Last night we watched the blue ray of Les Miserables (pardon my French) and were somewhat less than
impressed. I know this thing has had
universal critical acclaim, but I have to admit that I found myself wondering
why they couldn’t just talk between songs, instead of singing three-word
answers.
I was asking when Leonard Pinth-Garnell was going to make an
appearance.
“There, now. That
wasn’t very good at all, was it?
You may remember, Pinth-Garnell was the character played by
Dan Aykroyd on Saturday Night Live. Aykroyd hosted skits titled Bad Theatre or Bad Ballet, which featured performances by ensembles that
were—well—bad. Usually the skits
featured “our own Ronnie Bateman,” a character played by Bill Murray.
Anyway, I know I am going to fall on the wrong side of this
one because I have heard so much praise, but I just was not entertained by the
movie.
Many of you will naturally assume that I am just some kind
of inarticulate, artless hick without any culture or taste, but I am going to
recommend that you may want to skip this one.
It seemed to go on and on into tedium, with everyone
singing, when an unsung, spoken, yes or no answer would have sufficed. I was too bored at the end even to watch the
credits, even though I wanted to see if Ronnie Bateman’s name was among them.
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