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Movies I Have Watched (489 movies items)

"Watched in January 2013"

50 Best Movies of 2012 (50 movies items)

"Director:Tom Hooper "

My Oscar Perspective, on what I'm Seeing?... (20 movies items)

"Best Actor (nomination) Best Supporting Actress (nomination) Best Art Direction (nomination) Best Costume Design (nomination) Best Makeup (nomination) Best Original Song (nomination)"

2013 Movies (23 movies items)

"~ There were tears shed."

My Tearjerkers. (27 movies items)

"Out of joy or tragedy? Tragedy. Which parts? Anne Hathaway's jaw-dropping and heartbreaking singing of "I Dreamed A Dream" and the ending of when Jean is dying and Fantine's spirit greets him."

A depressing musical with energetic passion.

“To adapt a stage musical, an extremely popular one at that, onto the big screen requires a tremendous amount of determination, co-ordination and most importantly, a high level of knowledge. For director Tom Hooper and co to produce Les Misérables from the play is no easy task, especially when not only trying to be as faithful as possible to the original source but at the same time, to make a few steps away from it. Many stage musical adaptations have worked in the past, particularly in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, because they managed to grasp both a staged and cinematic atmosphere onto the screen. Thankfully the same can be said for Les Misérables but it still has weak links.

Following his Oscar winning success for The King's Speech, Tom Hooper took charge o” read more

Academy Award for Best Picture (506 movies items)

"2012 NOMINEE - Universal/Working Title Films. Produced by Tim Bevan/Eric Fellner/Debra Hayward/Cameron Mackintosh"

Films of 2012 - Best to worst (89 movies items)

"8.75"

Movies watched in Cinema (66 movies items)

"18.01.2013 - Premiere"

Movies Watched in 2013 (140 movies items)

"18.01.2013 cinema premiere Good Oscar candidate. It started a bit quite and didn't had the kick in the beginning, but the story soon began to form the film, and the music with it. I was a little disappointed at the beginning (not much), but it was better in the middle and was fantastic in the end. The last 1/3 of the film was great. The music together with the story, picture and everything just fit perfectly together and exploded into a firework of magic. For now I give it a 8/10, it may chang"

Cinema viewings 2013 (12 movies items)

"Saw it for the second time at the Light House."

Film & Short diary: 2013 (27 movies items)

"Watched on: 17/01/2013 Predicted rating: 9/10 Actual rating: 8/10 Review here.."

2012 In Film - Best to Worst. (56 movies items)

" Directed by: Tom Hooper Written by: William Nicholson Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance Running time: 157 minutes Plot: In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever. FULL REVIEW"