@songbird71795 It's actually quite close to the parody by french humorists "Les Inconnus" ; you can find excerpts of it here with english subtitles : youtube.com/watch?v=Cegf3mR3qGE
@ToBeFree32 Eponine was supposed to be ugly, she was poor and missing some teeth, so it said. I cried at the parts of Eponine and Fantine in the book. I also sobbed at the death of Enjolras and Grantaire. And then there was the end of the novel itself, which was completely heart breaking. The Liam Neeson version took it all away. Fantine was an Americanized whore, I can never say I felt bad for her at any time. Enjolras, Eponine, and Grantaire are removed. And the end never actually happened.
@allthemusic111 (Continued) Enjolras is all that is honourable and valiant and brave - I applaud him for fighting for what he believes in. I think Cosette is more naive than anything, not necessarily bitchy. Other than Thernardier, there is no "bad guy" in this story. Both Javert and Valjean believe they are doing the right thing. Valjean is protecting those he loves, and Javert is attempting to keep the law - both men are right. Javert dies because he cannot comprehend grace.
@TheOnlyMissLaurey i agree with allthemusic. The 1998 is pretty bad. The characters are overdramazied, they take out my two fav characters, Eponine, Enjolras. I think they did the characters badly in the other one. Cosette was a stuck up bitch, like atm said, lol atm. Javert was a complete evil bad guy, that's not realistic. The Thenardiers were as good as removed. Fantine was an ugly whore, I felt no pity for her. And then Gavroche was an annoying little kid. Plus, the movie was Americanized
@allthemusic111 I appreciate your viewpoint, but I politely disagree. Yes, the Liam Neeson film is shorter and hence less back story on people, but the characters are far more realistic and the relationships less disturbing. Eponine is my favourite character in the whole story (aside from Valjean of course) and I love the way she is developed in the musical. (Continued)
calm down people. Any person in their right mind would know that the 1998 is ten times more innacurate than this. I like this mini series, cause it actually comes close to accuracy
this is like the anti Liam Neeson version. It's accurate, includes almost all the characters and the barricade scene is very exciting. This is the best version there is (minus Marius being ugly) but it's better than that Gothic midget they chose in the other version.
Wow...just...wow. XD;;;; Javert looks like the childcatcher from chitty chitty bang bang when he has the black hair going one, Jean has HUGE shoulders, and Marius's face...well...just look at it! O_O; That and the whole incestual thing they randomly put in between Cosette and Jean here is totally WTF.
LMAO!! Ok first off, I thought this was the English/Liam Neeson version of Les Mis when I clicked on it. Didn't know there was another! Secondly, the video totally had me giggling, esp with the Marvin Gaye put in there! Haha!! Very strange moments, esp Valjean saying he loves Cosette and Jarvet's suicide (he just leisurely *strolls* into the water?? lol) And last but not least, OMG I didn't expect to see Riccardo Broschi playing Marious!!!!!!!! LoL!!!!!
This version was soooooo bad...Marius is a poncy girl, Valjean's a pedo, and Enjolras is jumping around on Maruis' bed like a 3 year old. John Malkovich did an alright job as being a creepy Javert....however my loyalty lies with the musical and the Liam Neeson/Geoffrey Rush version of the movie. I just hope they make a movie of the musical :)
@TheOnlyMissLaurey they are planning to do one in 2013 and they are trying to get matt lucas to do the master of the house because he did an amazing job in the 25th annervirsery and i tottaly agree with you i have never been more shocked when valjean told marius that he loved corsett and marius is UGLY
@TheOnlyMissLaurey So you like no Eponine or Enjolras? You like Javert being a fucking bad guy? How about the non-back story on fantine and Cosette being some stuck up bitch. If you ask me, I prefer this one. And at least this Javert had emotions and wasn't evil until he fucking died for no reason. If you say that, you need to get a life.
Thank you so much for dissuading me from watching the series. Instead of spending so much time on watching it that I get angry when nonsense happens, I'm sitting here laughing until I cry. WHY O WHY are Enjolras and Marius having a pajama party!? Why is Marius apparently imported from Sicily or somewhere? WHY is little Cosette flirting with her father? Why do Marius and Valjean *both* have a creepy thing with fondling and smelling Cosette? And WHY does everybody wear leather?
Awww, Loony. They took the audio off again, dammit! But seriously, after reading your review of this of FF, I had to come see this and...uh...wow. You weren't kidding about Marius. And what the hell is up with Enjolras' PJs. Oh, God. This, this is how they decided to dress the fierce and terrifying Enjolras?! And I'm not even going to touch on Marius groping Cosette's face or Valjean's "I love her." Shudders.
Valjean falls in love with Cosette in this mini series? What horror!!! Who invent such madness? o_O Definitely this mini series is a fraud! I prefer the musical and the 1998 movie, where Valjean is a honorable man as in the novel.
yeah definitely this version is much better than Les Miserables 1998.I just think this is closer to the book ,of course they're diffirent.I like very much french which is the authentic language of Les Miserables.Vive la France,vive la revolution francaise!!!!!<3
Come on! I can't believe how ignorant you people are. How can someone be so insensitive and foolish? "Les miserables" is one of the best treasures of literature and human history. Not only because of its social commitment, but the splendid pictures Victor Hugo created only with words and feelings. This cinematographic version, is probably the best one that's been released... but I guess I'm loosing my time with all of you! P.S. Who cares if the actors are hot or not?! Don't be ridiculous!
@MlleImparfait do not disdain the miniseries only by the small sample that was shown. Someone that did not read the book may misunderstand the words of Valjean when he says that he loves Cosette. Of course he loves her, he is a lonely man without a family and she loves him unconditionally. In the book Valjean never had a girlfriend so, what he knows about sexual love is nothing! Even in the miniserie we can see that the jealousy he feels of Marius is the jealousy of a lonely man not of a lover!
I have read the book. And in ch, 3 (Two Misfortunes Equal One Happiness) of Book 4 of Cosette, it says that Valjean loves Cosette like a mother. And while he has been chaste and not had a lover, Valjean knows what happens in the world. I think he would be able to identify what was sexual love/lust for Cosette and what was parental love. Besides, I seriously doubt that book!Valjean would ever admit to Marius that he loved Cosette not as a father. That was my complaint, that it is just so OOC.
ughh, that has got to be the worst possible way to depict Javert's death. especially with the hat, because it's in his character to take it off. he wouldnt want it to be all ~poetic and such.
Highlights (er, lowlights): Marius sniffing the hanky; Gavroche's innapropriate gaze (literal lol); and the barricade boy sleepover (Enjolras' PJs crack me up tremendously).
In effect I'm Italian, I shouldn't say that but Enrico Lo Verso (Marius), is pretty ugly... I don't like the movie-version for this reason, I LOVED THE BOOK!
ho comprato il dvd qualke girono fa e quando ho visto Marius mi è venuto un colpo...meno male che doveva essere un ragazzo bellissimo XD e a peggiorare le cose,c'è la sua AGGHIACCIANTE recitazione XDDDD
Anyway,if it's not a very well made version,I think that John Malkovich is a very good Javert:Christian Clavier as Thenardier,too.
we are watching this in my ap french class and i dont think i will be able to finish it now because i will just keep hearing "lets ge it on" whenever javert enters!!
I LOVE THIS MOVIE... And I love Jean Valjean... he's so... sweet *_* He loved Cosette but... that was sad... I cried when I saw that ç_ç very nice movie even if a bit different from the novel.
marius is portrayed by..sanjaya??o.0 xD I LOVED 3:28-3:46 and 4:24 - 5:00 especially the drowning moment! suicide la di da LETS GET IT OOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!
no,read the book more carefully,he does say that,he loves cosette as a wife,as a lover,mother,sister,friend,she is the female element that was missing from his life.
I don't believe he ever says that and certainly not to Marius; it implies at certain points in the book that she is all those things but, to Marius, Valjean says he is but a passer to Cosette. xXx
I have a technical question - I have the English dub version and was looking to put my 'highlights' on YouTube, but I have no idea how to get the video from the DVD into a format that I can edit on my computer. Can someone help me out please? Thanks heaps!
0:46-1:00 - So, I take it she isn't there because she had a nightmare, huh?
2:24-2:31 - Watching that was like trying to down a straight cup of high fructose corn syrup.
2:50-3-22 - 0_o I initally thought you had put a different show in there. Then, I realized it was a man sleepover. On second thought, Marius was probably too busy sniffing Cosette's hanky to do anything to Enjolras. Poor Enjolras.
Is is just me, or have the makers of this miniseries taken all of the creepy/stalkerish things that Marius did, that were supposed to be adorable/sweet/pathetic, and made them look as creepy as they looked in print?
Hmm you wonder if the screen writers ever read the book lol Valjean/Cosette is sooo wrong, Javert's suicide is quite ridiculous, Eponine looks mad and why on Earth do Marius and Enjolras have a sleepover?!?
Ugh! This miniseries was AWFUL - they completely missed the spiritual heart of the novel and BUTCHERED it! Cosette and Valjean in bed??? But then, I've only seen the English dubbed 3-hour version - anyone know if the 6-hour French one is any better?
And while I'm in a questioning mood, why doesn't YouTube have italics so one doesn't have to resort to CAPITALS or (heaven forbid) *asterisks* for emphasis?
Ok...I read a review describing this as one of the more accurate adaptations. Query: Did the reviewer ever read the book?
Is that Gavroche evesdropping at the Gorbeau house with Marius? And why are Enjolras and Marius camping out in a printing office? Does the disgusted look on Javert's face as he marches into the Seine mean he knows what a fool he's making of himself?
On the upside, Cosette looks really sweet and pretty. Too bad she couldn't have played the part in a better version.
I got mine off amazon. The full movie is only available in French sans subtitles, though. If you're not familiar with the language, there's also an apparently hilarious English dub that's been drastically shortened.
it's more like an obsession for him. he sees cosette as his daughter. he may have loved fantine, actually in that way, but not cosette. haven't you read the book?
Yes, I have read the book. I know that Valjean didn't really want Cosette to leave him for Marius (in the book), because she was like his daughter. I was asking if Valjean is romantically interested in her in this adaptation (not in the book).
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naw, I thought it was pretty clear that he felt it was too dangerous to be closely associated to Cosette with her new life of nobility. Like he mentioned, he couldn't bare to keep himself away, and so he tricked Marius into helping by saying what he needed to say to portray himself like a big perverted creep...
Recall the scene later on when Marius and Cosette are in the coach on the way to the moribund Valjean, and he says to her "when he told me he loved you, I feared..."
I don't believe he ever did love Fantine it was more a deep pity derived from his magnanimous nature surely. I don't think there is any sexual love in the book at all, Hugo even ensures that one doesn't look at Marius' and Cosette's love in that way until the very end. xXx
totally loved it.. im from mexico and i saw it complete with spanish subtitles, and it was great... i wish there could be more videos of this version, cause its awsome, and i find marius (enrico lo verso) totally totallyy hot :D
Sort of. There's a dubbed version that surfaces on eBay every once in a while, but from what I understand it's atrocious. And it's been heavily abridged. I've been told that the dubbed Enjolras has a heavy German accent, and that he screams, "Let's build a barricade! Yay!" at some point...
Ok, Marius is stupendously ugly, Javert dies in the most hilarious way possible, Enjolras reminds me more of Jehan than Enjolras, the slash writes itself and the sexy music just killed me.
For the last few seconds
JVJ: No...
ME: Don't say it...
JVJ I LOVE Cosette
ME: AGHHHHH WTF NOOOO
UGLY MARIUS: I think it'd be best if you left
ME: TOO RIGHT, FUGLY!!!
Nicely done. Stops me having to watch the whole thing myself!
ahhh slashy goodies for all!!! marius is sanjaya. and i was seriously considering tracking down who wrote this script for being a perverted incestuous rape maniac D:< but i must admit....the floaing hat made it WORTH it
dude, it was a noble lie, get a hint. He says to Marius "I need to distance myself from Cosette, and I can't bear to do it on my own, I will need your help." Marius dismisses him, and then he says "well, I love cosette." Marius responds with, yes, like a father, and he hesitates for a second before saying "non, I love Cosette." And than Marius proceeds to kick him of their lives, just like Valjean intended.
p.s. I thought it was a long time coming that a movie portray the actual ending of the book instead of the disneyfied version of "hey they got married, how sweet, the end" we get here in the states.
Ummm, it's pretty clear even from this clip - now soundless! - that the filmmakers intended some weird Oedipidus thing here ... just watch the scene in the bed again. You're in denial.
That was so hilarious! Probably all the moreso because I've read your fic, but since I can't speak French very well and have been watching the French version, the subtitles are very useful!
Is that "I have no idea what you're talking about" your favorite quote? No offense, but he really doesn't look like a teddy bear to me. ANd all those.... disturbing parts... wer fantabulously funny. And Javert's swim/walk/suicide was the funniest thing I have ever seen.I am SO faving this video. Plus, you REALLY didn't add any music? That is also disturbing. Anyway, you are my hero, idol, all that stuff. TTFN!
Um... okay, I admit... I might have kinda sorta added the Weird Al song and 'Let's Get it On'...
And I have to explain that my Depardieu love stems from "Cyrano de Bergerac." *nods* It's amazing. Also "The Last Holiday" and "Asterix et Obelix"... and stuff. He is win.
Augh, why do I feel compelled to respond to every comment on these videos? I should get that impulse under control...
Toussaint was a woman!
iLovesMomo 3 weeks ago
Marius reminds me of a young Michael Jackson here...
iLovesMomo 3 weeks ago
It's not the money I want.
What, then?
You.
iLovesMomo 3 weeks ago
@songbird71795 It's actually quite close to the parody by french humorists "Les Inconnus" ; you can find excerpts of it here with english subtitles : youtube.com/watch?v=Cegf3mR3qGE
idiosyncrazy1980 4 months ago
eeeewww marius is …creepy looking! the part when Gavroche recognizes Javert (and the music choice) was absolutely hilarious!!! awesome vid!
RoronoaEmi 8 months ago 3
KAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! OW! 3:30 makes my stomach hurt sooo much!!! HAHAHA!!
BeveragesAfterNine 8 months ago
@ToBeFree32 Eponine was supposed to be ugly, she was poor and missing some teeth, so it said. I cried at the parts of Eponine and Fantine in the book. I also sobbed at the death of Enjolras and Grantaire. And then there was the end of the novel itself, which was completely heart breaking. The Liam Neeson version took it all away. Fantine was an Americanized whore, I can never say I felt bad for her at any time. Enjolras, Eponine, and Grantaire are removed. And the end never actually happened.
plaidcarogemm 9 months ago
@allthemusic111 (Continued) Enjolras is all that is honourable and valiant and brave - I applaud him for fighting for what he believes in. I think Cosette is more naive than anything, not necessarily bitchy. Other than Thernardier, there is no "bad guy" in this story. Both Javert and Valjean believe they are doing the right thing. Valjean is protecting those he loves, and Javert is attempting to keep the law - both men are right. Javert dies because he cannot comprehend grace.
TheOnlyMissLaurey 10 months ago
@TheOnlyMissLaurey i agree with allthemusic. The 1998 is pretty bad. The characters are overdramazied, they take out my two fav characters, Eponine, Enjolras. I think they did the characters badly in the other one. Cosette was a stuck up bitch, like atm said, lol atm. Javert was a complete evil bad guy, that's not realistic. The Thenardiers were as good as removed. Fantine was an ugly whore, I felt no pity for her. And then Gavroche was an annoying little kid. Plus, the movie was Americanized
plaidcarogemm 9 months ago
@allthemusic111 I appreciate your viewpoint, but I politely disagree. Yes, the Liam Neeson film is shorter and hence less back story on people, but the characters are far more realistic and the relationships less disturbing. Eponine is my favourite character in the whole story (aside from Valjean of course) and I love the way she is developed in the musical. (Continued)
TheOnlyMissLaurey 10 months ago
calm down people. Any person in their right mind would know that the 1998 is ten times more innacurate than this. I like this mini series, cause it actually comes close to accuracy
allthemusic111 10 months ago
this is like the anti Liam Neeson version. It's accurate, includes almost all the characters and the barricade scene is very exciting. This is the best version there is (minus Marius being ugly) but it's better than that Gothic midget they chose in the other version.
allthemusic111 10 months ago
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where i can find this movie??
Aniko97 10 months ago
Very masculine, Javert. Very masculine.
albinollama 11 months ago
Wow...just...wow. XD;;;; Javert looks like the childcatcher from chitty chitty bang bang when he has the black hair going one, Jean has HUGE shoulders, and Marius's face...well...just look at it! O_O; That and the whole incestual thing they randomly put in between Cosette and Jean here is totally WTF.
darlingzooloo 11 months ago
2:50 it's The Polar Express!!!!
ouiseylou 11 months ago
I actually quite like this adaptation for its sheer WTFery. This video doesn't even begin to capture the weirdness. Very entertaining, though. :P
Weethappl 1 year ago
I really like how Javert kills himself in this actually.
Sevencrazythings 1 year ago
Does Valjean have a brother? Or is Fauchelevant just an old friend? Sorry, I'm not very good at remembering names x)
AeroTheGreen 1 year ago
@AeroTheGreen Valjean poses as Fauchelevant's brother while he works in the convent and afterwards but they arn't actually related.
leednata120 1 year ago
LMAO!! Ok first off, I thought this was the English/Liam Neeson version of Les Mis when I clicked on it. Didn't know there was another! Secondly, the video totally had me giggling, esp with the Marvin Gaye put in there! Haha!! Very strange moments, esp Valjean saying he loves Cosette and Jarvet's suicide (he just leisurely *strolls* into the water?? lol) And last but not least, OMG I didn't expect to see Riccardo Broschi playing Marious!!!!!!!! LoL!!!!!
operagirl81 1 year ago
This version was soooooo bad...Marius is a poncy girl, Valjean's a pedo, and Enjolras is jumping around on Maruis' bed like a 3 year old. John Malkovich did an alright job as being a creepy Javert....however my loyalty lies with the musical and the Liam Neeson/Geoffrey Rush version of the movie. I just hope they make a movie of the musical :)
TheOnlyMissLaurey 1 year ago
@TheOnlyMissLaurey
I think they are! Cameron Mackintosh has signed up to make one!
BastasGirl 1 year ago
@TheOnlyMissLaurey they are planning to do one in 2013 and they are trying to get matt lucas to do the master of the house because he did an amazing job in the 25th annervirsery and i tottaly agree with you i have never been more shocked when valjean told marius that he loved corsett and marius is UGLY
rent418 10 months ago
@TheOnlyMissLaurey So you like no Eponine or Enjolras? You like Javert being a fucking bad guy? How about the non-back story on fantine and Cosette being some stuck up bitch. If you ask me, I prefer this one. And at least this Javert had emotions and wasn't evil until he fucking died for no reason. If you say that, you need to get a life.
allthemusic111 10 months ago
"Your old brother! I knew I'd find you!" Wtf?!
rockercharmz888 1 year ago
Thank you so much for dissuading me from watching the series. Instead of spending so much time on watching it that I get angry when nonsense happens, I'm sitting here laughing until I cry. WHY O WHY are Enjolras and Marius having a pajama party!? Why is Marius apparently imported from Sicily or somewhere? WHY is little Cosette flirting with her father? Why do Marius and Valjean *both* have a creepy thing with fondling and smelling Cosette? And WHY does everybody wear leather?
threescoreandten 1 year ago 4
Awww, Loony. They took the audio off again, dammit! But seriously, after reading your review of this of FF, I had to come see this and...uh...wow. You weren't kidding about Marius. And what the hell is up with Enjolras' PJs. Oh, God. This, this is how they decided to dress the fierce and terrifying Enjolras?! And I'm not even going to touch on Marius groping Cosette's face or Valjean's "I love her." Shudders.
MlleSatirist 1 year ago
Valjean falls in love with Cosette in this mini series? What horror!!! Who invent such madness? o_O Definitely this mini series is a fraud! I prefer the musical and the 1998 movie, where Valjean is a honorable man as in the novel.
PrettyEowyn 1 year ago
I forget...was there ever a subtitled version of the 6-hour French version of this?
AngryLittleBirds 1 year ago
You forgot to include the part where Marius insists that Cosette and him stay in the garden all night... ha ha ha.
The part with Gavroche and Javert and then, of course, Javert and Jean Valjean... they were so bad-- yet they made me laugh so hard!!
DarthxErik 1 year ago
ha ha ha ha Javert the homo
battlerosesx 1 year ago
tis manas sou vradiatika
stsourekia 1 year ago
omigosh sexy music???? xD
NICE ONE
emocookies66 1 year ago
poor poor Marius -sigh-
emocookies66 1 year ago
The sexy music. Oh god, I just became unhinged with laughter.
And Marius looks like he fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.
Psyprass 2 years ago
yeah definitely this version is much better than Les Miserables 1998.I just think this is closer to the book ,of course they're diffirent.I like very much french which is the authentic language of Les Miserables.Vive la France,vive la revolution francaise!!!!!<3
veronika94fun 2 years ago
Come on! I can't believe how ignorant you people are. How can someone be so insensitive and foolish? "Les miserables" is one of the best treasures of literature and human history. Not only because of its social commitment, but the splendid pictures Victor Hugo created only with words and feelings. This cinematographic version, is probably the best one that's been released... but I guess I'm loosing my time with all of you! P.S. Who cares if the actors are hot or not?! Don't be ridiculous!
Kahelversen 2 years ago
wow, the u.s version was so different, but i think i like it better, just because of the actor choice.
GuitaristChick14 2 years ago
The sleepover scene.....um.....When Enjy first goes over to the bed....he puts his hand on Marius' knee. Yeeeeeah.
This movie seems to be full of sexual undertones. JVJ/Cosette...Marius/Gavroche...Enjy/Marius...Marius freaking "caressing" Cosette's face...ew.
Thanks for making the video so I now know I don't want to see the miniseries.
MlleImparfait 2 years ago
@MlleImparfait do not disdain the miniseries only by the small sample that was shown. Someone that did not read the book may misunderstand the words of Valjean when he says that he loves Cosette. Of course he loves her, he is a lonely man without a family and she loves him unconditionally. In the book Valjean never had a girlfriend so, what he knows about sexual love is nothing! Even in the miniserie we can see that the jealousy he feels of Marius is the jealousy of a lonely man not of a lover!
Deniza25 2 years ago
I have read the book. And in ch, 3 (Two Misfortunes Equal One Happiness) of Book 4 of Cosette, it says that Valjean loves Cosette like a mother. And while he has been chaste and not had a lover, Valjean knows what happens in the world. I think he would be able to identify what was sexual love/lust for Cosette and what was parental love. Besides, I seriously doubt that book!Valjean would ever admit to Marius that he loved Cosette not as a father. That was my complaint, that it is just so OOC.
MlleImparfait 2 years ago 4
Gavroche is so damn hot !!! :D
Fiofio16 2 years ago 3
ughh, that has got to be the worst possible way to depict Javert's death. especially with the hat, because it's in his character to take it off. he wouldnt want it to be all ~poetic and such.
SarahDe93 2 years ago 4
I know, right? He just *walks* into the water? XD I dunno...I like the jumping!
lilrowyravenclaw 2 years ago 3
i love love love when he just falls backward!
GuitaristChick14 2 years ago
UGH! Marius looks like someone kicked him in the face with a cleet as a baby! (After someone dropped him on his head)
catwomen5io 3 years ago
Super idea and super music.
mctechnic1 3 years ago
i love this version of the movie
dropdeadgorgeous101 3 years ago
Yes he is but I can only think of him as Jacquouille la fripouille. "Okaaaaaay! Dingue! Okaaay!"
lasaboteuse 3 years ago
"Nobody move" - ROFLMAO!!!!!!
This is the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. Um... Marius sniffing the hanky and later saying, "I'm caressing you" - creepy much? HAHA.
And Javert just... WALKING into the river to drown himself!? WTF
I think I need to watch this miniseries... the laughs would add years to my life... HAHAHA!
ForestFire75 3 years ago 4
I laugh until I cry every time I see this.
Highlights (er, lowlights): Marius sniffing the hanky; Gavroche's innapropriate gaze (literal lol); and the barricade boy sleepover (Enjolras' PJs crack me up tremendously).
ShoshanaSky 3 years ago 2
In effect I'm Italian, I shouldn't say that but Enrico Lo Verso (Marius), is pretty ugly... I don't like the movie-version for this reason, I LOVED THE BOOK!
WilliamBaileyR 3 years ago
ho comprato il dvd qualke girono fa e quando ho visto Marius mi è venuto un colpo...meno male che doveva essere un ragazzo bellissimo XD e a peggiorare le cose,c'è la sua AGGHIACCIANTE recitazione XDDDD
Anyway,if it's not a very well made version,I think that John Malkovich is a very good Javert:Christian Clavier as Thenardier,too.
marymagdalene90 3 years ago
I loved this version.
QueenOfTheKelpies 3 years ago
marius is kind of a creeper...
and javert...
and valjean...
and eponine...
they are all creepers
we are watching this in my ap french class and i dont think i will be able to finish it now because i will just keep hearing "lets ge it on" whenever javert enters!!
ActingAl24601 3 years ago 2
I LOVE THIS MOVIE... And I love Jean Valjean... he's so... sweet *_* He loved Cosette but... that was sad... I cried when I saw that ç_ç very nice movie even if a bit different from the novel.
WilliamBaileyR 3 years ago
marius is portrayed by..sanjaya??o.0 xD I LOVED 3:28-3:46 and 4:24 - 5:00 especially the drowning moment! suicide la di da LETS GET IT OOOOOOOOOOOOOWN!
RaWrZzZz 3 years ago 2
Rotfl! And what the bleep happened, why did they cast this chick to play Marius?? He so ugly as a mud fence daubed with tadpoles.. fo shizzle
Absinthegirl 3 years ago 19
maybe he has an interesting personality (lol)
hahabinga 3 years ago 2
Jeanne Moreau in here as well.
Oualtaire 3 years ago
Valjean loves Cosette? What a crab! I've read the book (I LOVE the book and the musical!!) But whats that? And why looks Eponine so cheap?
Merope16 3 years ago 3
no,read the book more carefully,he does say that,he loves cosette as a wife,as a lover,mother,sister,friend,she is the female element that was missing from his life.
That's what he means,in the book at least
hahabinga 3 years ago
I don't believe he ever says that and certainly not to Marius; it implies at certain points in the book that she is all those things but, to Marius, Valjean says he is but a passer to Cosette. xXx
curzmg 3 years ago
well,of course,he doesn't say it to marius,actually he just thinks it.anyways,this was clearly a shitty version
hahabinga 3 years ago 5
I have a technical question - I have the English dub version and was looking to put my 'highlights' on YouTube, but I have no idea how to get the video from the DVD into a format that I can edit on my computer. Can someone help me out please? Thanks heaps!
Bolluga 3 years ago
3:28-3:46 made me almost fall off my chair. NICE. :D
mfoxie0x 3 years ago
1:37-1:50 - No, that's not creepy at all.
0:39-0:44 - WTF?
0:46-1:00 - So, I take it she isn't there because she had a nightmare, huh?
2:24-2:31 - Watching that was like trying to down a straight cup of high fructose corn syrup.
2:50-3-22 - 0_o I initally thought you had put a different show in there. Then, I realized it was a man sleepover. On second thought, Marius was probably too busy sniffing Cosette's hanky to do anything to Enjolras. Poor Enjolras.
LordoftheMorons27 3 years ago 2
Is is just me, or have the makers of this miniseries taken all of the creepy/stalkerish things that Marius did, that were supposed to be adorable/sweet/pathetic, and made them look as creepy as they looked in print?
Laniandromeda 3 years ago
Hmm you wonder if the screen writers ever read the book lol Valjean/Cosette is sooo wrong, Javert's suicide is quite ridiculous, Eponine looks mad and why on Earth do Marius and Enjolras have a sleepover?!?
phantomgooseberry 3 years ago 5
Haha, I'm with Skrimner--wasn't the whole point that there was an undertow in the river? Wading in...why? Whoever mentions baptism will be shot.
In any case, the sight of Malkovich marching into the Seine until only his hat remains is funny even without the inspired score.
lasaboteuse 3 years ago 4
Enjolras/Marius, anybody?
OMG "I love Cosette". WHY?
Poor Javert, he seems so bored.
Sieglinde84 3 years ago 6
I've always been utterly baffled by the Valjean/Cosette stuff in this version. WHY? WHY?????
hydrophone 3 years ago 3
Ugh! This miniseries was AWFUL - they completely missed the spiritual heart of the novel and BUTCHERED it! Cosette and Valjean in bed??? But then, I've only seen the English dubbed 3-hour version - anyone know if the 6-hour French one is any better?
Bolluga 3 years ago
Wow. That was hilarious. I started giggling madly at the first song, and burst into hysterics at the second...
Very nicely done!
*Sythar
Sibedh 3 years ago
I have read this book...it is my favorite!
sweetyhoneybani 3 years ago 2
Marius est un rampeur...! XD
stumpy457 3 years ago
That's a rather unpleasant way to drown yourself....It makes you wonder why he didn't try something easier...say...jumping off a bridge? (hint hint)
Skrimner 3 years ago 7
I think to emphasize his sense of clear-cut conviction, even in his auto-execution?
gunsandbullhorns 3 years ago
Well . . . it's got . . . eye candy? *sob*
Oh, and what's the Weird Al song you have playing? It's catchy.
Viorica8957 3 years ago 4
Hee, I really hope that by "eye candy" you mean Virginie Ledoyen and not teh Fugly...
lesmisloony 3 years ago
Her and Asia Argento. :P
Viorica8957 3 years ago
And while I'm in a questioning mood, why doesn't YouTube have italics so one doesn't have to resort to CAPITALS or (heaven forbid) *asterisks* for emphasis?
LaMusicaVa 3 years ago
In old typewriter tradition, _this is italics_, *this is bold* and THIS IS UNDERLINED. not sure if that might help =\
gunsandbullhorns 3 years ago
Ok...I read a review describing this as one of the more accurate adaptations. Query: Did the reviewer ever read the book?
Is that Gavroche evesdropping at the Gorbeau house with Marius? And why are Enjolras and Marius camping out in a printing office? Does the disgusted look on Javert's face as he marches into the Seine mean he knows what a fool he's making of himself?
On the upside, Cosette looks really sweet and pretty. Too bad she couldn't have played the part in a better version.
LaMusicaVa 3 years ago 6
I am having the worst tim locating this on amasozn, when I need subtitles to understand it. Any other suggestions as to where I can get it? Please!
Shilara 3 years ago
eBay for sure... I, uh, have no idea why I typed amazon in that other comment as I got mine off eBay, not amazon... *shakes head sadly*
Anyway, to get some rarer goodies you have to troll eBay constantly. Which is often dangerous, as there are many other shiny things there.
Alternatively, try googling "Les Miserables" Depardieu English dub DVD and go from there.
lesmisloony 3 years ago
does anyone know where can I find the full movie?
bbiancass 3 years ago
I got mine off amazon. The full movie is only available in French sans subtitles, though. If you're not familiar with the language, there's also an apparently hilarious English dub that's been drastically shortened.
lesmisloony 3 years ago
French sans subtitles, eh? LOL. I got mine from torrents... it's basic french.
Unerly 3 years ago
Oh my god! You killed Fachelevant! Enjolras fucking Fachelevant!
That's not right!!!!
misspascal101 3 years ago 2
that's not a french guy, since when marius was a moor?
badshans 4 years ago 3
Okay...Is Jean Valjean, like, in love with Cosette? That is soooo wrong.
booklover181 4 years ago 3
it's more like an obsession for him. he sees cosette as his daughter. he may have loved fantine, actually in that way, but not cosette. haven't you read the book?
bbiancass 3 years ago
Yes, I have read the book. I know that Valjean didn't really want Cosette to leave him for Marius (in the book), because she was like his daughter. I was asking if Valjean is romantically interested in her in this adaptation (not in the book).
booklover181 3 years ago
Yeah, he was. Creepy, eh?
lesmisloony 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
naw, I thought it was pretty clear that he felt it was too dangerous to be closely associated to Cosette with her new life of nobility. Like he mentioned, he couldn't bare to keep himself away, and so he tricked Marius into helping by saying what he needed to say to portray himself like a big perverted creep...
Recall the scene later on when Marius and Cosette are in the coach on the way to the moribund Valjean, and he says to her "when he told me he loved you, I feared..."
gunsandbullhorns 3 years ago
@booklover181 Were I Cosette, I would NEVER fall in love with Marius if he had a nose and creepy smile like that...
imRoxFarjat 1 year ago
I don't believe he ever did love Fantine it was more a deep pity derived from his magnanimous nature surely. I don't think there is any sexual love in the book at all, Hugo even ensures that one doesn't look at Marius' and Cosette's love in that way until the very end. xXx
curzmg 3 years ago 20
The music during Gavroche's and Javert's little staring contest is utterly perfect.
webcomix 4 years ago 2
ive got this on dvd! i like it!
jackhurst85 4 years ago
totally loved it.. im from mexico and i saw it complete with spanish subtitles, and it was great... i wish there could be more videos of this version, cause its awsome, and i find marius (enrico lo verso) totally totallyy hot :D
specialy when he first mets cosette
thnx for uploading!
mariahvideo2000 4 years ago
Do You know if I can find this moive in English??????????!!
LesMiserablesEponine 4 years ago
Sort of. There's a dubbed version that surfaces on eBay every once in a while, but from what I understand it's atrocious. And it's been heavily abridged. I've been told that the dubbed Enjolras has a heavy German accent, and that he screams, "Let's build a barricade! Yay!" at some point...
lesmisloony 4 years ago
Oh...wow...never mind then..... Lol...
LesMiserablesEponine 4 years ago
Teehee. As non-Enjolras-y as that is, it's pretty cute.
webcomix 4 years ago 4
"Let's build a barricade! Yay!"
Why did that statement make me think of Kermit the frog? Ha! The images! XD There are tears in my eyes!
LordoftheMorons27 3 years ago
This is so wrong but I love it...
songlark 4 years ago
Erin, this is wrong ... on soooo many levels ... hahahhahaahahha. Umm.
sunrisesunset51 4 years ago
this video is really wierd
masterfrofro 4 years ago
*shudder* So much of that seemed skeevy and wrong. Guh.
CandidCandide 4 years ago
alright, so in the 1935 version, Marius is TOTALLY HOT. valjean looks distinguished, javert looks fugly & stupid, and cosette look sweet.
TokioHotelAAR 4 years ago
Agreed... except Valjean is also TOTALLY HOT. In my opinion. Marius is cute... but Valjean... mmmmFredericMarchhhhh.
lesmisloony 4 years ago
Ok, Marius is stupendously ugly, Javert dies in the most hilarious way possible, Enjolras reminds me more of Jehan than Enjolras, the slash writes itself and the sexy music just killed me.
For the last few seconds
JVJ: No...
ME: Don't say it...
JVJ I LOVE Cosette
ME: AGHHHHH WTF NOOOO
UGLY MARIUS: I think it'd be best if you left
ME: TOO RIGHT, FUGLY!!!
Nicely done. Stops me having to watch the whole thing myself!
SophieOk 4 years ago 6
ahhh slashy goodies for all!!! marius is sanjaya. and i was seriously considering tracking down who wrote this script for being a perverted incestuous rape maniac D:< but i must admit....the floaing hat made it WORTH it
RaWrZzZz 3 years ago
dude, it was a noble lie, get a hint. He says to Marius "I need to distance myself from Cosette, and I can't bear to do it on my own, I will need your help." Marius dismisses him, and then he says "well, I love cosette." Marius responds with, yes, like a father, and he hesitates for a second before saying "non, I love Cosette." And than Marius proceeds to kick him of their lives, just like Valjean intended.
gunsandbullhorns 3 years ago
p.s. I thought it was a long time coming that a movie portray the actual ending of the book instead of the disneyfied version of "hey they got married, how sweet, the end" we get here in the states.
gunsandbullhorns 3 years ago 2
Ummm, it's pretty clear even from this clip - now soundless! - that the filmmakers intended some weird Oedipidus thing here ... just watch the scene in the bed again. You're in denial.
nclysander 2 years ago 3
Hey it sure was a great story though, I'm sure we all agree on that!
Tripo1iSamson 2 years ago
That was so hilarious! Probably all the moreso because I've read your fic, but since I can't speak French very well and have been watching the French version, the subtitles are very useful!
sillykitty20021 4 years ago
Now that Javert's dead, can I have his hat?
SirThinks2Much 4 years ago
If you're willing to go fish it out of the Seine... sure!
lesmisloony 4 years ago
Oh. My. GOD. This video is an epic win. I hope my apt. mate will forgive me for waking her up due to my loud laughter. Win, win, 2460WIN!
Amkii 4 years ago 6
Valjean/Cosette?
I think I'm going to cry.
Viorica8957 4 years ago 4
I am suitably horrified.
But I'm also laughing hysterically, so it's all good. xD
BubonicWoodchuck 4 years ago 2
2:08 makes me think of Disney's Beauty and the Beast with that dress.
I am so not watching this movie.
EuphrasieF 4 years ago
Is that "I have no idea what you're talking about" your favorite quote? No offense, but he really doesn't look like a teddy bear to me. ANd all those.... disturbing parts... wer fantabulously funny. And Javert's swim/walk/suicide was the funniest thing I have ever seen.I am SO faving this video. Plus, you REALLY didn't add any music? That is also disturbing. Anyway, you are my hero, idol, all that stuff. TTFN!
lemonylover13 4 years ago 2
*hugs*
Um... okay, I admit... I might have kinda sorta added the Weird Al song and 'Let's Get it On'...
And I have to explain that my Depardieu love stems from "Cyrano de Bergerac." *nods* It's amazing. Also "The Last Holiday" and "Asterix et Obelix"... and stuff. He is win.
Augh, why do I feel compelled to respond to every comment on these videos? I should get that impulse under control...
lesmisloony 4 years ago
Replying to every comment is awesome! It makes everyone love you!
lemonylover13 4 years ago
*replying*
Yay! Now I am loved.
lesmisloony 4 years ago
Depardieu was great in VATEL as well!!
cincishaman 3 years ago