Child Cosette is the symbol of the movie because she represents hope for the future, being one of the few characters who actually survives. She is also the love of Valjean's life and embodies his redemption as he turns from a criminal to a loving father: "a man who only learnt to love when you were in his keeping." Gavroche is more pro-active but he dies in the end. He is more a symbol of lost innocence than of hope, which is what the movie/show is ultimately about
Creepy Uncle Dan that’s such has lazy generic ass answer. There is no damn innocence being lost. The point of the movie is he Romantic era idea that there is more than just politics like love and religion. Hence the whole “Beyond the barricade”. What innocence do you think is being lost?
the girl represents hope...what about the boy who constantly helped the main characters and died helping the revolution and was brave inof to do all of that. not trying to say your wrong but just answer one thing name 3 important things she actually did (the wedding doesn't count)
"In a time of rape and murder, bread-stealing will not be tolerated!" It really wasn't in pre-revolutionary France. Bread, especially good bread was considered a symbol of status and high society. Stealing good bread was like stealing money to the French.
"But, to be fair, if you were a girl you'd probably be happy to suddenly have Wolverine as your father, too." Oh, hey, they predicted Logan- just without the "happy" part for most of it.
I actually did draw Gavroche as the symbol of Les Miserables because I felt the same way you did; that he truly is the heart and soul of the musical. Many forget, but Gavroche was actually a child of the Thenardiers, he was abandoned and hated by his parents, raised by Eponine for the most part, and Cosette until she left. He is a character with compassion, bravery, loyalty who constantly is shit on by society, but keeps his innocence. He shows that even flowers can bloom by the side of paved roads
The audio cuts out at 41:48, and since the subtitles are auto-generated, none appear when the audio cuts out. So there's no way to know what's being said. The audio doesn't resume until 42:56
"no way to know what is being said" actually, it is technically possible to read their lips, especially when cross referenced with the mannerisms of the characters. (yes, characters. nostalgia critic does plenty of sketches and his general "hate" for something is often played up for the sake of the video. Nostalgia Critic has a much shorter fuze than the person playing him.) Now that ive got the wise guy comment out of the way, browse the comment section long enough and someone is bound to have transcribed it from the original upload. Short version is that each of the main 3 had a different opinion: hate, neutral, and like.
@@cullenlatham2366 Except that you can't read their lips at any of the points where they're presumably stating their opinions while the footage is showing clips of the film.
@@matthewmuir8884 Yeah, hence why i referred to it as a "wise guy comment". I was simply pointing out the impossibility of the claim that figuring it out is impossible. I have only found the short version, so i cant personally go into more detail.
I know the book is really long, but it gives great explanations for everything that is skipped over in the musicals and movie. For instance, Valjean became Mayor because he was able to invent a new way for the townspeople to create the commodity needed to become successful. He turned the town into a gold mine of capitalism and success, and everyone loved him so much they kept ushering him to be Mayor.
"You could make an entire movie out of one of these changes!" Now that you mention it....why wasn't this a trilogy? If the book is really so long, why didn't they make it a multi-part story? Just select a few plots for each film, leave out some less important stuff, and you got a 3 part adaptation of a single book. There's a reason multi-part movies exist.
Spidey Viewer Since the book is so long and divided into five parts, it would probably be better to adapt the book as a five-part television miniseries
however, movie actors usually have countless chances to get it right, live singing is done rarely enough in film that an actor doing something like this, and have to act normally, and have to keep up with impossible shit (my argument kind of disappeared in my head, don't know why), but hathaway's performance is better than most
alpha reaperion To add onto this- Anne Hathaway had to do this entire cut multiple times in a row, up to the thirties. They went with one of the earliest shots.
His mother use to sing in... I think musical theater? Or was it Opera? In any case his mother use to be a really good singer before she gave birth to Rob and Doug where I presume she quit and raised them. While raising them she taught them how to sing which is why he is so good at it.
This is what the Pink Floyd The Wall review should've been. Funny song parodies of the music in the film that do critique the film, but also the critic talking normally about the film's flaws as well as to what made it popular. Because as it stands, the way he did the review, it's confusing to anyone that's never seen the wall.
Actually I disagree, I probably enjoyed the review a lot more than if I had watched the movie, I really enjoyed it, mostly because I liked the cgi and epic ness of everything
The Wall has been one of my favorite movies for 25 years and I was confused watching that video. It was hard to understand a lot of what they were saying or singing. I thought the production of it was absolutely incredible and uh, fucking COREY TAYLOR?! Hell fucking yeah! But, as he points out at the end, he didn't even have a line!! I got the point of him sort of being Pink and all that, but HELLOOO ITS COREY FUCKING TAYLOR!!!! It couldn't have been an easy task to get him to sign on for it, and I personally would have much rather seen them do an actual review together and get Corey's real thoughts (Doug's too, I suppose) on the movie. Idk. I just happened to find this channel after someone pointed me towards the Snick and Nickelodeon reviews from years prior, and I started looking through the rest of the channel. I haven't formed a complete opinion on it yet; I think some of the videos are funny and some are kinda dumb. This one, though...Les Miz is another favorite (also going back 25 years, first time I ever heard On My Own in the 7th grade and I was immediately hooked) and I love the movie. I'm also apparently the only person on earth who actually enjoyed Russell Crowe as Javert, but that's neither here nor there. 😁 I'm into it so far, though there's a bit that I don't necessarily agree with. I like the way they're doing it much, much better.
I know that Hugh Jackman started off on Broadway, but seriously, I can't hear him sing and not see Van Helsing, and Wolverine trying to do musical theater. It's just too hilarious.
What's Ironic is that is roots WERE in musical theater, in the first place! xD Before Wolverine, and before Van Helsing, he was a full on Broadway man! There's a live performance of the 1998 revival of Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma in which he starred in the title roll; he's also starred as songwriter Peter Allen in the jutebox musical The Boy from Oz, AND he even had his own musical revenue on Broadway too!
The reason why the broadway actors argument for Ann Hathaway's song is because even if she's theatrically trained, she's an actor in movies so normally has multiple takes to do things, meaning that she's not used to doing things in 1 take so her song is impressive anyway but considering how good the performance of the song was it just makes it so much more impressive.
Not to mention that on stage, there are small physical mistakes you can get away with, and you aren't required to build up tears and emotion in the face quite as much, but here she is being filmed constantly in a close-up shot on high definition. She can't make any mistakes at all or else it will be picked up by the camera. She not only performed the song perfectly in one take, but she acted the part perfectly too. At no point during the song did she stray even slightly from her character or the emotions she was meant to portray. It was also considered to be really impressive since most of the stuff she acts in is movies like Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada. This level of pain and despair hadn't been done by her before, none of us knew how good she could really be.
Chexpet oh my god exactly yes!!!! You're like, "This poor girl has been given shit for roles and movies-- Princess Diaries 2!!!! And she got this role? Yesss!!!! Good for her she deserved it!" I am so glad we got to see what she can really do! Her mom was Fontine in the broadway musical when Anne was a child; Hugh Jackman was the one who suggested that she be given an audition; she brought everyone in the room to tears with the song she auditioned with; and I think it was a dream of hers to be Fontine one day as well. If so, I am so glad she got to realize that dream! Just. . . I'm sorry, I'm gushing!
Chexpet oh my god exactly yes!!!! You're like, "This poor girl has been given shit for roles and movies-- Princess Diaries 2!!!! And she got this role? Yesss!!!! Good for her she deserved it!" I am so glad we got to see what she can really do! Her mom was Fontine in the broadway musical when Anne was a child; Hugh Jackman was the one who suggested that she be given an audition; she brought everyone in the room to tears with the song she auditioned with; and I think it was a dream of hers to be Fontine one day as well. If so, I am so glad she got to realize that dream! Just. . . I'm sorry, I'm gushing!
In Cosette's defense, she IS the glue that holds the story together. Fantine died and left Cosette in Valjean's care. Not only did this contribute greatly to Valjean learning love and compassion, but it was eventually Cosette's love for Marius that prompted Valjean to get involved at the barricades in the first place. Without Cosette there, the second two thirds of the film wouldn't be relevant to Valjean's story and thus wouldn't be included at all. It makes sense for her to be the poster child of the musical since she's probably one of the biggest plot points in the entire story.
I respect and understand your opinion but for me Gavroche is better because he gave up his life for the cause he believed (in possibly one of the most saddest and strongest scenes in both musical and film) and the fact that this is a young child really add depth the the overall message in them.
Cari Higdon I agree but still Gavroche is a more dynamic character than Cosette. He is active, he sacrifices his life and he is a character that makes me emotional. He is amazing....
Well to be fair to the film makers, most of the stuff that happen in the film happened in the book. Plus I think Cosette was given to that abusive family when she was 2 or 3 years old so she really didn’t know her mom other than the fact she paid for her to life with her foster family.
Dang UA-cam Copyright system. The entire breakdown at the end of the review is cut off! "Well, what the hell kind of a conclusion is THAT!?" Indeed....
I felt the need to address that Valjean was able to succeed because the giant sack full of items that the priest gave him (which he first tried to steal) were all special holy pieces from a CHURCH. Those item tend to be made of solid (or at least VERY thickly coated with) gold, silver, or bronze and are therefore worth INSANE amounts of money. Trust me. I've read a number of catalogues for that sort of thing (hey, I go to catholic school and they make for reading material with decent shock value when you're really bored). Anyways, Valjean's biggest problem is that no one will hire him because of his criminal record. Clearly he can't melt down the valuable church stuff, but if he sells it to some seedy guy who can (or even just sells it to a different church) and gets a fair price for it, he would have more than enough money to start his own small business and from there, work to make a name for himself. In 8 years, he could grow in wealth, gain much respect for his goodness, and eventually become mayor. This is what I always assumed happened.
I must be one of five people who are okay with Russel Crowe's singing. Frankly, I unironically enjoy a lot of garbage and bad things, and so I won't pretend that it sounds great. But, in all honesty, I like it.
I don't think it's garbage though. I seriously enjoy it, and I feel he made Javert for me. His voice *is* gravelly, but I feel that's perfect for a French guard, and it's not even a 'bad' gravelly. I think it fits amazingly and I can't find flaws in his opening song about 24601 and the confrontation. But, as you said, we must be in the minority who likes it. Sadly.
I agree. I don't particularly like how he sings the opening song (it's not bad by any means though), but "stars" and "Javert's suicide" are both done very well. While he definitely didn't do the role flawlessly, he deserves nowhere near enough crap people give him about it.
The movie was definitely more focused on the characters than their voices, and Russell Crowe is an excellent actor. For me at least, his voice works with the stone cold Javert he is potraying. The only issue I have with him as Javert is that you kind of need to read the book beforehand to get emotionally invested, but that goes with all of the characters in the movie.
The barricades and streets are small in the movie because that's what it was actually like in Paris at that time. The June Rebellion is actually the reason that a lot of houses were torn down and the city was redesigned to have wide streets and boulevards. They wanted to make it impossible for anyone rebelling to barricade themselves in the streets again
Uh. No, that wasnt the reason. Due to the industrial revolution the cities were becoming more and more unhealthy with chimneys expelling smoke in the air, people and horses taking dumps out in the street and people throwing their trash outside and with the boom of factories there were more carriages transporting materials in the street. Paris still had the same urban plan from the medieval times, with narrow alleys that dont allow much air to flow through so the city was redesigned by Georges Eugene Haussman to provide open streets so the transit could circulate confortably, people could have fresh air to breathe and sanitary and water services could be installed. I studied story of architecture for years and one of the most dense subjects is the reform of Paris, it had nothing to do with the June Rebellion, dont take the credit away from Haussman's work.
I LOVE your musical reviews, Doug! So much comedy in each routine packed with incredibly clever writing, lyrics, and acting. My favorite musical reviews are when you collab with the other reviewers like Moulin Rouge. The Phantom is a big favorite of mine as well, but this one is probably the most laughable of the two. PS: your singing is great! Thanks to you and your friends for making this video that people like me could enjoy.
How did you guys not pick up that jackman walking closer and farther away from the alter is a manifestation of his inner struggle taking him closer and farther away from God
@@Urthwyte80 yikes, commenting on a 2 years old comment to spit some crap. You can also watch other stuff if you ain't happy with NC. It's THAT simple.
@@Adirondaque I do watch other stuff, I enjoy nostalgia critics content on the level of trashy takeout food when I'm having a bad day, it's silly and easy to dunk on. Doug doesn't need you to defend him, he probably won't ever even see this
"The French revolution you've never heard of...." That's not entirely fair. It got about 3 sentences in my AP World History textbook (I know it was the right one because it mentioned student rebels and barricades in the streets).
It was mentioned in the European history book I had for my college class, but... we never covered it in class, it wasn't even mentioned in class. I get the impression that even most French people haven't heard of it. If Hugo hadn't wrote a book about it, and someone else made a musical based on the book, most people wouldn't even know about it. It wasn't a successful revolution and barely lasted longer than the musical based on it did.
I dreamed a dream in time gone by Where use was fair for all our critics Where this review would never die Where studios were not so prickish But the exects. come at night With their strikes loud as thunder As they tear channels apart And turn your reviews to shaaaaame I had a dream UA-cam would be So different from this hell I'm watching So different now from what it seems No fair use has killed the dream... I dreamed
@@noahnescio1746 Truth. I mainly watch Nostalgia Critics old stuff if I want a laugh(like now). "Change the Channel"made me dislike Walker and his style a lot. I work in the film industry and working on set, even if it's for a "for experience"film, needs to have water and snacks at least. And that's the least of the issues they made.
love at first sight makes love feel meaningless. if i can just find love by wandering out into the forest on a sunny day, then whats the point of love being important? relationships are hollow if neither party knows each other. Look at cinderella. Cindy was nearly passed over because the prince didnt take the time to get to know her, and she wasnt given enough time to get to know him. they never said a single word to each other. And yet the relationship was perfect in the end. no effort. no emotion. Snow white was a tad bit worse. a man comes across a corpse in the forest, kisses it, and it comes to life to marry him. And movie industries take it for granted, instead explaining how it can happen, and is a plausable scenario that has a positive and healthy outcome.
Marcus Peters. Yeah. All of the crushes I've had throughout my entire life have been on people that I'm friends with. People that I already know well. Not someone I walked past in the hallway.
hey doug ,big fan for years . you've lifted my spirits on more occasions than you'll ever know. keep on keeping on man (like you need me to tell you that lol)
I laughed my head off when they said about Sacha barron Cohen doing a French accent when it is a French movie and no one else was doing an accent when he was one of the only English one there. But he is a voice actor so that is what he does. Don't ask me why. Lol.
I don't know why, but I come back to this video time and time again. I've watched it nearly fifty times now and I still come back to watch it again and again. I love this video, I love this channel, and there's just something about the opening song that just grabs and takes me back to the times I would just put it on for background music. I've even made my own dance routine to go with all of the songs in this thing crying out loud! When Doug gets it right, he gets it right!
I love this running joke with the people of Channel Awesome where everyone hates and despises the Nostalgia Critic, and yet they are all so eager to please him and to get a part in his reviews. Just think of Kyle, who thinks the NC is full of shit and lacks sophistication, and yet when the NC gives him any form of power or permission he gets all giddy as though he has been declared the NC's favourite child XD
(applauds) This review had such work put into the songwriting! I'm waiting for "Nostalgia Critic: The Musical" on Broadway! (The part of NC is played by... Russel Crowe...)
no no no, brentalfloss should be played by Russel Crowe, I would like to see Crowe's portrayal of brentalfloss' character, which is a portrayal of Russel Crowe's character in the film.
Yeah same, sure it wasn't the best or anything and yeah there could've been a better choice for the role but honestly it's not as bad as people make it seem
I honestly thought it was amazing. I feel he *made* Javert for me. If another Les Mis comes out, for whatever reason, I think I'll struggle to get used to the new Javert. For me, Russel Crowe is the best in their role in this movie. I do agree his voice sounds sometimes nasally, but in the singing I find it works, especially for a French guard. His opening lines and during the confrontation are my absolute favourites, and if I go back to listen to the soundtrack, I mainly just enjoy his pieces. Maybe it just depends on the person.
79treefrog The BBC are making a non-musical miniseries based more heavily on the book. Hopefully missing out the 300 page intro to Waterloo and the Parisian sewer system
Roxas darkrath Because he was still a bit of a dickhead as the mayor, it just took Fantine confronting him to realise it. Cosette is his chance to start again and learn how to love and care for another person. She's the glue of the story, the barricade stuff wouldn't have happened like it did without her and she's one of the only two people who survived the film/musical/book. The film doesn't do her character justice (sidenote, I do not care for Amanda's singing or the actual songs of the musical, but it's important).
Rozas Darkrath if I remember correctly in the book they explain that even as the mayor he was not exactly a good person because everything he was doing was for himself it was adopting Fantine's daughter what actually change him because he left all behind to take care of the child. Also when the priest died he feelt very sad but just the prospect of Cosette getting married was too much for him.
I really like the conclusion of this review giving an important message wich is actually more important now (2016-2017) of not getting upset or fighting over different opinions, just enjoy what you like and let other like what they don't.
Look down, Look down, don't look right the screen. We can't we tried it's just too damned obscene. The singing live! Whos bright idea was that? probably the guy who gave Javert that hat. Come on you guys its not that bad persey. But Russel Crow! Okay Okay Okay! Look down, Look down, Don't look right at the screen. Hush up you guys its Brentalfloss's Scene
The weird thing is I'm an aspiring filmmaker and I'm doing orchestra for Les Miserables, so seeing this kind of thing is something that I really would want to do in the future
What's awesome is that they all have amazing voices. I'd love to buy an album from them. Especially The Nastalgia Critic. He's obviously an over-actor for the comedy and it works. But every now and then he has acting moments that's so perfect, so beautiful, it rivals more than 95℅ of the movies they review. Hell... Even their voice acting can carry an entire cartoon series. I'm more than curious to know how the results would be. Mr. Critic. Take some time and collaborate to make a short cartoon web series on UA-cam, cartoon or not. Please and thank you.
So sad that Paw and Kyle are no longer part of Channel Awesome. I always loved these big crossovers everyone did when they were at conventions with each other and now most of the original contributors are gone. Nothing wrong with the new people but it doesn't feel that they are all as well connected as the first reviewers were for the site. That's what happens as time goes by I suppose. Still a wonderfully done review.
You want to see another great crossover, check out the musical crossover Kyle did with Some Jerk With A Camera on Beauty and the Beast. In my opinion, it's even better than this one, and that's saying something.
@@artsman412 Indeed, Kyle's Beauty and the Beast is the musical review with the most cameos ever, I think. And it's feature-lenght. Great as a review, great as a comedy and great as a musical. Endlesly rewatchable.
Hello from France. Just a little point about your translation of the title. You translated "Les Misérables" into the miserable ones, the dispossessed, or the victims. It's quite unaccurate. Here, Miserables would be closer to "the unfortunated ones". The dispossessed, maybe but it's not only in a materialistic way. It's more about people society deprived from their rights, or their humanity (or mostly society doesn't want them as part of it...). The indigent could fit. Like a novelist (Susanne Alleyn) said : "the phrase “les misérables”, which has a whole range of subtly shaded meanings in French, is much better translated into English as “the dispossessed” or even as “the outsiders” - which can describe every major character in the novel in one way or another - than simply as “the miserable ones” / “the wretched ones. Btw good job, and even from here, Cosette is insufferable, and Hugo's writing style, especially in novels (he was a very good playwright, and a politician) is.. heavy, full of miserabilism...
Okay, I don't know if this is just me, but the video goes mute at 41:50 and sound comes back on 42:55. It's really annoying because I don't get to hear Doug's final thoughts on the movie.
That's where that's from..... I've seen this review before, that line bothered me because I knew that it was a reference but I could never put my finger on it. Merci Señor.
I've noticed that with this Les Mis review and his Ghostbusters 2016 review, I like the theme of going up to the critics, and having your own opinion. I like that and I like the way he addresses it
Nope. At first I thought it was grating and didn't fit with the others, but then I realized that was kinda the purpose. Rigid and marching was the sense I got from his style which matches his character and the value he's attributed to (law and order).
I guess they copyrighted 41:47 to 42:55 of a review in complete violation of fair use. Would really have loved to hear that part of the REVIEW, UA-cam, after I sat through all that parodying of a musical in this NEARLY AN HOUR LONG REVIEW.
You know I just realized. Les Miserable would work so much better cinematically if they broke it into 3 chapters, Valjean's Redemption, Valjean and Cosette developing a father/daughter bond, and the French Revolution. Each could have been a movie on it's own, telling parts of a whole story.
The entire story can be summed up from one line from Disney's Aladdin: "All of this for a loaf of bread?"
lol
the French Revolution in a nutshell
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Have you tried French bread? It's fucking delicious.
and there is so much varieties of french bread...
Child Cosette is the symbol of the movie because she represents hope for the future, being one of the few characters who actually survives. She is also the love of Valjean's life and embodies his redemption as he turns from a criminal to a loving father: "a man who only learnt to love when you were in his keeping." Gavroche is more pro-active but he dies in the end. He is more a symbol of lost innocence than of hope, which is what the movie/show is ultimately about
*applauds at the genius in the room*
But the movie gives so little time to Cosette that the question is justified, don't you think?
+Al3xh413 You know...comments do have stuff written in them after the first sentence?
Creepy Uncle Dan that’s such has lazy generic ass answer. There is no damn innocence being lost. The point of the movie is he Romantic era idea that there is more than just politics like love and religion. Hence the whole “Beyond the barricade”. What innocence do you think is being lost?
the girl represents hope...what about the boy who constantly helped the main characters and died helping the revolution and was brave inof to do all of that.
not trying to say your wrong but just answer one thing
name 3 important things she actually did (the wedding doesn't count)
"In a time of rape and murder, bread-stealing will not be tolerated!"
It really wasn't in pre-revolutionary France. Bread, especially good bread was considered a symbol of status and high society. Stealing good bread was like stealing money to the French.
But even Valjean himself in this musical thinks it's a minor crime.
Yes, but the French Revolution already happened by the time Les Miserables starts.
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Actually, Valjean was only primarily arrested for theft. The reason Javert hounded him was for breaking parole.
@@adamgelb567 I think Valjean becoming mayor also didn't sit well w/ Javert.
He got 5 years for the breadstealing, he got the other years for trying to escape multiple times
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"I'm Wakko"
"And I'm Javert"
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I'm wakko.
My name is jaj valjaj
@@r1c4l32 ??
"And Peggy!"
"SHOOT!"
*DAMN*
"But, to be fair, if you were a girl you'd probably be happy to suddenly have Wolverine as your father, too."
Oh, hey, they predicted Logan- just without the "happy" part for most of it.
neonal18 to be honest yes I would be happy if wolverine is suddenly my father
I actually did draw Gavroche as the symbol of Les Miserables because I felt the same way you did; that he truly is the heart and soul of the musical. Many forget, but Gavroche was actually a child of the Thenardiers, he was abandoned and hated by his parents, raised by Eponine for the most part, and Cosette until she left. He is a character with compassion, bravery, loyalty who constantly is shit on by society, but keeps his innocence. He shows that even flowers can bloom by the side of paved roads
If they make Les Mis a ballet, they should call it Dance Dance Revolution
Les dance dance revolution
Nice.
HELP IM DYING
this is my favorite comment
Ha!
"Damned if I look like a flippity fool,
Damned if I look like a floppity tool."
10/10 best lyric I've heard all year.
keira leon I was hoping to find that line somewhere in the comments. bravo
"final thoughts on the movie?"
"Well I think its Gr------------------------"
Oh thank god I wasn't the only one that it happened to
I think it's because they had to remove it for copyright issues. That seems to be happening with several of their reviews.
Funny enough I got an ad during that part XD
for any one who wants to know
Paw though it was Great
Kyle Hated it
And Critic was right in the middle
@@jacobcolton3828 thank you!
His Russel Crowe impression is amazing.
Dalton Brummer if ear bleedingly bad yes
I agree, he did genuinely sound like him, especially in his song and "One Big Song".
It really was, and if that song pops in my head, I’m singing it in my head exactly like that. Ie. Like a drunk and angry goose.
I can't help but think of the people who walked passed your hotel room while you were filming that beginning act.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Aquafan998 Hotel during a convention......closed door.......three men grunting............keep walking.
I was listening to this at my work from home job and they sounded constipated. :)
What is a dub
@@SiiriCresseyxD I had the exact tought
The audio cuts out at 41:48, and since the subtitles are auto-generated, none appear when the audio cuts out. So there's no way to know what's being said. The audio doesn't resume until 42:56
I noticed that too, and it definitely wasn't that way last time I watched this video.
"no way to know what is being said" actually, it is technically possible to read their lips, especially when cross referenced with the mannerisms of the characters. (yes, characters. nostalgia critic does plenty of sketches and his general "hate" for something is often played up for the sake of the video. Nostalgia Critic has a much shorter fuze than the person playing him.)
Now that ive got the wise guy comment out of the way, browse the comment section long enough and someone is bound to have transcribed it from the original upload. Short version is that each of the main 3 had a different opinion: hate, neutral, and like.
I really wanna know what they said
@@cullenlatham2366 Except that you can't read their lips at any of the points where they're presumably stating their opinions while the footage is showing clips of the film.
@@matthewmuir8884 Yeah, hence why i referred to it as a "wise guy comment". I was simply pointing out the impossibility of the claim that figuring it out is impossible. I have only found the short version, so i cant personally go into more detail.
"If you were a young girl, you would be happy to find out Wolverine was your father."
I'm pretty sure that was the idea behind the movie Logan.
I know the book is really long, but it gives great explanations for everything that is skipped over in the musicals and movie. For instance, Valjean became Mayor because he was able to invent a new way for the townspeople to create the commodity needed to become successful. He turned the town into a gold mine of capitalism and success, and everyone loved him so much they kept ushering him to be Mayor.
The 1958 movie version did not skip the explanation... :)
Guess I have to watch it now.
I have the book I’ve been meaning to read it I guess I’ll get onto it
"You could make an entire movie out of one of these changes!"
Now that you mention it....why wasn't this a trilogy? If the book is really so long, why didn't they make it a multi-part story? Just select a few plots for each film, leave out some less important stuff, and you got a 3 part adaptation of a single book. There's a reason multi-part movies exist.
And the Hobbit was stretched into 3 movies despite being shorter than any of the three LotR books
@@ethanwatson6131 to be fair the hobbit was a lot less characterization for the characters so they tried to add more time for them to grow
Because it's not an adaptation of the book, it's an adaptation of the musical.
Spidey Viewer Since the book is so long and divided into five parts, it would probably be better to adapt the book as a five-part television miniseries
because it is based on the musical not the book
"broadway actors do that nightly" DAMN STRAIGHT
however, movie actors usually have countless chances to get it right, live singing is done rarely enough in film that an actor doing something like this, and have to act normally, and have to keep up with impossible shit (my argument kind of disappeared in my head, don't know why), but hathaway's performance is better than most
Not much is 'straight' about broadway actors
I enjoyed that more than the actual scene
alpha reaperion To add onto this- Anne Hathaway had to do this entire cut multiple times in a row, up to the thirties. They went with one of the earliest shots.
People are also far more forgiving of stage actors. Plus you don't get the same detail of sound in a huge theater.
Funny. Nostalgia Critic is one of the best singers in the review. Didn't see THAT ONE coming.
His mother use to sing in... I think musical theater? Or was it Opera? In any case his mother use to be a really good singer before she gave birth to Rob and Doug where I presume she quit and raised them. While raising them she taught them how to sing which is why he is so good at it.
BlueMoonZerc Really? Damn...that's AWESOME!!!
+Folklore Brony
Someone hasn't heard the original version of NC's intro theme.
Vuoto OBVIOUSLY
waiwaiwaiwaiwaiwaiwait. there is a NC original intro...where Doug...SINGS?????
XO XO XO XOmyyyygoood!!!!!
im going to go see that RIGH AWAY!!!! 8D
This is what the Pink Floyd The Wall review should've been. Funny song parodies of the music in the film that do critique the film, but also the critic talking normally about the film's flaws as well as to what made it popular. Because as it stands, the way he did the review, it's confusing to anyone that's never seen the wall.
Agreed
Actually I disagree, I probably enjoyed the review a lot more than if I had watched the movie, I really enjoyed it, mostly because I liked the cgi and epic ness of everything
The Wall has been one of my favorite movies for 25 years and I was confused watching that video.
It was hard to understand a lot of what they were saying or singing. I thought the production of it was absolutely incredible and uh, fucking COREY TAYLOR?! Hell fucking yeah! But, as he points out at the end, he didn't even have a line!! I got the point of him sort of being Pink and all that, but HELLOOO ITS COREY FUCKING TAYLOR!!!! It couldn't have been an easy task to get him to sign on for it, and I personally would have much rather seen them do an actual review together and get Corey's real thoughts (Doug's too, I suppose) on the movie.
Idk. I just happened to find this channel after someone pointed me towards the Snick and Nickelodeon reviews from years prior, and I started looking through the rest of the channel. I haven't formed a complete opinion on it yet; I think some of the videos are funny and some are kinda dumb.
This one, though...Les Miz is another favorite (also going back 25 years, first time I ever heard On My Own in the 7th grade and I was immediately hooked) and I love the movie. I'm also apparently the only person on earth who actually enjoyed Russell Crowe as Javert, but that's neither here nor there. 😁 I'm into it so far, though there's a bit that I don't necessarily agree with. I like the way they're doing it much, much better.
Isn't the wall confusing enough without the review itself?
As bad as the review was, it actually got me invested in The Wall. So I guess it was good for something….sorta.
I know that Hugh Jackman started off on Broadway, but seriously, I can't hear him sing and not see Van Helsing, and Wolverine trying to do musical theater. It's just too hilarious.
Just imagine him as Jesse McCree then.
hahaha now that's a sight to see
I still haven't seen Van Helsing. I gotta
What's Ironic is that is roots WERE in musical theater, in the first place! xD
Before Wolverine, and before Van Helsing, he was a full on Broadway man! There's a live performance of the 1998 revival of Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma in which he starred in the title roll; he's also starred as songwriter Peter Allen in the jutebox musical The Boy from Oz, AND he even had his own musical revenue on Broadway too!
alexandra luster's post did already acknowledge that fact but thanks for the extra information.
The reason why the broadway actors argument for Ann Hathaway's song is because even if she's theatrically trained, she's an actor in movies so normally has multiple takes to do things, meaning that she's not used to doing things in 1 take so her song is impressive anyway but considering how good the performance of the song was it just makes it so much more impressive.
Not to mention that on stage, there are small physical mistakes you can get away with, and you aren't required to build up tears and emotion in the face quite as much, but here she is being filmed constantly in a close-up shot on high definition. She can't make any mistakes at all or else it will be picked up by the camera. She not only performed the song perfectly in one take, but she acted the part perfectly too. At no point during the song did she stray even slightly from her character or the emotions she was meant to portray. It was also considered to be really impressive since most of the stuff she acts in is movies like Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada. This level of pain and despair hadn't been done by her before, none of us knew how good she could really be.
The Holy God Church Of Nick Crompton jeez... I Dreamed a Dream is honestly one hard song and the fact she pulled it off in one take! It blows my mind,
Chexpet oh my god exactly yes!!!! You're like, "This poor girl has been given shit for roles and movies-- Princess Diaries 2!!!! And she got this role? Yesss!!!! Good for her she deserved it!" I am so glad we got to see what she can really do!
Her mom was Fontine in the broadway musical when Anne was a child; Hugh Jackman was the one who suggested that she be given an audition; she brought everyone in the room to tears with the song she auditioned with; and I think it was a dream of hers to be Fontine one day as well. If so, I am so glad she got to realize that dream! Just. . . I'm sorry, I'm gushing!
Chexpet oh my god exactly yes!!!! You're like, "This poor girl has been given shit for roles and movies-- Princess Diaries 2!!!! And she got this role? Yesss!!!! Good for her she deserved it!" I am so glad we got to see what she can really do!
Her mom was Fontine in the broadway musical when Anne was a child; Hugh Jackman was the one who suggested that she be given an audition; she brought everyone in the room to tears with the song she auditioned with; and I think it was a dream of hers to be Fontine one day as well. If so, I am so glad she got to realize that dream! Just. . . I'm sorry, I'm gushing!
That song took 50 takes in a smelly garbage pile
French bread is really good though
Yes it is. I even think it should be on our flag :)
Damn right it is
I think that's the point.
Dats sum gud bred
Fry some bacon, eggs and then french bread in the grease. Only one side though. Add some cheese and damn you have perfect heart attack meal.
"You'd be happy to have Wolverine as you're father"? Cause that went so well in Logan
It did
@@anarchomando7707 Well not for Logan.
@@doryanburlison6998 cries in Canadian
@@joshholland8564 isn't Hugh Jackman Australian?
@@Kimmy0721 wolverine is Canadian
In Cosette's defense, she IS the glue that holds the story together. Fantine died and left Cosette in Valjean's care. Not only did this contribute greatly to Valjean learning love and compassion, but it was eventually Cosette's love for Marius that prompted Valjean to get involved at the barricades in the first place. Without Cosette there, the second two thirds of the film wouldn't be relevant to Valjean's story and thus wouldn't be included at all. It makes sense for her to be the poster child of the musical since she's probably one of the biggest plot points in the entire story.
Cari Higs So she's not an actual character and is just a plot device?
No, what I'm saying is that her role also serves as a catalyst to major events in the novel.
I respect and understand your opinion but for me Gavroche is better because he gave up his life for the cause he believed (in possibly one of the most saddest and strongest scenes in both musical and film) and the fact that this is a young child really add depth the the overall message in them.
Cari Higdon I agree but still Gavroche is a more dynamic character than Cosette. He is active, he sacrifices his life and he is a character that makes me emotional. He is amazing....
Cari Higdon I
Well to be fair to the film makers, most of the stuff that happen in the film happened in the book. Plus I think Cosette was given to that abusive family when she was 2 or 3 years old so she really didn’t know her mom other than the fact she paid for her to life with her foster family.
8:36 "Nobody just goes from runaway fugitive to being the mayor of an entire town."
tbh Sideshow Bob did it twice
So... simpsons did it?
Technically Aku went from tree to rules of the world....
Ironically both sideshow Bob and principal Skinner where based on Jean Valjean.
Really!? How? I'm very curious.
And let's not forget mayor David dinkins who went from junkie to mayor back to junkie
I'm Yacko
I'm Wacko
AND I'M JAVERT
CUT
Da hell was that? Come on, let’s go, take four
Dang UA-cam Copyright system. The entire breakdown at the end of the review is cut off!
"Well, what the hell kind of a conclusion is THAT!?" Indeed....
Keep
your
doors
locked
When will you ever learn, Critic? Every time you leave your door unlocked during reviews you invite subplots!
He has. It's just... he tricked a bunch of *other* reviewers into the room and locked the door from the *outside*.
SHUT THAT FRONT DOOR!
I keep coming back to this just to hear Todd shout "Platypus Bunny!"
peki lj and breathed fire!
it had the voice of James Earl Jones!
VGL Studios 🎵PLATYPUS BUNNEYYYYYY!!!!!!!🎵
VGL Studios home?
It had the eyes of a viper and superspecies healing abilities
I felt the need to address that Valjean was able to succeed because the giant sack full of items that the priest gave him (which he first tried to steal) were all special holy pieces from a CHURCH. Those item tend to be made of solid (or at least VERY thickly coated with) gold, silver, or bronze and are therefore worth INSANE amounts of money. Trust me. I've read a number of catalogues for that sort of thing (hey, I go to catholic school and they make for reading material with decent shock value when you're really bored).
Anyways, Valjean's biggest problem is that no one will hire him because of his criminal record. Clearly he can't melt down the valuable church stuff, but if he sells it to some seedy guy who can (or even just sells it to a different church) and gets a fair price for it, he would have more than enough money to start his own small business and from there, work to make a name for himself. In 8 years, he could grow in wealth, gain much respect for his goodness, and eventually become mayor.
This is what I always assumed happened.
That's pretty much exactly what happened in the book.
Also the hero kid got his own novel but wasn't as famous as les mésirables.
Fun fact, Les Miserables (the book) was banned by the Church at one point.
@@Em_Elizabeth Did they ban the Les Miserables fighting game too
@@enflamedhuevos
I don't know about any fighting game. The book is no longer banned though. That was a long time ago, back when it was a newer book.
He really does sound just like Russell Crowe
Mic Morgan I laugh so hard every time I hear that impression
Mic Morgan Except Russel sounded better.
He does and somehow it’s both good and bad.
if theres a room 24601 then how big is this damn hotel?!
24 stories high. 2000 feet x 120 feet to account for 4 colums and ~ 150 rows of 13×25 rooms on each floor.
@@Syllaren I appreciate your enthusiasm.
I’ve been in hotels with 30+ floors, but 600 rooms in one floor is a lot.
@@Syllaren WE DID THE MATH, REDDIT
It's not a hotel its the bastille in france
0:23 - Overture
0:54 - Quartetti: "Look down"
1:46 - Dialogue: "Cut!
11:22 - Aria: "I might have known"
11:46 - Soliloquy: "I'd dreamed"
16:13 - Duet: "Sasha et Helena"
21:00 - Dialogue: "Hey, guys!"
23:26 - Duet: "It's weird"
26:41 - Coro I: "One Big Song"
31:04 - Aria: "How to shoot Movie Stars"
40:04 - Soliloquy: "Russell Crowe"
43:08 - Trio: Finale: "Do you hear"
You put way too much effort into this
I must be one of five people who are okay with Russel Crowe's singing. Frankly, I unironically enjoy a lot of garbage and bad things, and so I won't pretend that it sounds great. But, in all honesty, I like it.
I liked how he was able to project his voice while keeping it gravelly.
I don't think it's garbage though. I seriously enjoy it, and I feel he made Javert for me. His voice *is* gravelly, but I feel that's perfect for a French guard, and it's not even a 'bad' gravelly. I think it fits amazingly and I can't find flaws in his opening song about 24601 and the confrontation. But, as you said, we must be in the minority who likes it. Sadly.
I agree. I don't particularly like how he sings the opening song (it's not bad by any means though), but "stars" and "Javert's suicide" are both done very well. While he definitely didn't do the role flawlessly, he deserves nowhere near enough crap people give him about it.
I completely agree actually, I really enjoyed his singing honestly
The movie was definitely more focused on the characters than their voices, and Russell Crowe is an excellent actor. For me at least, his voice works with the stone cold Javert he is potraying. The only issue I have with him as Javert is that you kind of need to read the book beforehand to get emotionally invested, but that goes with all of the characters in the movie.
platypus bunny!
*It had 12 nipples and breathed fire!*
It had the voice of James Earl Jones!
One big sooooong!
WHERES THE CRITIC I DONT GET IT WHERE IN GODS NAME DID HE GO GOT MY PHD SO QUICKLY THOUGH I GOT IT FROM RUSSLE CROWE
*PLATYPUS BUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY!*
Honestly, these guys harmonize great in "One Big Song".
"PLATYPUS BUNNAAAYYY!"
The barricades and streets are small in the movie because that's what it was actually like in Paris at that time. The June Rebellion is actually the reason that a lot of houses were torn down and the city was redesigned to have wide streets and boulevards. They wanted to make it impossible for anyone rebelling to barricade themselves in the streets again
History Muse damn you just did me a learn
Uh. No, that wasnt the reason. Due to the industrial revolution the cities were becoming more and more unhealthy with chimneys expelling smoke in the air, people and horses taking dumps out in the street and people throwing their trash outside and with the boom of factories there were more carriages transporting materials in the street. Paris still had the same urban plan from the medieval times, with narrow alleys that dont allow much air to flow through so the city was redesigned by Georges Eugene Haussman to provide open streets so the transit could circulate confortably, people could have fresh air to breathe and sanitary and water services could be installed. I studied story of architecture for years and one of the most dense subjects is the reform of Paris, it had nothing to do with the June Rebellion, dont take the credit away from Haussman's work.
So, it ties in with Victor Hugo's fascination with architecture
Wait, a Fighting game? Fucking, what?
JAPAN!
it looks like that fan made DBZ fighting game. Hyper Dragon Ball Z
+Kevin Franzen (franman781) it's probably Mugen
Speaking of Japan, there's also an anime.
Ker Dunne seriously
27:16 platypus bunny was the funniest line in the whole review. You nailed it, Todd.
I LOVE your musical reviews, Doug! So much comedy in each routine packed with incredibly clever writing, lyrics, and acting. My favorite musical reviews are when you collab with the other reviewers like Moulin Rouge. The Phantom is a big favorite of mine as well, but this one is probably the most laughable of the two. PS: your singing is great! Thanks to you and your friends for making this video that people like me could enjoy.
Thanks for watching!
I've watched this atleast a minimum of ten times. I love the parody of each song. Love Todd and his references.
Channel Awesome I also love your musical reviews, you are my favourite youtuber Doug I always get a laugh and I absolutely love your voice
Oooh, He should review the Charles Dance phantom of the Opera miniseries!
How did you guys not pick up that jackman walking closer and farther away from the alter is a manifestation of his inner struggle taking him closer and farther away from God
Because doug is a hack on par with cinemasins and the rest were following his script as far as i can tell
@@Urthwyte80 yikes, commenting on a 2 years old comment to spit some crap. You can also watch other stuff if you ain't happy with NC. It's THAT simple.
@@Adirondaque I do watch other stuff, I enjoy nostalgia critics content on the level of trashy takeout food when I'm having a bad day, it's silly and easy to dunk on. Doug doesn't need you to defend him, he probably won't ever even see this
@@Urthwyte80 Well, maybe if you didn't confuse Trashy Takeout food with Fine Dining, you wouldn't be having a bad day 24/7, dumbass.
subtlety is sometimes lost here.
"The French revolution you've never heard of...."
That's not entirely fair. It got about 3 sentences in my AP World History textbook (I know it was the right one because it mentioned student rebels and barricades in the streets).
It was mentioned in the European history book I had for my college class, but... we never covered it in class, it wasn't even mentioned in class. I get the impression that even most French people haven't heard of it. If Hugo hadn't wrote a book about it, and someone else made a musical based on the book, most people wouldn't even know about it. It wasn't a successful revolution and barely lasted longer than the musical based on it did.
Lol "if you were a girl, you'd probably be happy to have Wolverine as your father too." FORESHADOWING! *points to Logan*
nevermind this was amazing
h.r. animates I have a minor love for plays but I'll say this, that ending made me cry like a baby.
h.r. animates q
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Thomas the tank engine and
Thomas the talnk engine and friends
It took me lord knows how many viewings to realize that Brent looks at the camera and winks at 28:15.
OMG you blew you mind :O
This review is amazing
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
Where use was fair for all our critics
Where this review would never die
Where studios were not so prickish
But the exects. come at night
With their strikes loud as thunder
As they tear channels apart
And turn your reviews to shaaaaame
I had a dream UA-cam would be
So different from this hell I'm watching
So different now from what it seems
No fair use has killed the dream...
I dreamed
Excellent!
A+
Bravo sir bravo
More tear jerking then the original version
How is this not top comment?
"PLATYPUS BUNNEHHHHHH!"
Kyle Frank I thought it was BLOODLESS BUUNNNEH !!!
Kyle Frank I thought it was "PLATYPUS BUTT-EGG"
IT HAD 12 NIPPLES AND BREATHED FIRE!
Rachels voice is actually top tier.
Wow. I think it's twice now that Hugh Jackman played a character who dies after a final goodbye with his adopted daughter.
........................
Except "Logan" was the only one of the two to make me cry.
I hope the critic does something with BrentalFloss again, he's such a charming man
Mark Woodfin he’s going to have to after Cats 2019 comes out.
I really want to see that.
Unlikely. He has alienated a lot of former collaborators.
@@noahnescio1746 Truth. I mainly watch Nostalgia Critics old stuff if I want a laugh(like now). "Change the Channel"made me dislike Walker and his style a lot. I work in the film industry and working on set, even if it's for a "for experience"film, needs to have water and snacks at least. And that's the least of the issues they made.
Samantha Barks as Eponine killed it. By far best performance of the movie. Hathaway only comes second to me.
It's like Garnet says:
love at first sight doesn't exist. love takes time. love takes effort. and you at least have to know the person.
And that's the truth. Garnet is very very wise.
love at first sight makes love feel meaningless. if i can just find love by wandering out into the forest on a sunny day, then whats the point of love being important? relationships are hollow if neither party knows each other. Look at cinderella. Cindy was nearly passed over because the prince didnt take the time to get to know her, and she wasnt given enough time to get to know him. they never said a single word to each other. And yet the relationship was perfect in the end. no effort. no emotion. Snow white was a tad bit worse. a man comes across a corpse in the forest, kisses it, and it comes to life to marry him. And movie industries take it for granted, instead explaining how it can happen, and is a plausable scenario that has a positive and healthy outcome.
Marcus Peters. Yeah. All of the crushes I've had throughout my entire life have been on people that I'm friends with. People that I already know well. Not someone I walked past in the hallway.
Yes
say that to my mothers lover
1:37 Jesus lord in heaven his voice sounds exactly like him in the movie lmfao
no kidding
the funniest part is Brent is prob the best singer out of all them
+Mariokemon lol indeed! Like singing is hard, but singing in character, just wow. He knocked it outta the park.
Ookamikage13 brent is amazing! I can't believe i met him 3 years ago
I mean... In the book Marius stalks Cosette for a few months, becomes deathly ill and then actually talks to her. You prefer that version?
Why not just have them meet first. Talk. Do that multiple times and THEN fall in love?
Relatable
hey doug ,big fan for years . you've lifted my spirits on more occasions than you'll ever know. keep on keeping on man (like you need me to tell you that lol)
Thanks for watching!
+Channel Awesome holy crap you are not a robot made by Black Willy Wonka to distract us from his schemes
+A pretty awkward shark 66.media.tumblr.com/78cd088a756fbfbb21de7658dfcf4797/tumblr_obdckdMQno1s46koto3_500.gif
+Channel Awesome wow xd
+Channel Awesome exposed
I laughed my head off when they said about Sacha barron Cohen doing a French accent when it is a French movie and no one else was doing an accent when he was one of the only English one there. But he is a voice actor so that is what he does. Don't ask me why. Lol.
"Zat iz not ze only reazon" 😂
There’s a reason he does it in the film actually
Funny story, my mom and dad were the "love at first sight" thing. They were just too shy to speak to each other for awhile-
I sometimes think that's how love works. There are just usually obstacles of some kind to get through before the relationship begins
Ok, this is quite possibly the best review I've seen. Critic wins the internet.
I don't know why, but I come back to this video time and time again. I've watched it nearly fifty times now and I still come back to watch it again and again. I love this video, I love this channel, and there's just something about the opening song that just grabs and takes me back to the times I would just put it on for background music. I've even made my own dance routine to go with all of the songs in this thing crying out loud! When Doug gets it right, he gets it right!
“ And let me guess the one who no one loves gets the most development”
Critic describes Eponine in 5 seconds
I'm sorry, Amanda Seyfried over Samanatha Barks? Marius, you're crazy.
He probably prefers blondes.
Amanda is totally the bomb, she killed it Jennifers Body
It made more sense in the book. Although, you could probably say that about literally every part of the movie.
Its the doe eyes, dude-- those doe eyes will make you melt every single time
THANK YOU.
Who else wants to see Pixar do Fiddler on The Roof? Because to me, that sounds awsome.
Ryan Dooley Well, let's see, I'm Jewish, and I love animation........*_OH MY GOSH YES_*
Ryan Dooley Y E S
To Lazer wulf!
now I really really want that
That would...actually be pretty good if done right
41:49 Copyright blocked his opinion.
i Completely agree Gavroche should have been the poster child, Cosette was basically a plot device
I love this running joke with the people of Channel Awesome where everyone hates and despises the Nostalgia Critic, and yet they are all so eager to please him and to get a part in his reviews. Just think of Kyle, who thinks the NC is full of shit and lacks sophistication, and yet when the NC gives him any form of power or permission he gets all giddy as though he has been declared the NC's favourite child XD
"I love this running joke with the people of Channel Awesome where everyone hates and despises the Nostalgia Critic"
Not really just a joke anymore :D
Ouch this comment did not age well.
No it did not XD
@@RavynMad121 what happened?
@@pretentiouscarrot4292 nothing really. The above comments didn't do shit for research on the topic.
When the guys doing a parody are better singers than the movie they're ripping on.
Hardly.
motodog242 it may be barley, but sill...
it's good for a parody. I think that's just you preferring parody music instead.
But honestly though, these guys(and girls) really harmonize great in "One More Song"
(applauds) This review had such work put into the songwriting! I'm waiting for "Nostalgia Critic: The Musical" on Broadway! (The part of NC is played by... Russel Crowe...)
no no no, brentalfloss should be played by Russel Crowe,
I would like to see Crowe's portrayal of brentalfloss' character, which is a portrayal of Russel Crowe's character in the film.
Played by Russel Crowe played by Brentalfloss?
One big song was actually pretty enjoyable
6 years later linkara finally showed off his singing voice.. and I must say he’s pretty good.
I honestly like Russell crows singing in this movie
TheJedi OfCartoons his singing is great but it just doesn't work for Javert for me
Yeah same, sure it wasn't the best or anything and yeah there could've been a better choice for the role but honestly it's not as bad as people make it seem
I really think it fits. I prefer Quast as Javert for the musical but Crowe is wonderful in the film
I honestly thought it was amazing. I feel he *made* Javert for me. If another Les Mis comes out, for whatever reason, I think I'll struggle to get used to the new Javert. For me, Russel Crowe is the best in their role in this movie. I do agree his voice sounds sometimes nasally, but in the singing I find it works, especially for a French guard. His opening lines and during the confrontation are my absolute favourites, and if I go back to listen to the soundtrack, I mainly just enjoy his pieces. Maybe it just depends on the person.
79treefrog The BBC are making a non-musical miniseries based more heavily on the book. Hopefully missing out the 300 page intro to Waterloo and the Parisian sewer system
The reason Cosette is the Les Miz symbol is because she changes Valjean for the better
Irena Connelly how?..it was the priest according to the movie
Roxas darkrath Because he was still a bit of a dickhead as the mayor, it just took Fantine confronting him to realise it. Cosette is his chance to start again and learn how to love and care for another person. She's the glue of the story, the barricade stuff wouldn't have happened like it did without her and she's one of the only two people who survived the film/musical/book. The film doesn't do her character justice (sidenote, I do not care for Amanda's singing or the actual songs of the musical, but it's important).
Does this also name your email ? so basically she’s a major plot device
let’s make the ring be the title character in lord of the rings :v
(jk)
And doesn't actually do anything
Rozas Darkrath if I remember correctly in the book they explain that even as the mayor he was not exactly a good person because everything he was doing was for himself it was adopting Fantine's daughter what actually change him because he left all behind to take care of the child. Also when the priest died he feelt very sad but just the prospect of Cosette getting married was too much for him.
"Which is an an adaptation from a book the size of the bible" had me fucking crying
I really like the conclusion of this review giving an important message wich is actually more important now (2016-2017) of not getting upset or fighting over different opinions, just enjoy what you like and let other like what they don't.
Look down, Look down, don't look right the screen. We can't we tried it's just too damned obscene. The singing live! Whos bright idea was that? probably the guy who gave Javert that hat. Come on you guys its not that bad persey. But Russel Crow! Okay Okay Okay! Look down, Look down, Don't look right at the screen. Hush up you guys its Brentalfloss's Scene
Tenants of room 24601! Your punishment has officially begun! You know what that means, probably something coooooool...
That dude had a spot on Russell crowe as Javert singing voice impersonation
Why do I find that captain crunch guy slightly adorable?
Brentalfloss is a god
Because he is :)
That hat's hilarious!🤣 I wonder who made it.
Those pink slinky epaulets totally cracked me up.
Man, this content is worth of a TV show, such a shame it has so few views. Seriously guys, good job!
Bigode Mcbeagles thats what happens when you do a more niche review.
This is a reupload though, the original got about 4 million views i think
The weird thing is I'm an aspiring filmmaker and I'm doing orchestra for Les Miserables, so seeing this kind of thing is something that I really would want to do in the future
Great episode, love the parody songs.
I never realized it until recently, but this is the BEST musical crossover review the NC has ever done.
This is doubtlessly Doug Walker's magnus opus. No other review has managed to be this epic for me.
To be honest, the Moulin Rogue review was just as good to me... :P
What's awesome is that they all have amazing voices. I'd love to buy an album from them. Especially The Nastalgia Critic. He's obviously an over-actor for the comedy and it works. But every now and then he has acting moments that's so perfect, so beautiful, it rivals more than 95℅ of the movies they review. Hell... Even their voice acting can carry an entire cartoon series. I'm more than curious to know how the results would be. Mr. Critic. Take some time and collaborate to make a short cartoon web series on UA-cam, cartoon or not. Please and thank you.
This actually is an album, you can check it out on Brentalfloss' Spotify or ITunes page
Well, you got your wish...
@@Reagan1984 I checked. It's on Spotify. Also, there's a deleted song from this review. It's a parody of Bring Him Home that NC sings.
So sad that Paw and Kyle are no longer part of Channel Awesome. I always loved these big crossovers everyone did when they were at conventions with each other and now most of the original contributors are gone. Nothing wrong with the new people but it doesn't feel that they are all as well connected as the first reviewers were for the site. That's what happens as time goes by I suppose. Still a wonderfully done review.
You want to see another great crossover, check out the musical crossover Kyle did with Some Jerk With A Camera on Beauty and the Beast. In my opinion, it's even better than this one, and that's saying something.
@@artsman412 Indeed, Kyle's Beauty and the Beast is the musical review with the most cameos ever, I think. And it's feature-lenght. Great as a review, great as a comedy and great as a musical. Endlesly rewatchable.
You should do Sweeney Todd
In my heart, Brentalfloss received his medical degree from Dr. Insano.
mst3kharris let’s be frank, what other doctor could/would get you a medical degree in what I’m guessing was 2-3 hours tops.
Important info for everyone: All the Songs in this Video can be found on spotify, search for Channel awesome. You're welcome! :)
They're also on brentalfloss's Spotify
All except the Russel Crowe song.... good thing 😂
Hello from France. Just a little point about your translation of the title. You translated "Les Misérables" into the miserable ones, the dispossessed, or the victims. It's quite unaccurate. Here, Miserables would be closer to "the unfortunated ones". The dispossessed, maybe but it's not only in a materialistic way. It's more about people society deprived from their rights, or their humanity (or mostly society doesn't want them as part of it...).
The indigent could fit.
Like a novelist (Susanne Alleyn) said : "the phrase “les misérables”, which has a whole range of subtly shaded meanings in French, is much better translated into English as “the dispossessed” or even as “the outsiders” - which can describe every major character in the novel in one way or another - than simply as “the miserable ones” / “the wretched ones.
Btw good job, and even from here, Cosette is insufferable, and Hugo's writing style, especially in novels (he was a very good playwright, and a politician) is.. heavy, full of miserabilism...
Merci.
Okay, I don't know if this is just me, but the video goes mute at 41:50 and sound comes back on 42:55. It's really annoying because I don't get to hear Doug's final thoughts on the movie.
2:54 Oh that Ghostbusters reference is so subtle yet so obvious.
How?
"if he does that again you can shoot him" line is from Ghostbusters when Walter Peck said that about Peter Venkman.
***** Thank you.😉
happy to help you get the reference.
That's where that's from..... I've seen this review before, that line bothered me because I knew that it was a reference but I could never put my finger on it. Merci Señor.
"There's enough story to fill a Chris Nolan film"
Fun fact: the guy who directed this is set to direct a movie adaptation of Cats
Seriously? Oh, boy...
In my opinion cats doesn’t need a movie. I mean just because you can make a movie based on a musical doesn’t mean you should
Now that we’ve seen the trailer we can safely say that we don’t need a Cats movie.
At least we’ll get another musical review, right?
And we all know how that went!
This aged like milk
I've noticed that with this Les Mis review and his Ghostbusters 2016 review, I like the theme of going up to the critics, and having your own opinion. I like that and I like the way he addresses it
am I the only one who actually likes Russell Crowe in this?
Penny Dreadful I happen to enjoy his voice
Nope. At first I thought it was grating and didn't fit with the others, but then I realized that was kinda the purpose. Rigid and marching was the sense I got from his style which matches his character and the value he's attributed to (law and order).
No
No
i liked it too
I guess they copyrighted 41:47 to 42:55 of a review in complete violation of fair use. Would really have loved to hear that part of the REVIEW, UA-cam, after I sat through all that parodying of a musical in this NEARLY AN HOUR LONG REVIEW.
“I think it’s . . .”
The guy w/e the captain crunch hat looks like Mr.Clean from jontrons foodfight
He looks the same because he is the same person, his name is Brendallfloss.
that would be Brentalfloss. And yes, he was Mr. Clean in Jon's Foodfight video.
Idk if ur joking but he's the same person , just in case
I knew it was the same person, didnt know his name tho
(brentalfloss) (am i not getting the obvious) (probably)
I really want to play that fighting game.
Because nothing is more fun than a fifteen fps fighting game where Javert fights an anthropomorphic mouse thing.
This.
That.
NotCleverEnoughToThinkofaName Oh Fucking Well I KNOW!
NotCleverEnoughToThinkofaName Oh Fucking Well It's pretty good!
You know I just realized. Les Miserable would work so much better cinematically if they broke it into 3 chapters, Valjean's Redemption, Valjean and Cosette developing a father/daughter bond, and the French Revolution. Each could have been a movie on it's own, telling parts of a whole story.
i must admit, "In Real Life" is a cute love song.
i absolutely adore malcolm, he's like one of the best parts of nc... but oh dear that singing voice
No matter how good or bad this movie was, EVERYONE stood and sang along to Do You Hear The People Sing
6:27 let's be honest, that was the worst line delivery in the movie.