I don't have a Les Miz icon yet

[heidi]

I am fascinated that they chose I Dreamed a Dream as the song for the first trailer. It's such a sad and tragic song, and Anne Hathaway sings it beautifully - as I understand it all the songs were recorded live during the filming, which is amazing and rare - but unless you already know and love Les Miz, will this trailer bring you into it?

But so many people around the world have seen Les Miz already, on stage, or on one of the DVDs, is there really anyone who'll see the movie as soon as it's released, who hasn't already at least seen one of the concert versions on YouTube or tv? It's an interesting marketing approach, and I'm curious to see the trade press perspective on it.

Regardless, it's LES MIZ! With an amazing cast! In December!

I've seen Avengers seven times so far, and I think that's my record for the most times I've seen a particular film in theaters - PoA was the prior winner, with six - but it's very possible that Les Miz may take the title, if not by the end of the year then by my birthday in January.

Can I preorder the cast recording on iTunes yet?

How about now?




Now?

Seriously, the first time I saw Les Miz, I was fifteen years old, it wasn't on Broadway yet, and my parents took me to see it in the West End and I started crying about ten notes into I Dreamed a Dream and I didn't stop until about an hour after the show ended and we were at dinner and my mom gave me wine to try and calm my crying.

I've seen it on stage sixteen times since then - once every year of college with classmates, on Broadway, and from the second to last row in London, in Miami and LA and on DVD and tv and youtube and back in the days when I had a battery-powered walkman, if it ran out of batteries, I would just sing the libretto in my head.

I don't have one single favorite musical - Joseph and Into the Woods and Chess all transport me in different ways - but Les Miz will always be my mental, emotional and social go-to hearts-in-my-eyes show, and I cannot wait to see this version of it.

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[aome.livejournal.com]

My in-theater record is four, for Return of the Jedi, Mulan and FotR; however, I suppose you could say I've seen RotJ six times - four the first time it came out, and twice more on the re-release in 1999.

I've read a slightly abridged version of Les Miz, but have never seen it performed. I admit to being underwhelmed by the book - it was fine, but not mania-inducing. Yet I know the musical is HUGE, like Phantom of the Opera or perhaps even more so. What makes it so amazing?

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I saw Phantom a day or two after seeing Les Miz and it was...

It was pretty and I was entertained but it did not seize my soul and make me weep for bravery and stupidity and true love and true beliefs and things that shatter them and found families and...

I'd send you one of the Concert versions (okay not the one with the Jonas) but I kind of want you to see this, without having seen the concert versions or heard all the music, as a sort of guinea pig. Would you be willing to do that, to see this without knowing the musical, and share your thoughts?

OH ALSO I just emailed you re Orlando!!!

[aome.livejournal.com]

Sure, if you want to send me a copy, that's fine!

And I just responded to the Orlando email - sorry for the delay.

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll bring it to Orlando ;)