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Several West end performers have done a version of this during lockdown. Welsh of the west end on steffans youtube channel. Would be great to hear you opinion of the performance and whether any of the voices are to your taste. There's a few different songs on there see what you think .
I'd love to see your take on "A Heart Full Of Love" between Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne. I'd honestly love to see your take on Amanda in Mamma Mia & Mamma Mia 2. She has such a beautiful, crystal clear voice. One of my favorites is her performance of "I've Been Waiting For You" in Mamma Mia 2. Exquisite.
Totally agree with your assessment of Baron Cohen. Borat etc does nothing for me but his performances in Les Mis, The Spy and Chicago 7 opened me to his incredible range and talent as an actor!
Could not agree more. Michael Ball as Marius and Phillip Quast as Javert from the 10th Anniversary is absolutely phenomenal. I’d *love* to hear his take on Javerts last song.
In many interviews over the years, Amanda has expressed disappointment in her vocal performance in this film. She trained opera for 2 years as a teen but haven’t sung classically since, plus her voice was in bad shape due to her smoking. She was working on another film before shooting Les Mis so she only had 3 months to rehabilitate her voice and relearn classical technique, so she was setup to fail imo. She said she wishes she can do it again as she has worked on her technique since. I also blame the live singing take after take, cause her vocals sound much better in the A Heart Full of Love reprise vs the one with Eponine.
I think the live singing wasn't controlled enough. I've seen interviews where some of the the actors did 20+ takes for one song and that's just overkill in my opinion. I actually like mistakes in live singing because it shows that it's live and not pre-recorded. I also think the actors should have been given more lead time as Eddie also hadn't sung since he was a kid
@@christydowns783 i love that they opted for live singing too, but it just doesn’t work in the ensemble pieces where they shot their scenes separately. Eddie Redmayne lied. There’s plenty videos of him singing as a teen. He took voice lessons at Eton and was a Tenor soloist in choir well throughout college. Amanda is the only one with no theater experience (and it shows).
In my first-impression review of the movie, I wrote, "If you want to listen to the music of Les Miz, you're better off pulling up the 10th anniversary special on youtube. The exception is Amanda Seyfried who acts and sings a better Cosette than Judy Kuhn." I think Cosette is one of the hardest roles to play in Les Miz because while Cosette is a featured character, the character is 2-dimensional and exists mainly as a plot device that ties the story together for other featured characters. Moreover, Cosette's singing parts don't give much for a musical theater professional to work with, and indeed, a Broadway-level pro like Judy Kuhn singing the part with conscious restraint can still overstep the outline of the character. If Seyfried's technical limitations as a singer restrained her performance as Cosette, that may have helped her play the role within the tight outline of the character better than more proficient musical theater professionals have.
I've never seen Les Mis on stage, so I can't say I've experienced the live chills before, but the final "One Day More" in the movie was thrilling to watch and listen to. I can't even imagine what it must be like to hear it in a theater! (Also, love these Les Mis reactions, can you do "Bring Him Home" if you haven't already? I find that song emotional, and it has some sentiment in so many families!)
Oh it’s so good. Bring tissue. Empty chairs at empty tables is gut wrenching, and puts such a sad but real devastation to war. If you ever get the chance, you won’t be disappointed .
I think the tragedy with Russell Crowe is that he got really inconsistent vocal training for the role- in interviews, he talks about going to multiple vocal coaches to get it figured out, but voice lesson hopping isn't helpful because everyone has a different approach and preferences. Never mind the fact that there were way too many takes in general for this movie. I think that it doesn't have to do so much with him as much as the production team not giving him the right resources... still it was rough
I think Crowe, Jackman, and even Hathaway got screwed by the decision not to record the singing separately. These guys are decent singers (for actors). But they are just not strong singers.
Russell Crowe's acting for Javert was fantastic though! In fact the one thing I didn't enjoy about Javert in the movie was the silly staging of "Stars" and that wasn't even on him.
In conclusion, there are two kinds of performers in this movie: singers who can act AND actors who can sing. I don't believe anyone in this cast was truly 'bad.' Simply, they each have unique backgrounds and, therefore, assets that contributed to this ~film~. I emphasize ~film~ because it is important to remember a camera-shot and edited adaptation is different, and is meant to be different, from any live production. And in this light, I don't believe it is necessary nor necessarily fair to directly compare this film to any live production. They're entirely different worlds. Sure, one can have their preference, but it cannot be ignored that both have their advantages, as there are varying creative liberties a film offers that a live production doesn't, and vice versa--something Marc Daniel Patrick poignantly addressed in this video.
Have you watched the Polish Flash Mob ‘One Day More’? One of the best promos for your production ever (it was the Warsaw professional cast). Best flash mob I’ve seen and they totally sell it. Eponine and Javert are brilliant and the Enjolras was clearly a boy band star at the time.
I loved the movie and performances. Though i would have let hugh and russell sing in their natural keys! I feel hugh went too high - throughout the entire movie, and russell went to low! Eddie redmayne was the wonderful surprise for me Always love your videos marc Love mags from scotland x
One day more is epic, better onstage though 😉 You're right about Cosette though, it took for me to see Katie Hall in the UK Tour to really "get" Collette... Cosette 😅
@@ilsaruthen5478 Of the “landmark” ones; Roger Allam (first), Philip Quast (10th), Norm Lewis (25th), Earl Carpenter (2010 Tour) and Michael Ball (Staged Concert), Philip Quast towers over them all (IMHO). I really like Earl Carpenter. Hayden Tee, Michael McCarthy and Jeremy Secomb stand out. Keep an eye out for Nic Greenshields (current UK Tour) who I can’t wait to be the West End production Javert.
@@mrjohnjenkins I wish I lived in the UK so I could see all these wonderful performances in person. I have a hard time choosing a favorite, I'm a huge Michael Ball fan, but not so much in this role - although I think he did fairly well. I think my favorite might be Philip Quast, but not by much since so many others do such a great job in the part.
@@ilsaruthen5478 Saw Michael Ball live in the Staged Concert and he was good. His “Javert’s Soliloquy” is actually really good. His ‘Stars’ less so sadly. Got tickets to the UK Tour in July and was meant to go the Staged Concert again in January this year but it got cancelled so going to try and see the West End production this year hopefully. Would love to see a Broadway production one day!
Russell Crowe gets a good deal of criticism for his singing voice in this film, but Jackman often gets a pass even though he lacks the range for Jean Valjean and his vocals are thin and breathy. I actually think Crowe's vocals here fit the song better than whatever the hell Jackman is doing.
BUT...Javert doesn't breathe. That's the entire point of the character. As a vocal coach myself...of course better breath support esp. relexation on the inhales would have helped him technically but for this character I kind of don't mind it as much, since Javert never relaxes. What breaks Javert in the end is his inability to be flexible. He is so set in what is "right" and "wrong" and in this picture of how "things have to be" and the shame he feels about being himself, that the minute he realizes that he's been wrong the entire time, and that the world has never truly has been or could be the way he sees it, he can't take it anymore. The moment he ends his life is the only one in the show where he gives up control because he doesn't trust himself anymore.
Not sure where is the best place to post our suggestions so I'm doing it here. I would love to see you reacting to Robert Cuccioli in Jekyll & Hyde (songs like "This is the moment", "Dangerous game" or "Take me as I am").
Say what you want about this film, but the cast did a spectacular job with this song. Cannot help but sing along with every character on every note and not be inspired.
I'd be interested to see your take on The Confrontation from this movie. Also, now you have to finish Tom Hooper's musical filmography with CATS. I don't make the rules.
3:14 In my first-impression review of the movie, I wrote, "If you want to listen to the music of Les Miz, you're better off pulling up the 10th anniversary special on youtube. The exception is Amanda Seyfried who acts and sings a better Cosette than Judy Kuhn." I think Cosette is one of the hardest roles to play in Les Miz because while Cosette is a featured character, the character is 2-dimensional and exists mainly as a plot device that ties the story together for other featured characters. Moreover, Cosette's singing parts don't give much for a musical theater professional to work with, and indeed, a Broadway-level pro like Judy Kuhn singing the part with conscious restraint can still overstep the outline of the character. If Seyfried's technical limitations as a singer restrained her performance as Cosette, that may have helped her play the role within the tight outline of the character better than more proficient musical theater professionals have.
Unpopular opinion: I love Russel Crowe as Javert. I'm not saying he's the best or even one of the best, not by far. But I liked his performance and choices and I think it fits great within the film context rather than a stage context. I actually think Russel Crowe's Javert is better than Jackman's Jean Val Jean - Jackman's vibrato has screeching goat energy
As an actor, he nailed this role. Gave him nuance and depth. As a singer, i can see why he gets some hate. I think the live singing (after learning more about it) affected him from being stronger.
@@hamilton7minutesminutesmin145 He dehydrated for the first part as a slave and coming right out of slavery, so for those parts that is definitely a plausible excuse but not for the rest of the movie and I agree with the original comment
@@gabrielleduplessis7388 I disagree, I felt his acting was wooden and boring. He had the exact same expression on his face throughout the whole movie. Even as he’s singing about his inner turmoil over Val Jean and is about to jump to his death, he looks the same as he did in his factory scenes at the start. Don’t know who’s to blame here, Crowe or the director, but it was not a good performance IMO.
Les Miserables is my all time favorite musical. The first time I ever saw it was with the original touring cast with Colm Wilkinson playing Jean Val-Jean. Now I realize that I am probably the only one that feels this way and that I will probably get slammed in the comments for saying this but I think Russel Crowe did a great job and I really liked his singing. Did he hit every note perfectly? No. But even Hugh Jackman seemed a bit flat at times. Really for me Russel Crowe was my second favorite performance after Samantha Barks. By the way I might as well say it Samantha Bark's performance of On My Own rivals even Lea Salonga and Frances Ruffelle herself.
I would love to see you react to Michael ball he's one of my favorite actors/ singers he has such a great voice "tell me on a sunday" is probably my favorite song he sings
Hi! You should react to Something to believe in from newsies live!!! I wanna know how you think their voices sound together! I think they sound REALLY well together
I love this song, but found the shifting scenes too choppy. Dang, now I have to go back and watch the 10th anniversary concert. Spot on about Eponine's songs - she definitely has the best songs in the show for a woman. Would love to see a reaction video focusing on the ensemble for a song - perhaps from Hamilton.
I love your channel because you are so positive regarding the performances. However, I am really looking forward to you critiquing some performances that are not so great- like Russell Crowe in Les Mis. As someone who is just starting to take voice lessons (very late in life!), hearing what someone did wrong will be a great insight :-)
@@janeboyce9453 Hiya, I looked it up I was watching the Welsh National Musical Orchestra with John Owen Jones. I’ve just watched the video you recommended. Amazing! Sorry about that. But are amazing videos to watch. Sorry again.
@@annacairns well I have to agree with you about that video too JOJ is just wonderful! The Welsh of the West end have done some wonderful covers. From Miss Saigon to Frozen2! You should check out their other videos all in Steffan’s account, his duets ( wicked, once) are wonderful too!
I have complicated feelings about Les Mis 2012. I thought all the students were cast wonderfully (especially Grantaire, who I always have a massive soft spot for). I don't particularly like Valjean or Javert, but I don't think it's the actors' fault that their performances don't work for me. I do really like the decision to have One Day More hook into Do You Hear The People Sing. And finally, I will die mad about the execution of Stars in this film.
The greatest musical song of all time. Stripped back and ruined in 4 minutes. Lost all its power, raw emotion and feeling. This song is so powerful in the theatre you get goosebumps from the first chords to its last note. I feel they lost the strength of this song and many others in the film.
@@melissah85225 I like Chicago too, but I CANNOT stand Catherine Zeta Jones. Other than that I enjoyed the film, and I thought she ruined Rock of Ages. 🤷♀️
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I do agree that Russell Crowe can sing, however I think he really struggled with the timing of his part in this song. It's very evident in the video of the rehearsal for the 85th Academy awards. The cast had to sing "One day more" and although it looked like an informal rehearsal, all the big wigs were there (Cameron Macintosh, Claude Michel Schönburg, Alain Boublil). It looked like Claude Michel or the director helped him keep his beat during his parts. Everyone else there didn't seem to need any assistance other than Russell. czcams.com/video/PfZgOV4UHBU/video.html Also, I'm curious to know what you think of this performance of the same song on the Good morning America set. This was when Ramin was playing Jean Valjean on Broadway: czcams.com/video/MVeKvHQrw7k/video.html
Funny story: my parents bribed me to get good grades by buying Les Mis tickets when I was in homeschool and either I got good grades and went to the show or I had to pay them back for my ticket. Of course I got good grades. When the movie came out I was in college and the same deal was made 🤣 good grades and they'd take me to the movie. Yes's I was that theater kid that had to be bribed to pay attention to the rest of school. Thanks for putting this up!
Sacha Baron Cohen is wonderful in the movie Hugo a if you’ve never seen it a pretty small role but it’s all about the beginnings of movies and one of my favorites
Please oh please do a critic of musical came from away with bonnie Harris. I have just heard this inspirational musical and would love to know what you thought
I’ve seen your other videos on Jeremy Jordan so I know that you think he overreacts a bit. So I wanted to recommend his cover of It’s All Coming Back To Me Now. I honestly would be really interested in how you would critique the performance. I personally love it but I think your reactions would be interesting.
It doesn't matter that Samantha Barks binds herself, she's too pretty to pass as a boy. Yes, please, for the Sweeney Todd. Could you do Helena and Ed doing Not While I'm Around?
I love this song, but the movie version doesn't do it for me. I think the cutting back and forth waters down the power of the song and diminishes its energy.. No goosebumps like you get from a staged version - at least not for me.
I think other people have mention this however everyone in this cast has some kind of background in musical theatre be it with there training, or just in there family history and acting performances, the only one that doesn't is Russel crow, he is a lead singer in a band and his voice is trained to that pop idea more than musical theatre, sure before they started he did take lessons but he did it with several teachers and ofcource every teacher, teaches inslightly different ways which I think caused him Tobe confused in what he was doing causing what we had seen in the film and additionally it's very well known at this point that nothing apart from the orchestra was pre recorded and there for every actor is singing live which does in my opinion make scenes more lively and real especially since Les mis is sung through the problem is with that these performers worked long days and singing throughout which I also think contributed with the way crowe was singing in the final film, but if you look at some me of crowe's earlier and also later performances with him and his band he dose not sound like the way he does in this, he sounds like Somone who can professionally sing due to the style he is using and is a style he's worked on for years and has it tuned Myself I can not do anything outside musical theatre and opera due to being a baritone singer and not having the capability of any kind of pop singing capabilities as most songs are predominantly written in a tenor frame of mind
@@benjjjjsin I mean fair enough, I didn't know that about Russell, I know he's done theatre, but I hadn't known he's done musical theatre, like he's done alot of concerts from my knowledge, but fair enough and I mean Amanda has had a somewhat professional musical theatre and training when it came down the movie adaptation of Mama Mia, I was speaking from my knowledge that all stars in the film has had some kind of musical theatre or previous musical movie experience, but fair enough, what was some of the stuff Russel was in I wouldn't mind checking it out
@@scottradburn-acting794 Russel did a lot of musical theater in Australia and New Zealand. He was in a production of Rocky Horror Show, I think. As for Amanda, I don’t think the Mamma Mia movie would count as “musical theater training”. The cast did not undergo any vocal or dance training whatsoever during the production. They had more of a wing it approach, perhaps because they were singing pop songs.
I understand that Tvelt is a big star (I don't actually know him. Didn't realize this was him) but my first Enjorlas was Michael Maguire. So there's just no fair comparison. Even Ramon just doesn't do it for me after that lol.
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Several West end performers have done a version of this during lockdown. Welsh of the west end on steffans youtube channel. Would be great to hear you opinion of the performance and whether any of the voices are to your taste. There's a few different songs on there see what you think .
Aaron Tveit ruled in this song and ruled while performing it at the Oscars
don't forget Hadley's iconic role as "officer at the barricade"... still bitter he only had like three lines in the movie lol
I...never even realized this
The best part!!
And Ramin wasn’t a big enough name for the film. But he was at the Oscars with the rest singing.
@@sarahwoolley79 YOU AT THE BARRICADE LISTEN TO THIS....
@@kalirosewood6321 NO-ONE IS COMING TO HELP YOU TO FIGHT....
I'd love to see your take on "A Heart Full Of Love" between Amanda Seyfried and Eddie Redmayne. I'd honestly love to see your take on Amanda in Mamma Mia & Mamma Mia 2. She has such a beautiful, crystal clear voice. One of my favorites is her performance of "I've Been Waiting For You" in Mamma Mia 2. Exquisite.
I need him to react to some of her songs! I love Amanda's voice.
Colm Wilkinson was also in this as the bishop, who was obviously the first well known jean valjean! Greatest musical song of all time,
Sam Barks is such a great Eponine omg, you should react to her in the 25th anniversary concert!
“It kind of sounds like a dying goat”
That`s how I describe my voice...
I describe mine like a dying duck lmao 😂 🦆
Mine is a depressed donkey
One of my favorite Les Miserables songs! It's hard not to sing along.
Totally agree with your assessment of Baron Cohen. Borat etc does nothing for me but his performances in Les Mis, The Spy and Chicago 7 opened me to his incredible range and talent as an actor!
I honestly only know him from Les Mis and Sweeney Todd. So I when I see him as Borat, I feel like it is not him.
The man is a comedy genius.
You should check out Hugo he knocks it out of the park in that one too
@@dominiquepalmer2265 thanks, will see if I can find it :-)
@@ispellitjustg well it isn't. That's the point. He completely vanishes behind the role. That's what makes him so good.
Whilst watching this reaction video, I am only just noticing for the first time just how much Aaron Tveit owns every single scene he is in!
Please react to more from the 10th and 25th anniversary of les mis!!!
Yes please!!!
yes, we need it!!!!!
And the latest, Michael Ball as Javert. Love the latest cast. Even Carrie Hope Fletcher as Fantine was amazing.
Could not agree more. Michael Ball as Marius and Phillip Quast as Javert from the 10th Anniversary is absolutely phenomenal. I’d *love* to hear his take on Javerts last song.
In many interviews over the years, Amanda has expressed disappointment in her vocal performance in this film. She trained opera for 2 years as a teen but haven’t sung classically since, plus her voice was in bad shape due to her smoking. She was working on another film before shooting Les Mis so she only had 3 months to rehabilitate her voice and relearn classical technique, so she was setup to fail imo. She said she wishes she can do it again as she has worked on her technique since.
I also blame the live singing take after take, cause her vocals sound much better in the A Heart Full of Love reprise vs the one with Eponine.
I think the live singing wasn't controlled enough. I've seen interviews where some of the the actors did 20+ takes for one song and that's just overkill in my opinion. I actually like mistakes in live singing because it shows that it's live and not pre-recorded. I also think the actors should have been given more lead time as Eddie also hadn't sung since he was a kid
@@christydowns783 i love that they opted for live singing too, but it just doesn’t work in the ensemble pieces where they shot their scenes separately.
Eddie Redmayne lied. There’s plenty videos of him singing as a teen. He took voice lessons at Eton and was a Tenor soloist in choir well throughout college. Amanda is the only one with no theater experience (and it shows).
In my first-impression review of the movie, I wrote, "If you want to listen to the music of Les Miz, you're better off pulling up the 10th anniversary special on youtube. The exception is Amanda Seyfried who acts and sings a better Cosette than Judy Kuhn."
I think Cosette is one of the hardest roles to play in Les Miz because while Cosette is a featured character, the character is 2-dimensional and exists mainly as a plot device that ties the story together for other featured characters. Moreover, Cosette's singing parts don't give much for a musical theater professional to work with, and indeed, a Broadway-level pro like Judy Kuhn singing the part with conscious restraint can still overstep the outline of the character. If Seyfried's technical limitations as a singer restrained her performance as Cosette, that may have helped her play the role within the tight outline of the character better than more proficient musical theater professionals have.
I've never seen Les Mis on stage, so I can't say I've experienced the live chills before, but the final "One Day More" in the movie was thrilling to watch and listen to. I can't even imagine what it must be like to hear it in a theater! (Also, love these Les Mis reactions, can you do "Bring Him Home" if you haven't already? I find that song emotional, and it has some sentiment in so many families!)
As someone whos seen this on stage, that final "One Day More" is soooooo much more spine tingling live. If you ever get the chance to see it...GO!
Oh it’s so good. Bring tissue. Empty chairs at empty tables is gut wrenching, and puts such a sad but real devastation to war. If you ever get the chance, you won’t be disappointed .
I think the tragedy with Russell Crowe is that he got really inconsistent vocal training for the role- in interviews, he talks about going to multiple vocal coaches to get it figured out, but voice lesson hopping isn't helpful because everyone has a different approach and preferences. Never mind the fact that there were way too many takes in general for this movie. I think that it doesn't have to do so much with him as much as the production team not giving him the right resources... still it was rough
I think Crowe, Jackman, and even Hathaway got screwed by the decision not to record the singing separately. These guys are decent singers (for actors). But they are just not strong singers.
Russell Crowe's acting for Javert was fantastic though! In fact the one thing I didn't enjoy about Javert in the movie was the silly staging of "Stars" and that wasn't even on him.
In conclusion, there are two kinds of performers in this movie: singers who can act AND actors who can sing. I don't believe anyone in this cast was truly 'bad.' Simply, they each have unique backgrounds and, therefore, assets that contributed to this ~film~. I emphasize ~film~ because it is important to remember a camera-shot and edited adaptation is different, and is meant to be different, from any live production. And in this light, I don't believe it is necessary nor necessarily fair to directly compare this film to any live production. They're entirely different worlds. Sure, one can have their preference, but it cannot be ignored that both have their advantages, as there are varying creative liberties a film offers that a live production doesn't, and vice versa--something Marc Daniel Patrick poignantly addressed in this video.
Can’t believe they cast Hadley Fraser for like 2 lines when he was so good as Javert.
Have you watched the Polish Flash Mob ‘One Day More’? One of the best promos for your production ever (it was the Warsaw professional cast). Best flash mob I’ve seen and they totally sell it. Eponine and Javert are brilliant and the Enjolras was clearly a boy band star at the time.
Would love to see you react to Aaron Tveit in Catch me if you Can
Yes yes yes
“Sorry Aaron” that was cute!
Who would you have had instead of Russell?
What about Gerard Butler as Javert?
@@PamelaDae I have a feeling that won't go over well either. If the reaction to Phantom is any indication, that would not go over well either.
Unironically think that Bradley Cooper might be real good.
I loved the movie and performances. Though i would have let hugh and russell sing in their natural keys! I feel hugh went too high - throughout the entire movie, and russell went to low!
Eddie redmayne was the wonderful surprise for me
Always love your videos marc
Love mags from scotland x
The emotion in this song is amazing! I remember watching it on pbs when I was probably 10 or so and just connecting to it!!😢
Ah, one of the best goose bump inducing songs of all time. Thank you for reviewing this and I can't wait to see the Sweeney Todd video.
Am I the only one who loves Russel Crowe's voice? Yes I know he isn't perfect, but it is still very good!
I absolutly love his voice in this scene too.
He is not the best singer, but It fits (for me) perfectly at this moment.
I like it too, people give him too much shit in my opinion.
@@carlycchapman People love to give other people shit
I think he did a great job with Javert tbh, Stars is brilliant.
I love it. Yes
Every segment you give I want to hear more....love your insight
One day more is epic, better onstage though 😉
You're right about Cosette though, it took for me to see Katie Hall in the UK Tour to really "get" Collette... Cosette 😅
Love Katie - she's my favourite Courgette.... er Cosette 😉
This film gets alot of hate from musical purists, but I dont care I love it. 💓💓😊
I love when you post new videos... i always save them for my lunch break
Haha.
Oh! You haven't done Norm Lewis's "Stars" from the 25th anniversary concert yet!
Surely the one in the 10th anniversary concert was x100 times better???
@@mrjohnjenkins Maybe a comparison pf the various Javerts?
@@ilsaruthen5478 Of the “landmark” ones; Roger Allam (first), Philip Quast (10th), Norm Lewis (25th), Earl Carpenter (2010 Tour) and Michael Ball (Staged Concert), Philip Quast towers over them all (IMHO). I really like Earl Carpenter. Hayden Tee, Michael McCarthy and Jeremy Secomb stand out. Keep an eye out for Nic Greenshields (current UK Tour) who I can’t wait to be the West End production Javert.
@@mrjohnjenkins I wish I lived in the UK so I could see all these wonderful performances in person. I have a hard time choosing a favorite, I'm a huge Michael Ball fan, but not so much in this role - although I think he did fairly well. I think my favorite might be Philip Quast, but not by much since so many others do such a great job in the part.
@@ilsaruthen5478 Saw Michael Ball live in the Staged Concert and he was good. His “Javert’s Soliloquy” is actually really good. His ‘Stars’ less so sadly. Got tickets to the UK Tour in July and was meant to go the Staged Concert again in January this year but it got cancelled so going to try and see the West End production this year hopefully. Would love to see a Broadway production one day!
Thanks for this reaction. Would you react to the ABC Cafe song? Thats my favourite musical moment in the movie.
I also think when you see this scene live it is so powerful.
I like to see the one day more reAction from the 25yh anniversary
Russell Crowe gets a good deal of criticism for his singing voice in this film, but Jackman often gets a pass even though he lacks the range for Jean Valjean and his vocals are thin and breathy. I actually think Crowe's vocals here fit the song better than whatever the hell Jackman is doing.
Loved that Katy Secombe had a (very) small role in the film. She was brilliant as Madame Thenardier in the West End. A fabulous actress.
BUT...Javert doesn't breathe. That's the entire point of the character. As a vocal coach myself...of course better breath support esp. relexation on the inhales would have helped him technically but for this character I kind of don't mind it as much, since Javert never relaxes. What breaks Javert in the end is his inability to be flexible. He is so set in what is "right" and "wrong" and in this picture of how "things have to be" and the shame he feels about being himself, that the minute he realizes that he's been wrong the entire time, and that the world has never truly has been or could be the way he sees it, he can't take it anymore. The moment he ends his life is the only one in the show where he gives up control because he doesn't trust himself anymore.
Not sure where is the best place to post our suggestions so I'm doing it here. I would love to see you reacting to Robert Cuccioli in Jekyll & Hyde (songs like "This is the moment", "Dangerous game" or "Take me as I am").
Would love to see a reaction to Welsh of the West End- they have a number of covers (including this one!)
I would love to a reaction to A Little Fall of Rain with Samantha Barks!!!
I also love spotting all the westend theatre people which basically make up most of the ensemble😂
Say what you want about this film, but the cast did a spectacular job with this song. Cannot help but sing along with every character on every note and not be inspired.
I'd be interested to see your take on The Confrontation from this movie.
Also, now you have to finish Tom Hooper's musical filmography with CATS. I don't make the rules.
loved this! I just found your channel great content! xx
How about doing Tim Curry singing Sweet Transvestite? Steve Balsamo vs Ted Nealy singing Gethsemane.
Both sensational performances! I agree totally sara x
also Ben Forester singing Gethsemane
3:14 In my first-impression review of the movie, I wrote, "If you want to listen to the music of Les Miz, you're better off pulling up the 10th anniversary special on youtube. The exception is Amanda Seyfried who acts and sings a better Cosette than Judy Kuhn."
I think Cosette is one of the hardest roles to play in Les Miz because while Cosette is a featured character, the character is 2-dimensional and exists mainly as a plot device that ties the story together for other featured characters. Moreover, Cosette's singing parts don't give much for a musical theater professional to work with, and indeed, a Broadway-level pro like Judy Kuhn singing the part with conscious restraint can still overstep the outline of the character. If Seyfried's technical limitations as a singer restrained her performance as Cosette, that may have helped her play the role within the tight outline of the character better than more proficient musical theater professionals have.
Unpopular opinion: I love Russel Crowe as Javert. I'm not saying he's the best or even one of the best, not by far. But I liked his performance and choices and I think it fits great within the film context rather than a stage context. I actually think Russel Crowe's Javert is better than Jackman's Jean Val Jean - Jackman's vibrato has screeching goat energy
As an actor, he nailed this role. Gave him nuance and depth. As a singer, i can see why he gets some hate. I think the live singing (after learning more about it) affected him from being stronger.
@@gabrielleduplessis7388 I heard Jackman dehydrated heavily, that might come in as a factor as well!
@@hamilton7minutesminutesmin145 He dehydrated for the first part as a slave and coming right out of slavery, so for those parts that is definitely a plausible excuse but not for the rest of the movie and I agree with the original comment
@@hamilton7minutesminutesmin145 i still do not understand that. Starving or dehydrating yourself does not do anyone good.
@@gabrielleduplessis7388 I disagree, I felt his acting was wooden and boring. He had the exact same expression on his face throughout the whole movie. Even as he’s singing about his inner turmoil over Val Jean and is about to jump to his death, he looks the same as he did in his factory scenes at the start. Don’t know who’s to blame here, Crowe or the director, but it was not a good performance IMO.
Les Miserables is my all time favorite musical. The first time I ever saw it was with the original touring cast with Colm Wilkinson playing Jean Val-Jean. Now I realize that I am probably the only one that feels this way and that I will probably get slammed in the comments for saying this but I think Russel Crowe did a great job and I really liked his singing. Did he hit every note perfectly? No. But even Hugh Jackman seemed a bit flat at times. Really for me Russel Crowe was my second favorite performance after Samantha Barks. By the way I might as well say it Samantha Bark's performance of On My Own rivals even Lea Salonga and Frances Ruffelle herself.
Honestly Jackman kills it for me. He’s not as bad as crow but the whole show hinges on him and I think he lets it down… drink water dude….
Agreed. I can forgive everyone else, but I HJ kills every song he was a part of, imo.
I'd love to see you react to John Barrowman singing I Am What I Am from La Cage aux Folles
I've seen him do that song live at a convention. It was really awesome!
I would love to see you react to Michael ball he's one of my favorite actors/ singers he has such a great voice "tell me on a sunday" is probably my favorite song he sings
Have you seen Sacha in The Spy? It’s one of my favorite series ever just because he’s SO good in it.
Hi! You should react to Something to believe in from newsies live!!! I wanna know how you think their voices sound together! I think they sound REALLY well together
Yes! those harmonies give me chills, every time!
„Sorry Aaron“😂
This is just such a great song and performance, it matters not a whit to me whether it was from stage or screen.
i always get giddy at even a single glimpse of the amis. My happiness is too easy
I love this song, but found the shifting scenes too choppy. Dang, now I have to go back and watch the 10th anniversary concert. Spot on about Eponine's songs - she definitely has the best songs in the show for a woman. Would love to see a reaction video focusing on the ensemble for a song - perhaps from Hamilton.
I love your channel because you are so positive regarding the performances. However, I am really looking forward to you critiquing some performances that are not so great- like Russell Crowe in Les Mis. As someone who is just starting to take voice lessons (very late in life!), hearing what someone did wrong will be a great insight :-)
We need to bring back some of the old ones by Andrew Loyd Weber like Evita and Joseph.
You really need to watch the “Welsh of the west end rendition of this!
It’s amazing! Caroline Sheen singing Eponine again was brilliant!
@@annacairns not sure we are talking about the same video?
I suggested he watch/ listen to “The Welsh of the West ends” rendition of “One Day More”.
@@janeboyce9453 Hiya, I looked it up I was watching the Welsh National Musical Orchestra with John Owen Jones. I’ve just watched the video you recommended. Amazing! Sorry about that. But are amazing videos to watch. Sorry again.
@@annacairns well I have to agree with you about that video too JOJ is just wonderful!
The Welsh of the West end have done some wonderful covers. From Miss Saigon to Frozen2! You should check out their other videos all in Steffan’s account, his duets ( wicked, once) are wonderful too!
I have complicated feelings about Les Mis 2012. I thought all the students were cast wonderfully (especially Grantaire, who I always have a massive soft spot for). I don't particularly like Valjean or Javert, but I don't think it's the actors' fault that their performances don't work for me. I do really like the decision to have One Day More hook into Do You Hear The People Sing. And finally, I will die mad about the execution of Stars in this film.
Yes yes yes you are so right so why did Russel Crowe not do that. I mean just look at Phillip Quast and remember he got stage fright
Sacha was in Sweeney Todd too, he did a fab job in that. I agree about some of his films though 😅
Please can you react to some Shrek the Musical especially Who I’d Be
Such an amazing show! Great suggestion!
Now I want to want watch Les Miserables for the 3rd time... thanks...
I support the motion to bring some Sweeney Todd to the channel as well 😮
And if you do, don't ignore Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball! They were great!
Just saw a 2019 stage version with Michael Ball as Javier. Also what are your thoughts of Nick Jonas as Marius?
Nick Jonas was a joke
Please react to the 10th anniversary concert version of one day more!!!
Dying Goat! That's sums up my reaction. Cosette's voice just hits my ear wrong.
The greatest musical song of all time. Stripped back and ruined in 4 minutes. Lost all its power, raw emotion and feeling. This song is so powerful in the theatre you get goosebumps from the first chords to its last note. I feel they lost the strength of this song and many others in the film.
I’d love to see you’re views on ANYTHING from Chicago, maybe Cell Block Tango?
It would have to go on Patreon, YT would take it down in seconds, but a great suggestion.
I LOVE Chicago!
I am an odd person out and I really like Mr. Cellophane
@@melissah85225 I like Chicago too, but I CANNOT stand Catherine Zeta Jones. Other than that I enjoyed the film, and I thought she ruined Rock of Ages. 🤷♀️
@@deeprose4 Yeah, not so much a fan. I think cell block tango is gorgeously choreographed!
Will you consider reacting to the Oscars 2013 performance of Les Miserables? How the singing was different at the Oscars vs the film?
Review Red and Black from Les Mis
Phillip Quast is....and will forever be... my Javert!
You gave me something to think about with Russell. With Amanda, I didn’t like her in this but loved her in both Mama Mia movies.
react to Jennifer Hudson - I Will Always Love You (BET Honors 2010) & Jennifer Hudson Carpool Karaoke & Iggy Azalea & Jennifer Hudson - Trouble American Idol 2015
Marc, please, react to new Carrie Hope Fletcher's "I Know I Have a Heart"!!!!!!!!! 🎵👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I do agree that Russell Crowe can sing, however I think he really struggled with the timing of his part in this song. It's very evident in the video of the rehearsal for the 85th Academy awards. The cast had to sing "One day more" and although it looked like an informal rehearsal, all the big wigs were there (Cameron Macintosh, Claude Michel Schönburg, Alain Boublil). It looked like Claude Michel or the director helped him keep his beat during his parts. Everyone else there didn't seem to need any assistance other than Russell.
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Also, I'm curious to know what you think of this performance of the same song on the Good morning America set. This was when Ramin was playing Jean Valjean on Broadway:
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I was 9 when I first heard this. I have a daughter named Éponine who turns 21 this year
Funny story: my parents bribed me to get good grades by buying Les Mis tickets when I was in homeschool and either I got good grades and went to the show or I had to pay them back for my ticket. Of course I got good grades.
When the movie came out I was in college and the same deal was made 🤣 good grades and they'd take me to the movie.
Yes's I was that theater kid that had to be bribed to pay attention to the rest of school.
Thanks for putting this up!
I did not know Eddie redmayne was this good!
Sacha Baron Cohen is wonderful in the movie Hugo a if you’ve never seen it a pretty small role but it’s all about the beginnings of movies and one of my favorites
Please oh please do a critic of musical came from away with bonnie Harris. I have just heard this inspirational musical and would love to know what you thought
Love Samantha Barks
Any plans to react to the 10th Anniversary version of One Day More?
Michael Ball’s voice soars above everyone else. Man has he got a set of pipes.
@@IanRob2011 he is fantastic, but when Colm Wilkinson is also on stage that can't possibly be true!
Hi!!!! Omg this song gets me so hype!!!
I’ve seen your other videos on Jeremy Jordan so I know that you think he overreacts a bit. So I wanted to recommend his cover of It’s All Coming Back To Me Now. I honestly would be really interested in how you would critique the performance. I personally love it but I think your reactions would be interesting.
Can you please do a breakdown of Alun Armstrong doing 'Dog Eat Dog' and Rita Moreno and George Chakiris doing 'America' from West Side Story.
Do you think the Les mis film would have worked better with the cast of the staged concert
I would have preferred more music theatre actors in the main cast. They missed an opportunity in the movie with the live singing.
Are you going to talk about Russell Crows performance in Les Mis?
It doesn't matter that Samantha Barks binds herself, she's too pretty to pass as a boy.
Yes, please, for the Sweeney Todd. Could you do Helena and Ed doing Not While I'm Around?
You’ve never seen a pretty boy? :P
Hi Coach, hope you can react to Lea Salonga’s rendition of On my Own with the BYU Chamber Orchestra in 2017. Thank you and God bless!
Thank you x
Can someone tell me why Tom Hooper cut the solo from Drink With Me?
I love this song, but the movie version doesn't do it for me. I think the cutting back and forth waters down the power of the song and diminishes its energy.. No goosebumps like you get from a staged version - at least not for me.
Id love to see Who Id be from Shrek the Musical. Or really any song from it. Need more light hearted musicals seen!
Me too! I love Who I'd Be
If you are going to respond to ensemble performances; What did you think of "American Pie" in the season 1 finale of "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist"?
I think other people have mention this however everyone in this cast has some kind of background in musical theatre be it with there training, or just in there family history and acting performances, the only one that doesn't is Russel crow, he is a lead singer in a band and his voice is trained to that pop idea more than musical theatre, sure before they started he did take lessons but he did it with several teachers and ofcource every teacher, teaches inslightly different ways which I think caused him Tobe confused in what he was doing causing what we had seen in the film and additionally it's very well known at this point that nothing apart from the orchestra was pre recorded and there for every actor is singing live which does in my opinion make scenes more lively and real especially since Les mis is sung through the problem is with that these performers worked long days and singing throughout which I also think contributed with the way crowe was singing in the final film, but if you look at some me of crowe's earlier and also later performances with him and his band he dose not sound like the way he does in this, he sounds like Somone who can professionally sing due to the style he is using and is a style he's worked on for years and has it tuned
Myself I can not do anything outside musical theatre and opera due to being a baritone singer and not having the capability of any kind of pop singing capabilities as most songs are predominantly written in a tenor frame of mind
Russel Crowe has tons of musical theater (and theater in general) experience. Only Amanda Seyfried has no theater experience and it shows.
@@benjjjjsin I mean fair enough, I didn't know that about Russell, I know he's done theatre, but I hadn't known he's done musical theatre, like he's done alot of concerts from my knowledge, but fair enough and I mean Amanda has had a somewhat professional musical theatre and training when it came down the movie adaptation of Mama Mia, I was speaking from my knowledge that all stars in the film has had some kind of musical theatre or previous musical movie experience, but fair enough, what was some of the stuff Russel was in I wouldn't mind checking it out
@@scottradburn-acting794 Russel did a lot of musical theater in Australia and New Zealand. He was in a production of Rocky Horror Show, I think.
As for Amanda, I don’t think the Mamma Mia movie would count as “musical theater training”. The cast did not undergo any vocal or dance training whatsoever during the production. They had more of a wing it approach, perhaps because they were singing pop songs.
Could you react to Hadestown? That whole cast is amazing!!!
I'm a simple human, really. I see Hadley Fraser, I click.
Could you please react to Aaron‘s Roxanne? With the opt up?🥹
Can you react to “First Impressions” from First Date the musical starring Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez
I understand that Tvelt is a big star (I don't actually know him. Didn't realize this was him) but my first Enjorlas was Michael Maguire. So there's just no fair comparison. Even Ramon just doesn't do it for me after that lol.