Hi guys, since I had done comparing the movie with the musical version, here is my movie review on the 2012 version. Enjoy!

The Acting

Okay, I was very impressed with the choice of the cast. This was my first time hearing Anne Hathaway sing as she previously the original choice for Christine Daae in the 2004 Phantom of the Opera before Emmy Rossum got the part. Anne's rendition of I Dreamed a Dream really brought me to tears, I even had the soundtrack and I cried non-stop!
I knew that Hugh Jackman was the perfect Valjean and his voice is very calm that he convinced everyone that he's the perfect...

I just thought I would point out some of the differences between the movie and the book, not to criticize the movie, but to give a clearer picture of the story to those who haven't read the book.

1st. The Thenardiers:
The Thenardiers are quite different in the book. In the movie they are greedy and a bit goofy. In the book they are greedy but very serious and quite cruel. They also have five children, not the assumed one, and Gavroche is one of them. Marius is also constantly trying to repay Thenardier for saving his father at the battle of Waterloo, although Marius ends up causing Thenardiers'...

Okay, as I promise, here is my review on both movie and stage. I managed to see the movie again last night and here is the comparison with its stage counterpart.

The Movie Version

The movie version is slightly shorter because the original stage version is really long! If they kept the original length, the songs will definitely have to much repetition!
Also, some of the songs have swap so that the story have some logic sense in it. Especially I Dreamed a Dream which comes after Lovely Ladies, whereas in the original stage version, it is the other way around for logic reasons.
In fact, the...