some of the visuals (most stunningly jean valjean on parole and the barricades, but also the costumes of jean valjean as mayor and fantine in general) look strikingly similar to the 2012 movie?? i’m not even mad i just don’t understand how we ended up here again after all the bashing
we’re also back at trying to pretend there is a happy end…please protect the first time viewers…i went to the cinema unprepared in 2012 and i know how it feels…
on a positive note, i like that it seems we’ll see fantine before things start to go downhill as it could really add to her as a character that’s not solely defined by the things that happen to her. on a negative note, i feel the sex scene with tholomyès creeping up to us. it’s lurking out there…waiting…
is this…is this a waterloo flashback…are we actually doing this because i’m genuinely here for it
mentally preparing myself for a total of 15 minutes les amis de l’abc and insurrection without any historical context though. but possibly the trailer just doesn’t want to scare people off this family-friendly christmas series
i told myself i’d just watch this series as another adaption that i didn’t really care about, why do i suddenly care
weirdly annoyed by the valjean & cosette scenes
not 100% sure why
my man mabeuf ups my total score of this trailer by at least two points
seriously though i’m not over how much this looks like the 2012 movie
If I see one more post about people being mad because the BBC adaptation focuses on love instead of social justice because “Les Mis isn’t about love!” I am going to lose my mind because that is so fundamentally untrue
Valjean loves his family, so he steals to feed them
Bishop Myriel’s love for his fellow man is what allows Valjean to start life anew
Fantine loves Cosette, so she gives up her own life and happiness to provide for her
Enjolras and Les Amis love the poor of France and are willing to die to make life better for them
Marius’ father loves his son so much that he gives him up to ensure he has a good future
Gillenormand loves Marius enough to put aside their political differences to see him happy
The brotherly love between Les Amis is strong enough that they’ll die for each other
Valjean loves Cosette, so he saves Marius, even though he knows he’s giving up his own happiness by doing so- and later, he cuts himself out of Cosette’s life to shield her from the minuscule possibility that he will be rearrested after all these years
Valjean learning to love is literally the key focus of the plot how can you not acknowledge that
And as for the social justice bit, yes! It’s important. But even then, what does social justice come down to? Love and respect for your fellow human beings? I don’t even need to talk about romantic love! There are other types of love that are equally, or arguably more, important! And that’s what Les Mis is about! Brotherly love! Familial love! Sacrificial love! Love for mankind!
So okay! Maybe the BBC adaptation focuses too much on romantic love. I get it. But you cannot make the blanket statement that “Les Mis isn’t about love!” It’s not about romance but it IS about love!!!!
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“…he told himself that he really had not suffered sufficiently to merit so radiant a bliss, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted him to be loved thus, he, a wretch, by that innocent being.”
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