Many
movies are remade from comics or novels. “Les Miserable” that I
want to introduce is a typical remade movie from a novel. The
original novel was published in 1862. And this novel remade many
kinds of things like musical, drama, and movie. This movie is an
example of film adaptation.
The
background of this movie is 19th century. Jean Valjean who
was a thief was released on parole. He decided to be a new man, but
no one wanted to accept him as a part of society. So, he wandered all
regions of the France. But, one priest accepted and forgave him. As a
result, he started his new life. But, few years later, the police
officer whose name was Javert came to his city. Javert recognized
Jean Valjean’s face because he was guard in the prison. So, Jean
Valjean ran away because Javert tried to chase him. During the
escape, Jean Valjean met a little girl whose name was Cosette. He
decided to take care of her. And, he and she lived in convent to
avoid Javert. Later, Cosette met a handsome guy whose name was Marius
and got married. Meanwhile, Javert got Jean Valjean finally, but he
did not arrest him and he killed himself.
I
think that some factors in this movie are different from other kinds
of movies. First, it is a musical movie. Generally, musical movies
are less popular than any other genre movies. But, this movie was
very popular in United States and other parts of the world. Also OST
in this movie was very famous so that many people want to listen
songs. Actually, I watched this movie two times because of its good
songs. Second, the costume in this movie shows the background of 19th
century very well. At that time, French people were suffering from
poverty and dictatorship. In this movie, poor people wore very worn
clothes. Their clothes looked like a rag. This costume shows the life
of poor people very well. Third, many famous actors presented this
movie such as Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried. I
think that these actors made the quality of this movie better. I
would give this movie five stars(★★★★★)
because it is well made movie comparing the former movie which was
directed in 1998.
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