In my last article, I talked about a new movie that came out recently called Logan. Today, I'm going to take you back a little bit and tell you about a not as new movie that came out five years ago, Les Miserables. If you have seen Les Miserables and Logan, you might find they have a similarity, Hugh Jackman plays the main character in both. Les Miserables is set in France during the French Revolution, and follows a newly released prisoner on parole, who is soon to be on the run for the rest of the movie. The prisoner instantly goes back to his old ways, but after the kindness of a man, tries to build a respectable life. It was an exceptional movie. Although, those that don't like musicals or songs, may not like it as much because every line in the movie is sung. Not only is everything sung, but one surprising and amazing feature of this movie is that all of the songs are sung live on set. Most movies have the songs done in a studio to help the actors sound better, and then they add the songs into the right scenes as the actors lip sync. Some movies do this really well, while others are pretty obvious *Cough* High School Musical *Cough*.
Anyway, the actors in Les Miserables do a really good job of the singing and acting aspect. One actor that could've had a little bit stronger of a voice, was Amanda Seyfried, who played Cosette. The movies cinematography was amazing, and the directing was excellent. The movie can be really depressing because almost all of the main characters die, some in very gruesome ways, like suicide. At the same time, it shows that everyone dies, but that there is still hope. This movie is very powerful. The actors do an exceptional job displaying emotion in their facial expressions and in their songs. I caught myself, multiple times in fact, with my face scrunched up in
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