In my next life

Today one of us toured a Navy submarine and one of us saw Les Miserables.  You can guess who did what but G wants you to know that the acting and the music were both phenomenal.

Ha!  While he's drawing up the divorce papers, I might as well make a couple of remarks about the movie.

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Confession:  I had never seen it before.  --GASP-- I know.  For someone who majored in English and has spent her life with her nose in a book, I have some remarkable shortcomings and this is one of them.  It was well-done; the acting was superb, the singing was wonderful (and it was enjoyable to watch a cast full of movie actors, not stage actors, sing these songs!), the imagery was not only fitting, but in some parts actually stunning, and the transitions from scene to scene were artistic.

This is not exactly my favorite type of musical but all I can say is that it was as good as can be. It is a classic and lived up to every compliment I have ever heard about it.

My only complaint is that I like dialogue to be dialogue and songs to be songs.  I don't like it when actors sing-song regular dialogue, if you know what I mean, and that's what they did in this film.  To me, it removes the suspension of disbelief; for whatever reason I can get lost in a bunch of people singing and dancing, but the moment they "sing-talk" instead of actually speak, I think "Who does that? This is no longer believable."  Because, in my world, breaking out into spontaneous song is like totally believable.

Which is why in my next life I will 1) have a British accent, and 2) star in fantastic musicals.  I've told God this repeatedly but apparently He has bigger fish to fry or something.

Well, G is almost done with the divorce papers and an old lady bun bun needs her meds.  I highly recommend the film.  The big screen is great but as big as our TV's are these days, waiting for a rental or Netflix would be just as good.  And then you could take frequent bathroom and snack breaks because this puppy is 3 hours long.

G would tell you how the sub was but then he'd have to kill you.