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Les Miserables
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Les Miserables
悲惨世界

Learn English with this musicals English lesson

Date: Dec 28 2012

Themes: Pop Culture

Intro

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One of the most popular musicals of all time is coming to the big screen. A brand new adaptation of Les Miserables, the classic French novel, will be in theaters soon.

The thing about musicals, though, is that some people love them, and some people really hate them. Those who love them love the melodrama and the fantasy. Those who hate them hate exactly the same aspects, and maybe they don’t like the music, either.

Vocab

of all time expr.

Definition

Example Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.

the big screen n.

Definition

Example I saw Star Wars on the big screen last year.

adaptation n.

Definition

Example The movie Clueless is actually an modern adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Emma.

melodramatic adj.

Definition

Example I can't stand movies with melodramatic endings. I prefer subtle endings that are more like real-life.

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Discussion

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Do you like musicals? Why or why not? Will you try to go see the new movie of Les Miserables?

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Hiba2

Hiba2

Israel

OH MY GOD!


I’m In Love With This Novel!


I Just Can’t Wait To See It In The Big Screeen…


I Actually Read The Novel When  I Was 12 Years Old, It Was My First Novel!


And I Literally Felt In Love With It!


MY BEST!

07:08 PM Feb 06 2013 |

southern_star

Mexico

I am really looking forward to watch this movie ..the actors are great and the story too.


I didn´t know it was a musical, but I am glad it is.

04:23 AM Jan 03 2013 |

shookiba

Israel

sinvester is an holiday of chrishtian

03:58 PM Dec 30 2012 |

iskierkax1991x

Poland

I don’t like musicals because I find them kind of boring… I don’t like singing moments in movies, I prefer dialogs… It’s not defenitely for me… But I loved Les Miserables tv series!It was great!I can recommend it everyone who does not like musicals either.

03:31 PM Dec 30 2012 |

ballin25

ballin25

United Kingdom

WELLCOME 2013 IHOPE BE GOOD  YEAR FOR EVERYNOE .

02:05 PM Dec 30 2012 |

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yuminaga

yuminagaSuper Member!

China

 I dont know if i like musicals coz i have never seen it on a actual stage .on occasions I watch it on Tv,you know , they always play  with foreign languages so I cant understand it at all but Les miserables is great ,i knew it as  i was a kid ,I am not sure if i have seen the movie .however ,if Les Mes as one of the most populare novels were coming to BJ ,i would give it a shot! 

02:19 AM Dec 30 2012 |

Sajjad Monti

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I think Les Miserables is one of the most popular novels all over the world,
I like it, certainly the movie is wonderful and I want to watch it, that’s great
about musicals, I don’t know why, but I never have interested in musicals, I think … I don’t like them :))

09:25 PM Dec 29 2012 |

Olga_Alina

Germany

I love Victor Hugo, but I heven’t read this book. However, the time of French revolution was so tragic… I don’t really want to see tragic musical. If it comes to musicals, I’d prefer something funny, you can laugh out loud like “Hairspray”.

08:46 PM Dec 29 2012 |

Masbarar

MasbararSuper Member!

Turkey

The book is good.So the movie and the musical must be good too.It’s a very nice story talking about the actual politic,economic,social situation at that time.Specially about French Revolution.We see that the main reason of the revolution was the economic poverty at that time.It’s similar to the actual revolutions at the Arab countries.Everyting starts with economic problems and after developping with asking the rights.


I prefer to see movies instead of musicals.Musicals are a little boring.


 

07:47 PM Dec 29 2012 |

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yuanliang800

China

hello

03:04 PM Dec 29 2012 |

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ballin25

ballin25

United Kingdom

Hi to everyone learn English  very epotran we can learn  we will .

02:06 PM Dec 29 2012 |

Gayne

Gayne

Kazakhstan

I actually read a book and I had not liked musicals till I watched a trailer of the movie. It was fantastic I really love it! I would definitely prefer to watch. Guys, if you want to feel love, pain, hate, happiness,tragedy at the same time you are welcome !!!

01:46 PM Dec 29 2012 |

Masoud Mo

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

ofcourse I like music and iam agree with greta about realationt beetwen music an emotions.and i like a kind fo film that has music as the important part of into it,bud i havent seen les mis.

01:03 PM Dec 29 2012 |

guoyi_@hotmail.com

China

i watched film adaotation of le miserable when i was a teenager. i wanner to watch the brand new adptation to understand western world history

08:04 AM Dec 29 2012 |

Abdul1133

Abdul1133

Saudi Arabia

am with Marni i dont like the musical movies i think its a total waste of time even if the singer is populer.


also they r doing things that arent a part of the real world like if the making fun of the audance.


i have no intention to see this movie or any musical one.

03:33 AM Dec 29 2012 |

winicios

winicios

Brazil

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02:07 AM Dec 29 2012 |

Yuci

YuciSuper Member!

Japan

I love musicals and I want to see this movie.


But I’ve never read the book version so I wonder if it is interesting for me. If it has only a simple melodramatic story, I will be bored.

10:39 PM Dec 28 2012 |

Andressa Holland

Brazil

My friends told me about this movie, and I had read the novel by Victor Hugo and I liked it, so I’m looking forward to see this movie.


I agree that musicals can be so dramatic sometimes, but I like it and I think that is a beautiful way to show the humans feelings (manly the most sad one). 

09:38 PM Dec 28 2012 |

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Rayan-

Rayan-

Saudi Arabia

i would like to see this movie .

08:56 PM Dec 28 2012 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

What a coincidence!! I get this book today, I’m starting reading it!! It’s a classic!!

07:04 PM Dec 28 2012 |

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