kind, and good people that it is almost less tragic. They are just equally amazing and fantastic so I couldn't choose which was more important
2) Think critically about how the film was shot, directed, use of lighting, etc. What do you think was effective in the making of the film? What took away or could have been done differently to enhance the film?
I think the cinematography in this rendition was amazing. The close ups of the characters really made it all the more emotional. The setting was AMazing-- I was very impressed with how the setting looked honestly so much like france, and it was just straight beautiful. One thing that, in my opinion, could have been done differently was the casting of cosette. I just really don't like amanda seyfried and thought she was awful in the part. sorry bout it.
3) What is you overall opinion of the film? Would you recommend it? Why/why not?
I really enjoyed it! I thought it was honestly so good, pretty true to the book, and It was a beautiful film to watch.
ps... shout out to all my haters who doubted me. I did it. Only three weeks later. whatevs. yolo.
