After seeing this film I found it very difficult to hold back any kind of strong emotion that would make me look like less of a man, but this was too difficult to do as Les Miserables destroyed any cold-hearted side of me and made me weep like hell. This film is the sheer pinnacle of the musical genre because it entwines raw emotion with beautiful music numbers. The sets were amazing and the acting was astounding. The film starts off with the main character, Jean Val Jean, played by Hugh Jackman, who looks amazing in this scene as he went on an insane diet for this. Already the audience gets the idea of the kind of world the film is set in: dark and enslaved. We are also introduced to the films villain, Javert, played by Russell Crowe who proves that he can sing! The introduction of this rivalry between the two characters is the corner-stone for this entire film since it shows these two different philosophies of life fight against one-another and marks the begin...
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