facemaker329:
I know that you mean the musical, but it's important to note that there are multiple film versions of Les Miserables...<snip> The more recent adaptation that starred Liam Neeson as Jean ValJean was...decent. Well cast, but I found the story lacking a bit (probably due to the fact that they really did try and turn that entire novel into a 2 hr. film...)
I still haven't seen the film version of the musical.
Yes, you are correct; I was referring to the somewhat recent musical version of the movie. There were other movies and versions that were quite good. I actually thought the best portrayal of Jean ValJean was in an animate version.
Personally, I thought the problem with the musical movie was that they cast it with people whose talents were primarily as actors who had might have had some talent at singing, as opposed to singers who had some talent at acting. For an ordinary movie, they made the right decision. For a musical, not as much. :P
And Mad Mick, I will stand by some versions of Christmas Carol being better than the book. Certainly not all of them have been, but several have been. So, it seems we will simply have to disagree on this. ^_^