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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000
Am I the only person on these boards who remembers this version from 1998? I don't think it was a "musical" version, but with actors like Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush and Claire Danes, it's not exactly a crap lineup.
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I found this one to be somewhat equal to the new version, obviously minus singing, which besides a few people (ANNE HATHAWAY - OMG!!!!) doesn't add much to the overall performance.
The new version:
Anne Hathaway wins this movie x50.
I will forever love Colm Wilkinson...great that he made an appearance.
Sacha Baron-Cohen and HBC actually made great Thénardiers.
Gavoroche was adorable and young Cosette was good.
To me, Eddie didn't have the right look for Marius, but I've mostly not been a fan of Marius' casting in any production I've seen.
I like that you could understand almost every word.
I liked that they added another level of humanity to Javert.
I didn't care for a lot of the straight-to-camera cinematography.
The rest of the people, I felt their performance was good, but their singing didn't add anything more than just speaking their lines would have (like I mentioned above). Russell Crowe had a few moments of musical brilliance, but he lacked the depth of someone like Phillip Quest.