Les MIs BBC, Part 5
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bobcatmoranYou'd think an episode with the barricade and romantic drama and tragic deaths would be more exciting. You'd be wrong.
Things that I liked:
• Momes! For those five seconds I thought we were actually getting that storyline. Ah, well, it was good while it lasted.
• Lots of women on the barricade!
• Also, workers having a major presence on the barricade
• The dude doing the cup trick calling Gavroche "gamin"
• Brief acknowledgement of the cholera outbreak (though no acknowledgement of how that may have been a contributing factor to the General Unrest). Also, not a bad alternative way of getting Thenardier out of jail!
• Gillenormand continues to be just the right sort of Awful
• Gratuitous Montparnasse Roses
Things that were upsetting:
• Cosette's little cringing arm raise to protect herself when woken suddenly
• The implication that Les Amis had approximately zero connection to worker's groups or the republican political movement and were basically just a drinking society that had one member who was unusually intense about politics
• Mabeuf getting shot pretty much out of nowhere
• The craptastic pacing and characterization decisions that led me to feel absolutely nothing when Eponine died
• "Don't worry, no one can get in, and if they did, you'd be killed before you knew it."
• Valjean didn't pay Gavroche for delivering the letter and told him to scram.
• I honestly don't trust this Valjean to let Javert go. Like, at this point, given how many of his actions are driven by impulsive anger, it'd pretty much be out of character for him.
Things that sure were Choices
• The weird implication that the thing that triggered the Lamarque funeral protest was that he wasn't being entombed in the Pantheon
• An almost perfect reproduction of the scene with Grantaire kissing Matolette during the barricade construction
• "Hey, Javert, there's an armed rebellion against the government forming." "Who cares. JEAN VALJEAN IS STILL AT LARGE. I'm gonna order all our resources to be directed towards him."
• "WHERE IS YOUR LEADER, JEAN VALJEAN?!?!"
• The facial expressions and actions that sure did make it seem like Les Amis "were schoolboys, never held a gun."
• Grantaire going "I'm with you" pre-barricade....then freezing at the attack and going to hide in the Corinth. (though if we're going with the "they were schoolboys, never held a gun" interpretation this adaptation seems to be going with, it's kind of justifiable)
• Apparently Eponine's constant ~sexy~ flirting with Marius was her way of expressing her crush??? And it was suddenly dialed back to zero this episode???
• Speaking of ~sexy~, Cosette had SO MANY shots of her dresses falling off one shoulder. Gross.
• I guess if we're not having Combeferre in this adaptation, someone has to show up with a small armory hidden in their coat. That someone is apparently M. "To be free" Enjolras. Sure. I'll go with it. Not like any of the other Amis showed up to the funeral with weapons, since none of them apparently know what they're doing.
Things that I liked:
• Momes! For those five seconds I thought we were actually getting that storyline. Ah, well, it was good while it lasted.
• Lots of women on the barricade!
• Also, workers having a major presence on the barricade
• The dude doing the cup trick calling Gavroche "gamin"
• Brief acknowledgement of the cholera outbreak (though no acknowledgement of how that may have been a contributing factor to the General Unrest). Also, not a bad alternative way of getting Thenardier out of jail!
• Gillenormand continues to be just the right sort of Awful
• Gratuitous Montparnasse Roses
Things that were upsetting:
• Cosette's little cringing arm raise to protect herself when woken suddenly
• The implication that Les Amis had approximately zero connection to worker's groups or the republican political movement and were basically just a drinking society that had one member who was unusually intense about politics
• Mabeuf getting shot pretty much out of nowhere
• The craptastic pacing and characterization decisions that led me to feel absolutely nothing when Eponine died
• "Don't worry, no one can get in, and if they did, you'd be killed before you knew it."
• Valjean didn't pay Gavroche for delivering the letter and told him to scram.
• I honestly don't trust this Valjean to let Javert go. Like, at this point, given how many of his actions are driven by impulsive anger, it'd pretty much be out of character for him.
Things that sure were Choices
• The weird implication that the thing that triggered the Lamarque funeral protest was that he wasn't being entombed in the Pantheon
• An almost perfect reproduction of the scene with Grantaire kissing Matolette during the barricade construction
• "Hey, Javert, there's an armed rebellion against the government forming." "Who cares. JEAN VALJEAN IS STILL AT LARGE. I'm gonna order all our resources to be directed towards him."
• "WHERE IS YOUR LEADER, JEAN VALJEAN?!?!"
• The facial expressions and actions that sure did make it seem like Les Amis "were schoolboys, never held a gun."
• Grantaire going "I'm with you" pre-barricade....then freezing at the attack and going to hide in the Corinth. (though if we're going with the "they were schoolboys, never held a gun" interpretation this adaptation seems to be going with, it's kind of justifiable)
• Apparently Eponine's constant ~sexy~ flirting with Marius was her way of expressing her crush??? And it was suddenly dialed back to zero this episode???
• Speaking of ~sexy~, Cosette had SO MANY shots of her dresses falling off one shoulder. Gross.
• I guess if we're not having Combeferre in this adaptation, someone has to show up with a small armory hidden in their coat. That someone is apparently M. "To be free" Enjolras. Sure. I'll go with it. Not like any of the other Amis showed up to the funeral with weapons, since none of them apparently know what they're doing.
