Vocal Voices

We are going to see the film next week. It is getting some very good reviews.

I've not seen the stage show or the film but I heard that it is done entirely in song.

I'm not sure I can watch a film like that

No I don't think so. Obviously there are songs but not all the time.

The Guardian review loved it, but the Independent review didn't like it!

I have seen the stage version twice and absolutely love it. I don't think there is very much dialogue at all.
I doubt if I will go and see the film though.

I'm really looking forward to seeing the film, I believe it's brilliant. I've seen the stage show twice and the wonderful dvd of the anniversary show at the Albert Hall. Having very little spoken dialogue is fine actually, you get used to it really quickly.

Hope you enjoy it Rodo Did you know about our Jenninren's daughter being the original Young Cosette? See today's daily thread

I hope to see the film soon, saw it at the Opera House in Manchester with a couple of friends and at the end all three of us were blubbing - take you hankies

Kathy

It has many good reviews from critics and public alike, and has also won a Golden Globe. It can't be so bad can it!

I shall be seeing it this Friday.

We went to see it on Tuesday and it was stunning. I was completely mesmerised from the minute it started, and I found it very much easier to follow the story than when it is on the stage. For us, there was the additional poignancy of seeing Colm Wilkinson playing the bishop and being almost the last person you see at the finale. He was the original Jean Valjean and here in Ireland, we are enormously proud of him. I heard him interviewed over the weekend, and he approached Cameron Mackintosh asking to play the bishop, as he felt it would round the circle for him, and be a very fitting way for him to finish his involvement - he was in on the original stage production from the start.

Every performance was brilliant, I even thought Russell Crowe was very good. It was a stroke of genius to have them all sing live to camera, it made all the "main" songs so emotional......I just loved it.