Les Miserables - Nostalgia Critic 

lol

the French Revolution in a nutshell

a hahahahaha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Have you tried French bread? It's fucking delicious.

and there is so much varieties of french bread...

I'm yakko I'm wakko. My name is jaj valjaj

@@r1c4l32 ??

"And Peggy!"

"SHOOT!"

*DAMN*

But even Valjean himself in this musical thinks it's a minor crime.

Yes, but the French Revolution already happened by the time Les Miserables starts.

4:50 Actually, Valjean was only primarily arrested for theft. The reason Javert hounded him was for breaking parole.

@@adamgelb567 I think Valjean becoming mayor also didn't sit well w/ Javert.

He got 5 years for the breadstealing, he got the other years for trying to escape multiple times

*applauds at the genius in the room*

But the movie gives so little time to Cosette that the question is justified, don't you think?

+Al3xh413 You know...comments do have stuff written in them after the first sentence?

Creepy Uncle Dan that’s such has lazy generic ass answer. There is no damn innocence being lost. The point of the movie is he Romantic era idea that there is more than just politics like love and religion. Hence the whole “Beyond the barricade”. What innocence do you think is being lost?

the girl represents hope...what about the boy who constantly helped the main characters and died helping the revolution and was brave inof to do all of that. not trying to say your wrong but just answer one thing name 3 important things she actually did (the wedding doesn't count)

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@@rachdiva Hotel during a convention......closed door.......three men grunting............keep walking.

I was listening to this at my work from home job and they sounded constipated. :)

What is a dub

@@SiiriCresseyxD I had the exact tought

Oh thank god I wasn't the only one that it happened to

I think it's because they had to remove it for copyright issues. That seems to be happening with several of their reviews.

Funny enough I got an ad during that part XD

for any one who wants to know Paw though it was Great Kyle Hated it And Critic was right in the middle

@@jacobcolton3828 thank you!

And the Hobbit was stretched into 3 movies despite being shorter than any of the three LotR books

@@ethanwatson6131 to be fair the hobbit was a lot less characterization for the characters so they tried to add more time for them to grow

Because it's not an adaptation of the book, it's an adaptation of the musical.

Spidey Viewer Since the book is so long and divided into five parts, it would probably be better to adapt the book as a five-part television miniseries

because it is based on the musical not the book

Les dance dance revolution

Nice.

HELP IM DYING

this is my favorite comment

Ha!

neonal18 to be honest yes I would be happy if wolverine is suddenly my father

Agreed

Actually I disagree, I probably enjoyed the review a lot more than if I had watched the movie, I really enjoyed it, mostly because I liked the cgi and epic ness of everything

The Wall has been one of my favorite movies for 25 years and I was confused watching that video. It was hard to understand a lot of what they were saying or singing. I thought the production of it was absolutely incredible and uh, fucking COREY TAYLOR?! Hell fucking yeah! But, as he points out at the end, he didn't even have a line!! I got the point of him sort of being Pink and all that, but HELLOOO ITS COREY FUCKING TAYLOR!!!! It couldn't have been an easy task to get him to sign on for it, and I personally would have much rather seen them do an actual review together and get Corey's real thoughts (Doug's too, I suppose) on the movie. Idk. I just happened to find this channel after someone pointed me towards the Snick and Nickelodeon reviews from years prior, and I started looking through the rest of the channel. I haven't formed a complete opinion on it yet; I think some of the videos are funny and some are kinda dumb. This one, though...Les Miz is another favorite (also going back 25 years, first time I ever heard On My Own in the 7th grade and I was immediately hooked) and I love the movie. I'm also apparently the only person on earth who actually enjoyed Russell Crowe as Javert, but that's neither here nor there. 😁 I'm into it so far, though there's a bit that I don't necessarily agree with. I like the way they're doing it much, much better.

Isn't the wall confusing enough without the review itself?

As bad as the review was, it actually got me invested in The Wall. So I guess it was good for something….sorta.

keira leon I was hoping to find that line somewhere in the comments. bravo

JAPAN!

it looks like that fan made DBZ fighting game. Hyper Dragon Ball Z

+Kevin Franzen (franman781) it's probably Mugen

Speaking of Japan, there's also an anime.

Ker Dunne seriously

Yes it is. I even think it should be on our flag :)

Damn right it is

I think that's the point.

Dats sum gud bred

Fry some bacon, eggs and then french bread in the grease. Only one side though. Add some cheese and damn you have perfect heart attack meal.

You put way too much effort into this

Dalton Brummer if ear bleedingly bad yes

I agree, he did genuinely sound like him, especially in his song and "One Big Song".

It really was, and if that song pops in my head, I’m singing it in my head exactly like that. Ie. Like a drunk and angry goose.

So... simpsons did it?

Technically Aku went from tree to rules of the world....

Ironically both sideshow Bob and principal Skinner where based on Jean Valjean.

Really!? How? I'm very curious.

And let's not forget mayor David dinkins who went from junkie to mayor back to junkie

I noticed that too, and it definitely wasn't that way last time I watched this video.

"no way to know what is being said" actually, it is technically possible to read their lips, especially when cross referenced with the mannerisms of the characters. (yes, characters. nostalgia critic does plenty of sketches and his general "hate" for something is often played up for the sake of the video. Nostalgia Critic has a much shorter fuze than the person playing him.) Now that ive got the wise guy comment out of the way, browse the comment section long enough and someone is bound to have transcribed it from the original upload. Short version is that each of the main 3 had a different opinion: hate, neutral, and like.

I really wanna know what they said

@@cullenlatham2366 Except that you can't read their lips at any of the points where they're presumably stating their opinions while the footage is showing clips of the film.

@@matthewmuir8884 Yeah, hence why i referred to it as a "wise guy comment". I was simply pointing out the impossibility of the claim that figuring it out is impossible. I have only found the short version, so i cant personally go into more detail.

It did

@@anarchomando7707 Well not for Logan.

@@doryanburlison6998 cries in Canadian

@@joshholland8564 isn't Hugh Jackman Australian?

@@Kimmy0721 wolverine is Canadian

Just imagine him as Jesse McCree then.

hahaha now that's a sight to see

I still haven't seen Van Helsing. I gotta

What's Ironic is that is roots WERE in musical theater, in the first place! xD Before Wolverine, and before Van Helsing, he was a full on Broadway man! There's a live performance of the 1998 revival of Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma in which he starred in the title roll; he's also starred as songwriter Peter Allen in the jutebox musical The Boy from Oz, AND he even had his own musical revenue on Broadway too!

alexandra luster's post did already acknowledge that fact but thanks for the extra information.

"PLATYPUS BUNNAAAYYY!"

That's pretty much exactly what happened in the book.

Also the hero kid got his own novel but wasn't as famous as les mésirables.

Fun fact, Les Miserables (the book) was banned by the Church at one point.

@@Em_Elizabeth Did they ban the Les Miserables fighting game too

@@enflamedhuevos I don't know about any fighting game. The book is no longer banned though. That was a long time ago, back when it was a newer book.

however, movie actors usually have countless chances to get it right, live singing is done rarely enough in film that an actor doing something like this, and have to act normally, and have to keep up with impossible shit (my argument kind of disappeared in my head, don't know why), but hathaway's performance is better than most

Not much is 'straight' about broadway actors

I enjoyed that more than the actual scene

alpha reaperion To add onto this- Anne Hathaway had to do this entire cut multiple times in a row, up to the thirties. They went with one of the earliest shots.

People are also far more forgiving of stage actors. Plus you don't get the same detail of sound in a huge theater.

The 1958 movie version did not skip the explanation... :)

Guess I have to watch it now.

I have the book I’ve been meaning to read it I guess I’ll get onto it

It was mentioned in the European history book I had for my college class, but... we never covered it in class, it wasn't even mentioned in class. I get the impression that even most French people haven't heard of it. If Hugo hadn't wrote a book about it, and someone else made a musical based on the book, most people wouldn't even know about it. It wasn't a successful revolution and barely lasted longer than the musical based on it did.

OMG you blew you mind :O

This review is amazing

His mother use to sing in... I think musical theater? Or was it Opera? In any case his mother use to be a really good singer before she gave birth to Rob and Doug where I presume she quit and raised them. While raising them she taught them how to sing which is why he is so good at it.

BlueMoonZerc Really? Damn...that's AWESOME!!!

+Folklore Brony Someone hasn't heard the original version of NC's intro theme.

Vuoto OBVIOUSLY

waiwaiwaiwaiwaiwaiwait. there is a NC original intro...where Doug...SINGS????? XO XO XO XOmyyyygoood!!!!! im going to go see that RIGH AWAY!!!! 8D

Not to mention that on stage, there are small physical mistakes you can get away with, and you aren't required to build up tears and emotion in the face quite as much, but here she is being filmed constantly in a close-up shot on high definition. She can't make any mistakes at all or else it will be picked up by the camera. She not only performed the song perfectly in one take, but she acted the part perfectly too. At no point during the song did she stray even slightly from her character or the emotions she was meant to portray. It was also considered to be really impressive since most of the stuff she acts in is movies like Princess Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada. This level of pain and despair hadn't been done by her before, none of us knew how good she could really be.

The Holy God Church Of Nick Crompton jeez... I Dreamed a Dream is honestly one hard song and the fact she pulled it off in one take! It blows my mind,

Chexpet oh my god exactly yes!!!! You're like, "This poor girl has been given shit for roles and movies-- Princess Diaries 2!!!! And she got this role? Yesss!!!! Good for her she deserved it!" I am so glad we got to see what she can really do! Her mom was Fontine in the broadway musical when Anne was a child; Hugh Jackman was the one who suggested that she be given an audition; she brought everyone in the room to tears with the song she auditioned with; and I think it was a dream of hers to be Fontine one day as well. If so, I am so glad she got to realize that dream! Just. . . I'm sorry, I'm gushing!

Chexpet oh my god exactly yes!!!! You're like, "This poor girl has been given shit for roles and movies-- Princess Diaries 2!!!! And she got this role? Yesss!!!! Good for her she deserved it!" I am so glad we got to see what she can really do! Her mom was Fontine in the broadway musical when Anne was a child; Hugh Jackman was the one who suggested that she be given an audition; she brought everyone in the room to tears with the song she auditioned with; and I think it was a dream of hers to be Fontine one day as well. If so, I am so glad she got to realize that dream! Just. . . I'm sorry, I'm gushing!

That song took 50 takes in a smelly garbage pile

Kyle Frank I thought it was BLOODLESS BUUNNNEH !!!

Kyle Frank I thought it was "PLATYPUS BUTT-EGG"

IT HAD 12 NIPPLES AND BREATHED FIRE!

I sometimes think that's how love works. There are just usually obstacles of some kind to get through before the relationship begins

peki lj and breathed fire!

it had the voice of James Earl Jones!

VGL Studios 🎵PLATYPUS BUNNEYYYYYY!!!!!!!🎵

VGL Studios home?

It had the eyes of a viper and superspecies healing abilities

Cari Higs So she's not an actual character and is just a plot device?

No, what I'm saying is that her role also serves as a catalyst to major events in the novel.

I respect and understand your opinion but for me Gavroche is better because he gave up his life for the cause he believed (in possibly one of the most saddest and strongest scenes in both musical and film) and the fact that this is a young child really add depth the the overall message in them.

Cari Higdon I agree but still Gavroche is a more dynamic character than Cosette. He is active, he sacrifices his life and he is a character that makes me emotional. He is amazing....

Cari Higdon I

24 stories high. 2000 feet x 120 feet to account for 4 colums and ~ 150 rows of 13×25 rooms on each floor.

@@Syllaren I appreciate your enthusiasm.

I’ve been in hotels with 30+ floors, but 600 rooms in one floor is a lot.

@@Syllaren WE DID THE MATH, REDDIT

It's not a hotel its the bastille in france

no kidding

the funniest part is Brent is prob the best singer out of all them

+Mariokemon lol indeed! Like singing is hard, but singing in character, just wow. He knocked it outta the park.

Ookamikage13 brent is amazing! I can't believe i met him 3 years ago

Why not just have them meet first. Talk. Do that multiple times and THEN fall in love?

Relatable

Excellent!

A+

Bravo sir bravo

More tear jerking then the original version

How is this not top comment?

CUT

Da hell was that? Come on, let’s go, take four

Because doug is a hack on par with cinemasins and the rest were following his script as far as i can tell

@@Urthwyte80 yikes, commenting on a 2 years old comment to spit some crap. You can also watch other stuff if you ain't happy with NC. It's THAT simple.

@@Adirondaque I do watch other stuff, I enjoy nostalgia critics content on the level of trashy takeout food when I'm having a bad day, it's silly and easy to dunk on. Doug doesn't need you to defend him, he probably won't ever even see this

@@Urthwyte80 Well, maybe if you didn't confuse Trashy Takeout food with Fine Dining, you wouldn't be having a bad day 24/7, dumbass.

subtlety is sometimes lost here.

He has. It's just... he tricked a bunch of *other* reviewers into the room and locked the door from the *outside*.

SHUT THAT FRONT DOOR!

I liked how he was able to project his voice while keeping it gravelly.

I don't think it's garbage though. I seriously enjoy it, and I feel he made Javert for me. His voice *is* gravelly, but I feel that's perfect for a French guard, and it's not even a 'bad' gravelly. I think it fits amazingly and I can't find flaws in his opening song about 24601 and the confrontation. But, as you said, we must be in the minority who likes it. Sadly.

I agree. I don't particularly like how he sings the opening song (it's not bad by any means though), but "stars" and "Javert's suicide" are both done very well. While he definitely didn't do the role flawlessly, he deserves nowhere near enough crap people give him about it.

I completely agree actually, I really enjoyed his singing honestly

The movie was definitely more focused on the characters than their voices, and Russell Crowe is an excellent actor. For me at least, his voice works with the stone cold Javert he is potraying. The only issue I have with him as Javert is that you kind of need to read the book beforehand to get emotionally invested, but that goes with all of the characters in the movie.

*It had 12 nipples and breathed fire!*

It had the voice of James Earl Jones!

One big sooooong!

WHERES THE CRITIC I DONT GET IT WHERE IN GODS NAME DID HE GO GOT MY PHD SO QUICKLY THOUGH I GOT IT FROM RUSSLE CROWE

*PLATYPUS BUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY!*

History Muse damn you just did me a learn

Uh. No, that wasnt the reason. Due to the industrial revolution the cities were becoming more and more unhealthy with chimneys expelling smoke in the air, people and horses taking dumps out in the street and people throwing their trash outside and with the boom of factories there were more carriages transporting materials in the street. Paris still had the same urban plan from the medieval times, with narrow alleys that dont allow much air to flow through so the city was redesigned by Georges Eugene Haussman to provide open streets so the transit could circulate confortably, people could have fresh air to breathe and sanitary and water services could be installed. I studied story of architecture for years and one of the most dense subjects is the reform of Paris, it had nothing to do with the June Rebellion, dont take the credit away from Haussman's work.

So, it ties in with Victor Hugo's fascination with architecture

Mic Morgan I laugh so hard every time I hear that impression

Mic Morgan Except Russel sounded better.

He does and somehow it’s both good and bad.

Mark Woodfin he’s going to have to after Cats 2019 comes out.

I really want to see that.

Unlikely. He has alienated a lot of former collaborators.

@@noahnescio1746 Truth. I mainly watch Nostalgia Critics old stuff if I want a laugh(like now). "Change the Channel"made me dislike Walker and his style a lot. I work in the film industry and working on set, even if it's for a "for experience"film, needs to have water and snacks at least. And that's the least of the issues they made.

Seriously? Oh, boy...

In my opinion cats doesn’t need a movie. I mean just because you can make a movie based on a musical doesn’t mean you should

Now that we’ve seen the trailer we can safely say that we don’t need a Cats movie. At least we’ll get another musical review, right?

And we all know how that went!

This aged like milk

mst3kharris let’s be frank, what other doctor could/would get you a medical degree in what I’m guessing was 2-3 hours tops.

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Except "Logan" was the only one of the two to make me cry.

h.r. animates I have a minor love for plays but I'll say this, that ending made me cry like a baby.

h.r. animates q

Thomas the tank engine and fr Es

Thomas the tank engine and

Thomas the talnk engine and friends

“I think it’s . . .”

Irena Connelly how?..it was the priest according to the movie

Roxas darkrath Because he was still a bit of a dickhead as the mayor, it just took Fantine confronting him to realise it. Cosette is his chance to start again and learn how to love and care for another person. She's the glue of the story, the barricade stuff wouldn't have happened like it did without her and she's one of the only two people who survived the film/musical/book. The film doesn't do her character justice (sidenote, I do not care for Amanda's singing or the actual songs of the musical, but it's important).

Does this also name your email ? so basically she’s a major plot device let’s make the ring be the title character in lord of the rings :v (jk)

And doesn't actually do anything

Rozas Darkrath if I remember correctly in the book they explain that even as the mayor he was not exactly a good person because everything he was doing was for himself it was adopting Fantine's daughter what actually change him because he left all behind to take care of the child. Also when the priest died he feelt very sad but just the prospect of Cosette getting married was too much for him.

And that's the truth. Garnet is very very wise.

love at first sight makes love feel meaningless. if i can just find love by wandering out into the forest on a sunny day, then whats the point of love being important? relationships are hollow if neither party knows each other. Look at cinderella. Cindy was nearly passed over because the prince didnt take the time to get to know her, and she wasnt given enough time to get to know him. they never said a single word to each other. And yet the relationship was perfect in the end. no effort. no emotion. Snow white was a tad bit worse. a man comes across a corpse in the forest, kisses it, and it comes to life to marry him. And movie industries take it for granted, instead explaining how it can happen, and is a plausable scenario that has a positive and healthy outcome.

Marcus Peters. Yeah. All of the crushes I've had throughout my entire life have been on people that I'm friends with. People that I already know well. Not someone I walked past in the hallway.

Yes

say that to my mothers lover

He looks the same because he is the same person, his name is Brendallfloss.

that would be Brentalfloss. And yes, he was Mr. Clean in Jon's Foodfight video.

Idk if ur joking but he's the same person , just in case

I knew it was the same person, didnt know his name tho

(brentalfloss) (am i not getting the obvious) (probably)

How?

"if he does that again you can shoot him" line is from Ghostbusters when Walter Peck said that about Peter Venkman.

***** Thank you.😉

happy to help you get the reference.

That's where that's from..... I've seen this review before, that line bothered me because I knew that it was a reference but I could never put my finger on it. Merci Señor.

This actually is an album, you can check it out on Brentalfloss' Spotify or ITunes page

Well, you got your wish...

@@Reagan1984 I checked. It's on Spotify. Also, there's a deleted song from this review. It's a parody of Bring Him Home that NC sings.

He probably prefers blondes.

Amanda is totally the bomb, she killed it Jennifers Body

It made more sense in the book. Although, you could probably say that about literally every part of the movie.

Its the doe eyes, dude-- those doe eyes will make you melt every single time

THANK YOU.

1-UP KING not many takes they can do with that scene

Didn't she also have a tooth extracted for the past?

@@Em_Elizabeth I don't think she did

VIVA LA FAIR USEEEE!!!! :D:D:D

+900bot hue.

+900bot Yo no hablo français.

It would be "vive LE fair use". ;)

Nick Wrecker "Vive le fair use" 900bot "Insérez ici commentaire drole"

Because nothing is more fun than a fifteen fps fighting game where Javert fights an anthropomorphic mouse thing.

This.

That.

NotCleverEnoughToThinkofaName Oh Fucking Well I KNOW!

NotCleverEnoughToThinkofaName Oh Fucking Well It's pretty good!

They're also on brentalfloss's Spotify

All except the Russel Crowe song.... good thing 😂

"Zat iz not ze only reazon" 😂

There’s a reason he does it in the film actually

Hardly.

motodog242 it may be barley, but sill...

it's good for a parody. I think that's just you preferring parody music instead.

But honestly though, these guys(and girls) really harmonize great in "One More Song"

Il y a un petit time code d'ailleurs ?

@@Theo.Lefrancois Oui ça serait bien parce-que là j'ai la flemme de tout me taper. En + je suis nul en anglais.

@@remsaeybens Je crois que j'ai trouvé, ça doit être ça que JDG parle : 5:09

Ryan Dooley Well, let's see, I'm Jewish, and I love animation........*_OH MY GOSH YES_*

Ryan Dooley Y E S

To Lazer wulf!

now I really really want that

That would...actually be pretty good if done right

Thanks for watching!

I've watched this atleast a minimum of ten times. I love the parody of each song. Love Todd and his references.

Channel Awesome I also love your musical reviews, you are my favourite youtuber Doug I always get a laugh and I absolutely love your voice

Oooh, He should review the Charles Dance phantom of the Opera miniseries!

TheJedi OfCartoons his singing is great but it just doesn't work for Javert for me

Yeah same, sure it wasn't the best or anything and yeah there could've been a better choice for the role but honestly it's not as bad as people make it seem

I really think it fits. I prefer Quast as Javert for the musical but Crowe is wonderful in the film

I honestly thought it was amazing. I feel he *made* Javert for me. If another Les Mis comes out, for whatever reason, I think I'll struggle to get used to the new Javert. For me, Russel Crowe is the best in their role in this movie. I do agree his voice sounds sometimes nasally, but in the singing I find it works, especially for a French guard. His opening lines and during the confrontation are my absolute favourites, and if I go back to listen to the soundtrack, I mainly just enjoy his pieces. Maybe it just depends on the person.

79treefrog The BBC are making a non-musical miniseries based more heavily on the book. Hopefully missing out the 300 page intro to Waterloo and the Parisian sewer system

Well, his character is supposed to be on his deathbed there.

Brentalfloss is a god

Because he is :)

That hat's hilarious!🤣 I wonder who made it.

Those pink slinky epaulets totally cracked me up.

Thanks for watching!

+Channel Awesome holy crap you are not a robot made by Black Willy Wonka to distract us from his schemes

+A pretty awkward shark 66.media.tumblr.com/78cd088a756fbfbb21de7658dfcf4797/tumblr_obdckdMQno1s46koto3_500.gif

+Channel Awesome wow xd

+Channel Awesome exposed