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bikeidaho t1_j2dl5x7 wrote

Also a great Broadway play for those of you who want the TLDR version..

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Johnhfcx OP t1_j2dlp2n wrote

Yes thanks bikeidaho, there is a great musical, which is taken from the books. Thanks for reminding me!

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bikeidaho t1_j2dlu60 wrote

Lots of parts left out of the play write but over all still incredibly amazing. The music captures the emotions so well.

The movies... Eh, just didn't do the story justice.

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Johnhfcx OP t1_j2dmp4u wrote

Yes, there were large chunks of the books cut out. But they often do that with movie releases I find. Still a great effort though. I think we would all agree.

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No-Push5299 t1_j2dxnfe wrote

Yeah, but the book >>>> the play. I see the play as an original work, loosely based on the novel.

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mojito_sangria t1_j2f3e0w wrote

The musical is somewhat misleading, as it may depict Javert as being assigned with the only mission of pursuing Jean Valjean in his life.

And it missed out some interactions between ABC friends, espcially between Marius the Bonapartist and others republicans

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Calm_Rays t1_j2fp8t4 wrote

Wolverine v Gladiator v Borat v Catwoman

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juan-love t1_j2dt8y5 wrote

Better still there's a great bbc adaptation

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Johnhfcx OP t1_j2dvrxj wrote

Yes Juan. I saw that as well. Personally I didn't really like it. It just didn't appeal to me for some reason. I prefer the stage musical, and Victor Hugo's original text, which is actually two or three books, altogether. Although there are some versions which compile them into one!?

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juan-love t1_j2dxm9a wrote

I much preferred the book as being so much richer but as someone who just doesn't like musicals I appreciated the bbc version, although I agree it was far from perfect. I thought their war and peace adaptation hit the mark much better.

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