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[ulkis]

Apologies to those who have seen me ramble on and on about the movies.

So now I've seen almost every Les Miserables movie available, so I'm gonna make a list, because that's always fun. I'm gonna start with the ones that I don't think are worth the effort, unless you also like watching every Les Mis movie for the heck of it.

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[10littlebullets]

I've seen... all but the '35, '95, and '52 ones, and I have to agree that the '34 one is the best of the lot. Gillenormand alone is worth the price of admission

[ulkis]

I seem to recall really liking the first half of the '78 version and thinking the whole thing should've been much longer

Yeah - you get the feeling they would have continued it properly if they had more time. I don't get the reluctance of English speaking versions have of letting Valjean die. I know there's a lack of time, but still.

that they were trying way too hard not to make it a conventional staid adaptationI agree. I get the sense they wanted to make it more risque, which, do you really need to do that? I liked most of the actors though. If we could have traded say 2000's actors for the 1982's plot, I think that would be ideal

[lesmisloony]

Ooh! I've seen all of these but the weird '95 one and the '34 one, though I do have access to both... actually, I have the '34 one on DVD sitting about a foot away from me, just haven't gotten a free second to watch it yet. Huh.

So these are the only ones? Other than assorted cartoons, I guess.

Wait! What about that legendary terrible Italian one?

[ulkis]

No, there's more - there's the silent one from 1925, and yes, the terrible Italian one - I don't think I WANT to see that one, yikes. Well, OK, maybe I do, it sounds hilarious. Oh, and apparently there's a French one from I think 72, that starts out kinda backwards, in June 1832 and then flashbacks to how Valjean adopted Cosette. One of the reviews from imdb said it even had Theodule.

[lesmisloony]

Ah, okay. I thought you were saying these were the only ones available on DVD.

Yeahh, I have a massive list saved somewhere of all the LM movies ever and have, like... italicised, I think, the ones I have. It's a pity it's so hard to get ahold of most of them, though.

[ulkis]

Oh, no I have no idea if the ones I just listed are available on DVD. At least not in the US. i know the silent one isn't.