Aug 2, 2025
les misérables 1952 final review: well... at the very least this movie gave the impression that they read the book. i'll give it that, and also i'll give it kudos for giving jean valjean a husband who was all things considered, pretty awesome. otherwise. it was bad. half the movie was spent on the first book, so there was hardly any time for any of the rest of the plots, making it rushed and messy the second they left m-sur-m (though i think it was called something else in this movie? they said it once and very indistinctly). they screwed up basically every emotional arc. but. at least there was robert.
#still probably on the worse ends of les mis adaptations#only saving grace was that they clearly read the book (seeing as they quoted it and kept in most of the character names)#and robert. ah. i love robert.#but otherwise. nope. bad. sorry#les mis#les mis 1952#it wasn't so bad as to make me formulate an entire thesis on the importance of petit gervais#but it does make me feel like reiterating the importance of fantine and the fact that they fucked her over BAD in this one#she got to have catharsis and while that's nice it's not the point
