Glad to be able to help!
Posted on 12/25/2012 7:08:12 PM PST by Perdogg
Has any one seen Django or Les Mis? I am thinking about going to the movies this weekend. I know Les Mis is a musical but I was thinking that the theatre might be full of single women.
I like the music in Django, but I am not a fan of any of thr Obamatrons in the film.
any insight to either movie?
You posted: les petit mademoiselles va à le théâtre
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Elles vont au theatre.
Glad to be able to help!
“Women like to be helpful and to give advice, and a man looking helpless in the grocery store is kind of cute.”
Reminds me of a guy I saw on Christmas Eve at the jewelry counter looking very confused, eyes practically begging female passers-by for help and suggestions. I thought it was cute, but maybe it was only his MO for meeting women.
Django?
Geezuss.....wtf forum am i on nowadays?"
No kidding.....
Problems with speakers of the house. Yeah, there's some of that going around these days.
I doubt if he was cruising for women on Christmas Eve. Probably more like he did the guy thing and waited until the last minute to look for a gift for the wife or girlfriend. :)
if my poor grammar hasn’t caught up with me yet, it will soon ... so I am again repressing the French tendencies.
J’étudie le français depuis trois ans ... mais il y a des années (1978).
OU: “J’ai étudié le français pendant trois ans”?
Yes, Victor Hugo was a lefty. Most of the great works of fiction are written by lefties. That is because lefties live in a fantasy world. They are governed by emotions and feelings. We conservatives live in reality. We are governed by logic and thought. So we are not as good at writing fiction as the lefties are.
But that does not mean we cannot enjoy great leftist yarns like Les Mis.
I wouldn’t see another Quentin Tarantino film if my life depended on it. It doesn’t matter that Django might have been an anti-white screed. It could have been “Atlas Shrugged” and I’d still avoid it like the plague.
Les Miserables is a must see, unless you can’t sit still for a 2:38 musical. If that’s the case (like the jerk in front of me who spent the entire time on her Facebook or Twitter account) do yourself and other moviegoers a favor and stay home.
Political/Spiritual commentary follows. Skip this if you just wanted the opinion of the movie.
The story is not only timeless, but it is timely. Les Miserables is a story about the struggle for social justice, and there were plenty of parallels for our time. Paying attention to the moral of the story might just help America, if it’s not too late.
The various characters attempted to achieve social justice, either for themselves or for others, in various ways:
Jean Valjean - theft and revenge
Factory Workers of Montreuil-Sur-Mer - honest work
Prostitutes of Montreuil-Sur-Mer - abandoning morals
Poor of Paris - begging
Enjolras and his revolutionaries - government order
Eponine - selfless love
Javert - law and order
Only one of them found his answer by the end of the movie. Valjean and his family (Cosette and Marius) found a way. It happened when the Bishop of Digne, living out the life of Christ, granted Valjean mercy when he deserved a harsh judgement. Valjean, moved by the Christian example, searched his soul and dedicated his life to God. Only then was he able to break the back of his misery and find joy - even in the midst of struggle. It was the cross that brought justice, not any of those other things.
I tend to forget this and get caught up either in the role of Javert (stand firmly on the law) or Enjolras (create a good social order). But America won’t be saved by hard work, legalizing sin, taking from others, giving to others, a strong law, or a strong political party. America will only be saved by God through prayer. After establishing that foundation, we can take our places in the other spheres as God directs.
Enjoy the movie.
I wouldn’t see another Quentin Tarantino film if my life depended on it. It doesn’t matter that Django might have been an anti-white screed. It could have been “Atlas Shrugged” and I’d still avoid it like the plague.
Les Miserables is a must see, unless you can’t sit still for a 2:38 musical. If that’s the case (like the jerk in front of me who spent the entire time on her Facebook or Twitter account) do yourself and other moviegoers a favor and stay home.
Political/Spiritual commentary follows. Skip this if you just wanted the opinion of the movie.
The story is not only timeless, but it is timely. Les Miserables is a story about the struggle for social justice, and there were plenty of parallels for our time. Paying attention to the moral of the story might just help America, if it’s not too late.
The various characters attempted to achieve social justice, either for themselves or for others, in various ways:
Jean Valjean - theft and revenge
Factory Workers of Montreuil-Sur-Mer - honest work
Prostitutes of Montreuil-Sur-Mer - abandoning morals
Poor of Paris - begging
Enjolras and his revolutionaries - government order
Eponine - selfless love
Javert - law and order
Only one of them found his answer by the end of the movie. Valjean and his family (Cosette and Marius) found a way. It happened when the Bishop of Digne, living out the life of Christ, granted Valjean mercy when he deserved a harsh judgement. Valjean, moved by the Christian example, searched his soul and dedicated his life to God. Only then was he able to break the back of his misery and find joy - even in the midst of struggle. It was the cross that brought justice, not any of those other things.
I tend to forget this and get caught up either in the role of Javert (stand firmly on the law) or Enjolras (create a good social order). But America won’t be saved by hard work, legalizing sin, taking from others, giving to others, a strong law, or a strong political party. America will only be saved by God through prayer. After establishing that foundation, we can take our places in the other spheres as God directs.
Enjoy the movie.
Someone missed something in both the book and the musical.
Les Miserables is a testament to the fact that only the power of the Cross can change lives. Les Miz may point out the attempt that Marx made, but it also points out that it is destined to fail.
Les Mis is one of my favorite stage musicals. I’ve seen it four times, including once in London. I’ve been hoping for years that it would come to the screen, but it was going to need a very gifted hand to do so properly. At one time, years ago, Alan Parker was floated as a potential director, and I think he would have been a good choice.
I generally enjoyed the movie, but came away somewhat disappointed. As others have noted, the director made what was clearly an artistic decision to do the most personal songs in continuous close-up, which I think was a mistake. That’s one reason why movies are movies, so you can use the camera. I understand the concept of using the closeups to achieve a level of intimacy, but it places the burden of every ounce of power a song has onto the performer to a degree that even the stage doesn’t. By not utilizing multiple angles and shots, the director misses opportunities to ratchet up the power of a song beyond the performer’s emotion.
The unfortunate result of this enhanced intimacy is that it reduces the overall energy of the film and makes the pace feel slower than it should be, to the point of dragging.
When Joel Schumacher made Phantom, it was obvious that he really didn’t understand how to film a musical, though it had its moments (and I think Hooper’s approach to Les Mis demonstrates the same weakness, though to a lesser degree). I was actually pleasantly surprised at the job done on Sweeney Todd by Tim Burton, and I think he would have been a better choice for Les Mis.
I did think that the performers acquitted themselves well with their vocals. My biggest musical complaint is that many of the amusing lyrics to “Master of the House” get lost in the delivery. It might pay for those not familiar with them already to turn on the subtitles when they watch the movie on DVD.
Cannot even remember the last movie I went to see...has got to be 20+ years. Cable is next to go.
You can name call and generalize all you like, but I’d advise you not to stand in my face and tell me I’m not a real man because I enjoy musicals.
J’etais professeur de francais au lycee (high school) il y 30 ans. Je suis avocat maintenant.
Depuis trois ans— literally since 3 years, so 3 years ago.
Pendant trois ans— literally during (for) 3 years.
I think best sentence structure for this:
J’etudiais le francais pendant 3 ans il y a 34 ans.
What a beautiful and precise language. Too bad about its government.
Amen.
the kindle book is free on Amazon.
I refuse to see Django. Period.
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