tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post7146447415387811758..comments2024-02-14T05:39:29.497-06:00Comments on HELL BURNS: MOVIES: "LES MISERABLES"Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-22088925175954204732013-02-23T00:21:48.578-06:002013-02-23T00:21:48.578-06:00So...when are you writing YOUR book? And, BTW, wai...So...when are you writing YOUR book? And, BTW, wait till you hear dear Father Angelo!!!! He did such a great job. We will finish a little filming of needed visuals and place ALL the visuals by end of March, Lord willin'. Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-57898733237562460032013-02-23T00:08:24.713-06:002013-02-23T00:08:24.713-06:00I'm watching Charlie Rose interview Jackman, H...I'm watching Charlie Rose interview Jackman, Hathaway, et al. in his Oscar Special. I read Les Miserables in high school and absolutely loved it. I saw Les Mis in the theatre and wasn't particularly impressed. Now that I've been to France, traveled to Compiegne, and devoured every volume in French that I can find on the Carmelite martyrs - necessitating a fair knowledge of the French Revolution - I'm less impressed with Broadway's version of Victor Hugo than ever before. Quelle nausée.DvoraOCDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427347237897894399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-51845655598141169242013-01-25T07:55:34.259-06:002013-01-25T07:55:34.259-06:00Sister, were you able to see the "coffin"...Sister, were you able to see the "coffin" motif? The big space where the prisoners were pulling the boat looked like an enormous coffin, Fantine's first "customer" brought her to a coffin like box...The cramped space where the barricades were set up...With two coffins propped up! Then at the end of the film you see larger spaces. Valjean prays alone on his deathchair (not a bed?) in a spacious prayer room, then he dies. The camera moves to the larger space of the Parisian main processional road. The dead characters sing "Do you hear The People Sing". At last, the miserable ones are now free! Johnjo Tuasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12961523472574649398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-31799657873818829642013-01-21T10:57:01.300-06:002013-01-21T10:57:01.300-06:00I also cried like a baby when Valjean realizes wha...I also cried like a baby when Valjean realizes what the Bishop did for him and he just can't believe that someone would do that. In the "he called me brother" bit, he was heartbreaking!!! I really hope he wins the oscar over Daniel Day Lewis... do you think he can? You know, the Academy being all for actors that portray their presidents and all...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-15027580684056973782013-01-08T20:00:42.656-06:002013-01-08T20:00:42.656-06:00LOVED this movie!LOVED this movie!Kaitlin @ More Like Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260649249438520187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-50275304265844928392013-01-07T23:42:39.613-06:002013-01-07T23:42:39.613-06:00Yes! Beautiful!Yes! Beautiful!Sr. Helena Burns, fsphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196121481873845379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789157.post-66153440482060946142013-01-07T13:27:26.265-06:002013-01-07T13:27:26.265-06:00The closing scene always has the dead characters (...The closing scene always has the dead characters (Fantine, the revolutionaries) coming to escort Valjean into Paradise. This is the first time I've seen the bishop return to usher the soul he has "bought for God" into that God's presence. I loved that touch.Kristennoreply@blogger.com