I want my mom to watch Good Omens 3 with me, so that I can yap about how it reminded me of Les MisƩrables. be it book or musical.
but because we are unlikely to watch it together, I will thought dump here:
[MAJOR SPOILERS ALERT FOR BOTH GO3 & LES MIS]
1) when Eric(?) screams HELL IS NOT MOCKED! HELL IS NOT MOCKED! (or hell cannot be mocked), you can guess who popped in my mind.
āI AM THE LAW AND THE LAW IS NOT MOCKED!ā
2) when Crowley chose the peopleās freedom at the expense of their own livesā¦
āwho cares about y(our) lonely soul, we strive towards a larger goalā¦ our little lives donāt count at all!ā
ālet others riseeee to take our place, until the Earth is FREEEEEE ššļøā
3) when Crowley held Aziraphaleās HAND BEFORE DYING. DYING FOR THE FREE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. PROBABLY IN FRONT OF A WINDOW. THE REVOLUTIONARY AND THE PERSON WHO BELIEVES IN HIM AND LOVES HIM AND WHO IS WILLING TO DIE BY HIS SIDE FOR IT.
5) I interpret the garden bookshop scene as Aziraphale and Crowley thinking of two very different things. which reminds me of the different states of mind between Enjorlas and Marius:
Crowley: āRED THE BLOOD OF ANGRY MEEEEN. BLACCCCKKK THE DARK OF AGES PAST. RED A WORLD ABOUT TO DAWN. BLAAAACK A NIGHT THAT ENDS AT LASSST.ā
Aziraphale: āred, I feel my soul on fire, black, my world if s(he)ās not thereā¦ red, the colour of desire, black, the colour the despairā¦ā
the tension between them was ābetter than an oooooperaaaaā
6) Aziraphale really fought and tried his best to make a difference, and yetā¦ as Crowley asked, how did that turn out? [insert the entirety of Turning]
āfighting for a new world that would rise up like the sun. where's that new world now the fighting's done?ā
ānothing changes, nothing ever can. round and round the roundabout and back where you beganā
and for Aziraphale saying that it was worth a try: ādamn their warnings damn their lies, they will see the people riseā
7) (a less connected one) heās like the son I mightāve knowwwwwnnnnn if God had granted me a sooooon (in regards to Jesus and Harry the Fish)
8) the fact that everyone dies in the end
9) not to mention that both stories contend with faith (or questioning oneās beliefs in general)
if you put Grantaire, Enjorlas, Aziraphale and Crowley in a room with (or without) some wine, theyād have some really interesting conversations.
perhaps Javert and Jean Valjean might have interesting conversations with them, too. and the ThƩnardiers would fit perfectly downstairs.
the unintentional mirrors between these two stories made me enjoy this movie so much despite some of itās messiness and wasted potential. but I donāt care because I had fun watching it, and will watch it again.
also: you have no idea how happy I was hearing Aziraphale mention Sunset Boulevard.
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