I personally loved how Eddie Redmayne delivered the line "and myself with it" when he tried to warn the opponents involved in the revolution. That small phrase was delivered with calculated emotions but overwhelming and plausible silence, which made Eddie's Marius sound patriotic, devoted, sacrificial, and expiatory. I was rooting to watch the TV miniseries but, it doesnt look that much of a convincing adaption, regardless of the fact that its depiction is closer to the books.
ThePugPie how on earth can you say the 2012 musical film, which isn’t even a good depiction of the musical is closer to the book? The bbc series has the coin theft by Valijean, Fantine’s eloping, the old woman who snoops on Fantine’s history, azelma, the incarceration and implied death of Mrs Thenardier, the whole subplot with marius’s father and his adopted father. None of this is in the musical or in the shit 2012 movie. And I’m my opinion all of those bits were done well in the series. The series does I admit struggle with the revolution party and I think part of it is the amount of characters and the fact Marius is just not as interesting or as nuanced as the others. If you look at the other non musical adaptation, with Geoffrey Rush, that is also pretty good until it completely derails when the revolutionaries get involved.
@ThePugPie Exactly the book said if Cosette loved someone less pure she would be "ruined" (get pregnant with no father like Fantine). Well done BBC you completely missed the point because you thought the Eponine fangirls would like him being a creeper!
BBC: our version of Les Mis is more accurate to the book also BBC: didn't bother reading the book, just read some blogs about the musical and missed the entire point of Marius, Cosette and Eponine
I liked this version. I liked that they included more scenes from the book and watching the steady decline of the Thenadiers, who were a real threat instead of comic relief.
Was really enjoying it until this episode, what happened to Grantaire, where did the other barricade boys go? I mean, I love how close it was to the brick up till now, but they really did not do ABC well.
Garantire was in a coma and in the end dies with Enjolras and the rest of the Boys all die but in difference places a few went home......Enjolras is my favourite......who's is yours?
Yep. Went into a drunken stupor/sleep (he had like... an entire bottle or two of wine) behind the bar after he had an argument with Enjolras about where he should sleep it of. Enj didn’t want him to stay at the barricade, but Grantaire was like “nah, dude. I’m good.” and crashed there before the battle. He literally woke up only moments before he joined Enjolras to die.
That was a bit... *calm* for a scene of pitched hand to hand combat, was it not? "Fixed bayonets" and "ambling forward unhurredly" don't often appear in the same context.
I liked it a lot as well! I read the entire novel, and this is much more faithful to the book. Marius really was a lovesick, scared boy who didn't join his friends until he thought he'd lost Cosette.
@@allygp6834 No it's not. The only "noteworthy" thing they changed from the book is that Valjean runs into Sister Simplice instead of Fauchelevent in the convent. And even that change is completely justified as it moves the story at a faster pace instead of having Valjean and Fauchelevent talking for hours about how they are going to convince the nuns to let him and Cosette stay in the convent. Marius' backstory is faithfully explored as is Valjean's interaction with Petit-Gervais, two events that almost every adaptation including the musical leaves out.
so exact same thing as the 2012 movie except no singing where are mah bois COURF, FERRE, JEHAN, FEUILLY, BAHOREL, BOSSEUT, JOLY?!?!?! WHERE?!?! WHOMST TF?!?! *ANDWHYDOESGAVROCHEHAVEANAFRO??!!?!?!?*
The lack of effort put in to make these actors look like there from the time period rather than a 2019 film set ruins any chance this had at being good. Looks more like a low budget university production.
We don't really make a fuss in the UK. It'll just be passive aggressive complaints online and shirty letters to The Times newspaper for the next three decades.
So he's willing to die without Cosette... But he seems more attracted to his neighbour with moldy teeth? I thought Marius spent years in poverty, why was that skipped over? Why did he support Thenardier becoming a slave trader? I thought Marius was meant to be this innocent lover wtf is this?
Theh probably skipped over his poverty because it was boring abd theres a lot of story to jam into 6 episodes. Plus we knew he was poor because we saw his grabdad disown him and saw his living conditions. He didn't approve of slavery but just did nothing to stop Thenardier and considering how uninterested he was in the barricades and that slavery was normal back then, it makes sense.
But they had time to add brothel scenes and wet dreams that I'm pretty sure were not in character? And he totally supported Thenardier, he paid him, what an irredeemable "hero" for a story ostensibly about social justice.
Although I am a fan of Josh O'Connor but honestly I think Eddie Redmayne played the role of Marius Pontmercy so much better, Eddie played it very similar to Marius from the book. Also, Ellie Bamber (the actress who played Cosette) played her part not so good. Cosette and Jean Valjean never argued in ten years they spent together. Cosette (from the book) would never say to Jean Valjean "I hate you". It's like you missed the whole point of both Cosette and Marius. Honestly, did any of them actors actually read the book? On the other hand, Dominic West and David Oyelowo, Olivia Colman, Adeel Akhtar and Lily Collins played their role very convicingly, very similar to their parts in book. I enjoyed watching their parts. :)
... À l’heure si sombre encore, de la civilisation où nous sommes, le misérable s’appelle l’homme; il gémit sous tous les Climats et il agonise dans toutes les Langues. VICTOR HUGO
It's really a shame we have not yet got a truly good accurate mini series adaption of the book. This series could have been it, they could have done it but didn't. Points for getting Javert's outfit perfectly from the book, points retracted for not making him a gypsy anymore.
I just found this, why ..... why the BBC ..... why a british channel talk about a french event ? To bash us again ? Really ? That's why UK is disappointing
This version sucked... worse Marius and Eponine ever... no literary analysis has pointed to any tension between Marius and Eponine, and there have been VOLUMES written about Les Mis. Valjean and Javert, yes, Valjean and Cosette, yes, sometimes even Valjean and Fantine... but NEVER Marius and Eponine. And of course they made her brown. What a SHIT representation.
I personally loved how Eddie Redmayne delivered the line "and myself with it" when he tried to warn the opponents involved in the revolution. That small phrase was delivered with calculated emotions but overwhelming and plausible silence, which made Eddie's Marius sound patriotic, devoted, sacrificial, and expiatory. I was rooting to watch the TV miniseries but, it doesnt look that much of a convincing adaption, regardless of the fact that its depiction is closer to the books.
The guy playing Marius here is Josh O' Connor.
ThePugPie how on earth can you say the 2012 musical film, which isn’t even a good depiction of the musical is closer to the book? The bbc series has the coin theft by Valijean, Fantine’s eloping, the old woman who snoops on Fantine’s history, azelma, the incarceration and implied death of Mrs Thenardier, the whole subplot with marius’s father and his adopted father. None of this is in the musical or in the shit 2012 movie. And I’m my opinion all of those bits were done well in the series. The series does I admit struggle with the revolution party and I think part of it is the amount of characters and the fact Marius is just not as interesting or as nuanced as the others. If you look at the other non musical adaptation, with Geoffrey Rush, that is also pretty good until it completely derails when the revolutionaries get involved.
@ThePugPie Exactly the book said if Cosette loved someone less pure she would be "ruined" (get pregnant with no father like Fantine). Well done BBC you completely missed the point because you thought the Eponine fangirls would like him being a creeper!
@@Thelionpaladin
Well the thing is bbc didn’t bother reading the books at all.
The 2012 movie was the worst adaptation I’ve ever seen of the book. And worst version of the musical
BBC: our version of Les Mis is more accurate to the book
also BBC: didn't bother reading the book, just read some blogs about the musical and missed the entire point of Marius, Cosette and Eponine
There are a lot of details in the show that came directly out of the book.
I think they read it, and it was a good adaptation
This adaptation got a lot of tiny details, even down to the bishop saying that without silverware, you can still dip bread in milk
But it still has Joseph Quinn. So why are we complaining...?
Perhaps they did read the book, and showed some details in the show, but most of the time, they just missed the point completely.
Just realized that this Marius actor also plays Prince Charles in The Crown 😂
Josh O Connor. A brilliant actor
Brick accurate, they said. Cast enjolras whos sopposed to look like apollo as some middle aged dude, they said.
Marius has wet dreams about Eponine, they said. Fantine is brunette and Cosette is blonde, they said. 🙄 Messy, messy
That “middle aged dude” is now the white boy of the month!
Middle age?! He would have been about 25 here
@@lalalaabbs hair and makeup did my man DIRTY i just fpund out thats joeseph quinn, they aged him 20 years with this
@@Superkaye123 whoever did hair and makeup needs to be FIRED, aged my man 20 yearz
Wow i just see Joseph Quinn (Eddie Munson) from Stranger Things 4. He is such a great actor
And Josh O Connor from Seasons 3 and 4 of the Crown
I liked this version. I liked that they included more scenes from the book and watching the steady decline of the Thenadiers, who were a real threat instead of comic relief.
Les Amis de l'ABC are always done dirty in adaptations despite the fact that they're 90% of the fanbase's favourite part of the story.
Was really enjoying it until this episode, what happened to Grantaire, where did the other barricade boys go?
I mean, I love how close it was to the brick up till now, but they really did not do ABC well.
Garantire was in a coma and in the end dies with Enjolras and the rest of the Boys all die but in difference places a few went home......Enjolras is my favourite......who's is yours?
Yep. Went into a drunken stupor/sleep (he had like... an entire bottle or two of wine) behind the bar after he had an argument with Enjolras about where he should sleep it of. Enj didn’t want him to stay at the barricade, but Grantaire was like “nah, dude. I’m good.” and crashed there before the battle. He literally woke up only moments before he joined Enjolras to die.
That was a bit... *calm* for a scene of pitched hand to hand combat, was it not? "Fixed bayonets" and "ambling forward unhurredly" don't often appear in the same context.
This scene in a nutshell 1:30 🤣🤣🤣🤣 his face gets me every time
Marius is such an insane idiot I love him
He's gross. And ugly. He should have looked like Laurie in the new Little Women.
There's les mis adaptations that are so perfect and accurate but always fail to do the ABC justice.
This version was the most authentic depiction of this ironic tale.
2:32
The way he screams then just dies gets me
See a lot of people complaining about this show. I loved it
same
Its accuracy compared to the book is wayyyy off. That's why people are complaining. Also not many people are satisfied with the actors either.
I liked it a lot as well! I read the entire novel, and this is much more faithful to the book. Marius really was a lovesick, scared boy who didn't join his friends until he thought he'd lost Cosette.
@@allygp6834 No it's not. The only "noteworthy" thing they changed from the book is that Valjean runs into Sister Simplice instead of Fauchelevent in the convent. And even that change is completely justified as it moves the story at a faster pace instead of having Valjean and Fauchelevent talking for hours about how they are going to convince the nuns to let him and Cosette stay in the convent.
Marius' backstory is faithfully explored as is Valjean's interaction with Petit-Gervais, two events that almost every adaptation including the musical leaves out.
The characterisation is really off for Valjean, Javert and especially Marius.
so exact same thing as the 2012 movie
except no singing
where are mah bois
COURF, FERRE, JEHAN, FEUILLY, BAHOREL, BOSSEUT, JOLY?!?!?!
WHERE?!?!
WHOMST TF?!?!
*ANDWHYDOESGAVROCHEHAVEANAFRO??!!?!?!?*
@Mehek T holy shit you right!!
sorry im just use to the musical version
thelesamisdyingaphobic you didn’t have Fantine’s two front teeth pulled out.
thelesamisdyingaphobic which part was the worst of that for you? Was it the during or the aftermath of seeing her mouth in the mirror?
@@AmethystEyes just the whole taking out of the tooth in general
thelesamisdyingaphobic and it’s even worse knowing that they faked Cosette’s illness.
That's how Revolution works
How embarrasing...
DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING
SINGING A SONG OF ANGRY MEN
It is the music of a people who will not be slaves again
@@victorortega749 WHEN THE BEATING OF OUR HEARTS ECHOES THE BEATING OF THE DRUMS
There is a life about to start when tomorrow comes
@@victorortega749 Another Day and Another Destiny.
This is a lot more dramatic than I imagined it would be in the book.
The lack of effort put in to make these actors look like there from the time period rather than a 2019 film set ruins any chance this had at being good. Looks more like a low budget university production.
I thought Lily Collins was a believable Fantine.
this'll be Brtian come April 1 w no deal brexit
If there is going to be a revolution over Brexit on April 1st- Ive got a bad feeling about this.
We don't really make a fuss in the UK. It'll just be passive aggressive complaints online and shirty letters to The Times newspaper for the next three decades.
No ones got any balls and is too lazy for revolutions nowadays
The actors are unremarkable. The one who plays Cossette is forgettable. Even Olivia Colman's talent is being wasted on this.
@Missy T I think that's an issue with the book though. Most female ideals were written that way; soppy and boring.
I think a lot of it is the direction and writing maybe? Because damn, Josh O Connor, Olivia Coleman? Being unremarkable? It's a waste of their talent
This made me feel uncomfortable
You can't compare this with eddies performance
Oliver Twist + A Christmas Caorl + Cinderella + Avengers = Les Miserables
Don't forget about A Christmas Carol (Scrooge representing Jean Valjean).
Could you please upload the preview of the next episode?
Yes please
So he's willing to die without Cosette... But he seems more attracted to his neighbour with moldy teeth? I thought Marius spent years in poverty, why was that skipped over? Why did he support Thenardier becoming a slave trader? I thought Marius was meant to be this innocent lover wtf is this?
Theh probably skipped over his poverty because it was boring abd theres a lot of story to jam into 6 episodes. Plus we knew he was poor because we saw his grabdad disown him and saw his living conditions. He didn't approve of slavery but just did nothing to stop Thenardier and considering how uninterested he was in the barricades and that slavery was normal back then, it makes sense.
But they had time to add brothel scenes and wet dreams that I'm pretty sure were not in character? And he totally supported Thenardier, he paid him, what an irredeemable "hero" for a story ostensibly about social justice.
Although I am a fan of Josh O'Connor but honestly I think Eddie Redmayne played the role of Marius Pontmercy so much better, Eddie played it very similar to Marius from the book. Also, Ellie Bamber (the actress who played Cosette) played her part not so good. Cosette and Jean Valjean never argued in ten years they spent together. Cosette (from the book) would never say to Jean Valjean "I hate you". It's like you missed the whole point of both Cosette and Marius. Honestly, did any of them actors actually read the book? On the other hand, Dominic West and David Oyelowo, Olivia Colman, Adeel Akhtar and Lily Collins played their role very convicingly, very similar to their parts in book. I enjoyed watching their parts. :)
LMAOOOOO THE BBC REALLY THOUGHT IT DID SOMETHING HUH
Why are people criticizing this as a copy of the musical when this scene wasn't even in the musical?
gkidz4 huh? Right before A Little Fall of Rain, when Éponine saves Marius’ life.
Idiot
Yes it was? Almost exactly the same
Oh yeah yeah
Startupthe oh yea yea chain
Wait...IS THAT JOSH O'CONNOR
When he screamed i lost it 😂😂
... À l’heure si sombre encore, de la civilisation où nous sommes, le misérable s’appelle l’homme; il gémit sous tous les Climats et il agonise dans toutes les Langues.
VICTOR HUGO
The BBC should have adapted Demons by Dostoevsky
Wtf have they done
This scene needs more singing
was this scene inspired from the movie?
Im amazed that noone got sued over this
It's based on the same book, my dude.
Apologise to DIANE ABOTT
Marius I DON'T LIKE THIS
Bit late but, Corfu anyone?
This looks rather... underwhelming.
my Favourites characters is Enjolras is my He is in Love With Courfeyrac
This looks like a fucking snl parody what is going on
It's really a shame we have not yet got a truly good accurate mini series adaption of the book. This series could have been it, they could have done it but didn't.
Points for getting Javert's outfit perfectly from the book, points retracted for not making him a gypsy anymore.
France Revolution i learned this in school before.
it's the French rebellion of 1832.
He is always a hero movbdu0rotstis
Hi
I just found this, why ..... why the BBC ..... why a british channel talk about a french event ? To bash us again ? Really ? That's why UK is disappointing
Oi oui oui
1:32
Well we almost chuckle over the face that we forget he said "move" X'D
me to my brothers when they're in the way
That's what I would say if I was in the middle of capturing a revolutionary barricade and some random dude threatens me with a barrel of gunpowder.
jesus
This version sucked... worse Marius and Eponine ever... no literary analysis has pointed to any tension between Marius and Eponine, and there have been VOLUMES written about Les Mis. Valjean and Javert, yes, Valjean and Cosette, yes, sometimes even Valjean and Fantine... but NEVER Marius and Eponine. And of course they made her brown. What a SHIT representation.