Les Miserables

In last week’s post I promised to tell you my story about the “Les Miserables” movie. So here it is:

A few years ago I was living in London and if you’ve been there or live there, you know that London is big on musicals. There’s a quite a diversity for you to see and Les Miserables is one of them.

I remember seeing the posters in the subway and wondering what it was all about. But it was only when one of the songs from the musical became very popular that I became interested in watching it. But I never did.

After I moved from London I found out that there was a Les Miserables book and movie, but it was old, so I didn’t want to watch it. But then a few months later a trailer was released with the new “Les Miserables” and it had a great cast. So of course I was going to go see it!

When it finally came out, my husband didn’t really want to watch it but I insisted. Then one of my friends tweeted that it was beautiful, that she even cried, so I insisted with him some more. Then another friend also watched and said I should go, that I would love it. So after that I convinced him to go with me J

There I was, early as usual so I could watch the other trailers, sitting comfortably on my seat, eagerly waiting for the beautiful and moving story of the Les Miserables.

But…

I didn’t like it. AT ALL!!

It was a musical, so of course I already knew there would be a lot of singing, but I didn’t expect THAT much of singing. I had watched a movie/musical before and I loved it! Sure the actors sang quite a lot, but they also spoke. In this movie, they don’t speak. EVER. They just sing!

They sing and sing. From beginning to end. All the time. The whole time.

So yeah… not my kind of thing. I like music and I like musicals but I found this one very boring. You leave the theatres feeling quite miserable indeed.

If you ask ME if this is a nice movie, I’ll say no, I don’t think it’s a nice movie. If your taste in movies is similar to mine, then you will probably not like it either.

But hey, my friends liked it and I’m sure many other people did too. So it really depends on what you are into ;)

Oh and remember I mentioned last week, that I only watched “Die Hard” because of “Les Miserables”? Yes, after making my husband watch such a boring movie, he decided that he would choose the next one, so guess which one he chose?

Die Hard O_o

But if I had to choose between one and the other, even though I liked neither, I’d choose “Die Hard” hands down. This is for you to see how much I “liked” Les Miserables.

A Good Day to Die Hard

Remember my review about “Jack, the Giant Slayer” last week?

You haven’t read it yet? Ok, so read that one first before continuing with this one.

Think of everything I said about “Jack”. Now imagine the complete opposite…

That would be my review on “A good day to die hard” lol.

I have not watched the previous “Die Hard” movies, but this one… is something else.

It has no plot whatsoever, the acting is quite poor and the story just doesn’t go anywhere.

It’s just… I have no words.

There is however, something you will find A LOT in this movie: Destruction.

From beginning to end.

There are a lot of explosions, fights, people going through windows, falling from the highest buildings but never dying, more explosions, gunshots, buildings getting destroyed, more explosions and the main characters still come out of all that alive!

I guess that’s why it’s called “Die Hard”, because no matter what happens, they just don’t die!

So to summarize: “A good day to die hard” is not a movie worth spending any money on. I would not watch it again. I wouldn’t have even watched it if it weren’t for “Les Miserables”.

Oh I haven’t told you about my “Les Miserables” story, have I? Come back next Friday and I will tell you all about it. Oh my! 

Unexpected...

It all happened very suddenly, as unexpected as the heavy rain on a sunny day.

She didn’t see it coming. She wasn’t even looking for it.

But there he was with that smile of his… teasing her, taunting her, inviting her to his heart… and capturing her own in the process.

What was she to do? What is it about him? 

Coming soon...

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Jack, the Giant Slayer

I wish all movies were like this.

The kind that does not make you uncomfortable with all the cursing, nudity and violence.

 The ones you don’t have to cover your children’s eyes when they are watching.

Such is the case with Jack, the Giant Slayer.

It’s the story we all have read about but with a modern twist.

Here’s what I like apart from what I said above:

It has a plot and it’s not predictable.

It has a bit of romance, which every good movie should have hehe

It has the action, but is not violent… well… the giants do eat people and step on them… and there are some giant killing… does that count? Lol

 What I mean is, they don’t show these things in a violent way, there’s no blood or anything.

And it has the funny bits… watch out for the cook, that’s all I’m going to say :)

And a happy ending.

Sometimes you want to go to the movies and not be at the edge of your seat with all the suspense, or racking your brain to understand the plot or cringing at all the punches being thrown everywhere or even crying because of all the sad events going on.

Sometimes you just want to watch a nice movie with your friends. Or be able to take your kids to watch a movie where you don’t have to worry about the bad scenes and wrong message. Sometimes you just want to have some entertainment and enjoy a nice day out with your friends or family.

If that’s what you are looking for this weekend, Jack is the movie for you ;)