Friday, August 17, 2007
AGONY
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was
This one has Frederick March and Charles Laughton as Valjean and Javert.
It is hard going at first. They cut out about 2/3 of the making good story and the second coming and all that. But the second half really gets rolling and, for all its travails, feels really upbeat.
By this time we have had this story up to here but somehow this version transcends all that.
Laughton makes Javert a much more complex character than I had thought.
It is a pretty good movie in an excellent restoration.
On the new marking curve, I will give it a 3 (the real average but remember we are talking mostly best films that I am watching here) out of Netflix5.
Labels: best films
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