I mean, no movie is ever as good as the book. But this one was very good.
The book is about 500 pages long, so I wasn't expecting them to be able to fit EVERYTHING into 2 hours. So the parts they left out (which there were some) I just ignored, and tried not to compare the two.
The movie was great. One thing they left out, that I thought really needed to be in there was *SPOILER ALERT* the part where Peter stabs Edward in the eye. He comes up again in the second book, so I think they probably should have at least mentioned SOMETHING about it.
Other than that. No complaints. I loved every minute. I'm actually thinking about going again. If I can convince the hubby to take me.
As you all have experienced, I've been a little blue lately.
Country music has always been my favorite and when I'm feeling down. I can usually find a song on 97.7 The Wolf, or 650 KMTI to cheer me up.
So, Today, you get a list of songs I love brought to you by the country artists who complete my life.
1. Miranda Lambert. She sings GREAT angry songs. and some really awesome slower, inspirational ones too.
I love this new song Miranda released not too long ago. It's such a great song to sing along to!
This was the song that made me love Miranda. She's kind of a bad ass.
(excuse the language, but she is.)
And then there is this song. I love it. It makes me cry. It makes me smile. The other day my brother and I were talking about what would happen to the house we grew up in in about 100 years when our parents don't live there anymore. He mentioned that we should rent it out, and it kind of just broke my heart. I have so many memories there. So much love is in that house. I don't know that I could let random strangers live there and trash it? Any way. Love this song
There are a few other songs from Miranda that I love, but I feel like I've spent long enough on her.
That brings us to our next group who are So right. Thompson Square.
This couple is so great! I love them. They were married before they got famous and they will continue to be married FOREVER!
This song, Are You Gunna Kiss Me or Not? Was the song that made me LOVE them. I saw them when they opened for Lady Antebellum in Salt Lake City last February on Valentines and didn't really know who they were until I heard this song. LOVE IT!
This life would kill me if I didn't have you. How true this is. Keith keeps me grounded. I love him and I'm sure this life would kill me "If I Didn't Have You."
This is just a GREAT song. Listen to it.
Next Country Crush is Hunter Hayes. Are You Kidding ME? This KID IS SMOKING!
I love him, and I want my children to be just like him. I want them to sing and make me swoon with pride!
I love when this song comes on, I just sing and sing. "Somebody's Heartbreak"
Yum, "Wanted"
And finally. "Storm Warning"
Next is Taylor Swift. I've loved her since the beginning, you've all heard her songs so I'll just give you the best right this second. Because its really fun to sing to.
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
Finally. We have Tim. Tim McGraw I mean. Oh Timmy.
Oh Timmy Darling, I've loved you forever.
Tim and Faith are such a great couple. I love when they sing duets
Oldie but a goodie!
Really I love when Tim sings duets at all.
Especially when its with T-Sizzle and Keith Urban!
And I'll leave you with one final song!
My favorite woman singing about my favorite man. "T-Swifts Tim McGraw"
The Les Miserables DVD. So I can watch it EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!
This pantry door. It's GORGEOUS, and would look SO great in my house!!
and last... but not least... I hope that by the end of 2013. I have either had, or am expecting a baby :)
This is a tenative list, subject to change.. because I am a woman and I like to change my mind. Keith promised he would buy me Les Mis. so anything after that is really just up to destiny... P.S. Les Mis comes out on the 22nd. I'm excited. Please, listen to this song from the most wonderful musical in the history of the world.
So great... Love it. Everyone MUST buy this movie! (and if you wanted to buy it for me, that'd be cool too)
I am terrible at routines. Seriously, I can't do routines. I'm not talking about dance, I'm talking about life. I don't get up at the same time everyday. I don't have a specific go-to-bed routine. I don't have a specific routine for anything. I'm trying to fix that. I was doing pretty good at blogging every weekday.. Until like two days ago...
So... This blog post will make up for those two lost days.
I couldn't think of anything to blog about... so I googled it (welcome to the digital native era) (Digital Native: Noun. A creative term used by my Social Media Marketing professor to mean, we were born into technology, and it is a part of us. Synonym: Teenager. Antonym: My mom. See Digital Immigrant.)
{The Tips}
I found this article. It really helped me. So.. check it out.
Anyway, I decided on the review topic for today's blog post.
{The Review}
Today, I am going to review a movie that I saw this last weekend that I have been waiting to see since Christmas.
{Les Miserables}
This is the trailer.
If you haven't seen this movie. GO BUY A TICKET RIGHT NOW!
It was fantastic... No, not fantastic. It was beyond explanation. It was amazing. I've seen several stage productions of this show. I've read the book. I've watched the 1998 version-see film clip below- (and hated it) and I was very ready to be thoroughly disappointed. I had read several reviews that said that Russell Crowe was horrid. But I went because I LOVE Les Mis.
The movie started and with the opening titles and the prisoners performance of Look Down... I was hooked, wide eyed, and awestruck.
This movie is a must see.
If you aren't familiar with the story, I'll fill you in.
Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is a man who was imprisoned for 20 years for stealing a loaf of bread (yeah, talk about cruel and unusual punishment). When he gets out on parole, he knows he will never live a normal life because he will always be a "prisoner." He knows his jailer Javert (Russell Crowe) will be sure that the rest of his life, he is a criminal. He comes to a town where a priest takes him in and feeds him and gives him a place to stay. Jean Valjean steals the man's silver. Leaving only the candlesticks behind. When the police catch him and bring his to the priest to confess. The priest says that he gave Jean Valjean the silver but he forgot to take the candlesticks. All the priest asked for in return was that Jean Valjean use the silver to make a better life for himself. He rips up his parole papers and starts anew. (Illegal, yes, the right thing.. of course!). He becomes the Mayor of a town. This is where Fantine (Anne Hathaway) comes in, she has a daughter, Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), that she left with an inn keeper and his wife so she could go work so that her daughter could have a life. At first Fantine works in a factory, then a dumb lady turns her into the foreman. The foreman fires her. (The mayor didn't save her.) So she has to sell her hair (which was GORGEOUS!!) and turns to prostitution to feed her daughter. She gets VERY sick and Jean Valjean learns about her, and tries to help her. That was until Javert discovered that the Mayor was indeed the escaped convict Jean Valjean. Javert vows to bring Valjean down. Valjean insists to Fantine that he will watch out for Cosette and she will never have to want for a thing in her life. He escapes from the town after Fantine dies, and goes to find where Cosette is living.
Anne Hathaway as Fantine singing "I Dreamed a Dream"
She is staying with Thenardier (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Madame Thenardier (Helen Bonham Carter) and their daughter Eponine (Samantha Barks). They steal all the money that Fantine was sending for Cosette. So Valjean pays them off and takes Cosette and makes her his own daughter and takes excellent care of her. They start a new life. They live in peace until one day, the French Revolution was starting to become a thing. Cosette catches the eye of a handsome rebel, Marius (Eddie Redmayne). Its love at first sight. Except that Javert was also at the square and he thought he recognized Valjean. Thenardier also recognizes him and vows to catch him and take what (they think) is theirs.
Sacha Baron Cohen and Helen Bonham Carter
as Master and Madame Thenardier
"Master of the House"
Young Cosette (super cute) singing Castle on a Cloud
Jean Valjean and Young Cosette
Eponine was in love with Marius but she got friend-zoned. She decided she was okay with Cosette and Marius being in love... but like any normal girl would do, she tucked her hair in a hat and pretended to be a boy and joined the revolution.
Marius and Eponine singing "Fall of Rain"
Jean Valjean finds out that someone has caught onto him, so he tells Cosette they need to leave. Cosette is heart broken to leave Marius. That night (conveniently) the French Revolution starts, and Marius sends Gavroche (Daniel Huttlestone)--CUTEST LITTLE BOY EVER-- to deliver a letter to Cosette but Jean Valjean gets it and reads that Marius is in love with Cosette, he is a little sad (as would be any dad) but decides he won't be around forever so Cosette would need someone to take care of her after he died. So he goes down to the revolution to give Marius his permission. I won't tell you the exact details of this part cause it would ruin it. But Marius gets hurt and Jean Valjean has to rescue him. Carries him through the sewers etc. Anyway.. stuff happens....
Cosette and Marius singing "Heart Full of Love"
I can't give away the ending but I'll add this song because it was great.
I hope I didn't giveaway too much.
It was hard to explain
It was great! I give this movie
10 STARS!!!
Now I will present you with some awesome Memes about les mis
favorite quote from the movie. I will post this in my child's room.
I love this song.
Movie poster
Seriously, take tissues
I have always loved these two! Master of the House!!
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