For the record, the sewer scene was from the book. Like, spot-on, near-drowning-in-a-lake-of-underground-sewage-in-really-graphic-detail from the book. And Marius's wounds did fester...there was mention of gratuitous bleached bandages to fight the raging infections.
There was a quite a lot added from the book, actually! It made my Lit major heart very happy. The vocals were disappointingly week, but I'm not sure I blame the extreeeeeme closeups so much as the recorded-on-site nature of the singing
The only thing that really, really put me off was Javert's Unnecessarily Crunchy Suicide which will be the name of my metal band someday. The scene stops being reflective and pitiful when you hear Javert's body go CRUNCH and you sit there going "NO NO THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING
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There was a quite a lot added from the book, actually! It made my Lit major heart very happy. The vocals were disappointingly week, but I'm not sure I blame the extreeeeeme closeups so much as the recorded-on-site nature of the singing
The only thing that really, really put me off was Javert's Unnecessarily Crunchy Suicide which will be the name of my metal band someday. The scene stops being reflective and pitiful when you hear Javert's body go CRUNCH and you sit there going "NO NO THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING ( ... )
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