Comments on: Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter Step Out Of A Tim Burton Movie In New ‘Les Misérables’ Posters

By: PETE

PETE — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:36:47 +0000

I'm the rare person who has read Les Mis but never seen the musical. In the book, the Thenardieress is a huge fat woman, while Thenardier is short and slight, so I was surprised but the casting here. Still, I think Bonham Carter will nail the attitude.

By: StephenM

StephenM — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:36:47 +0000

A couple things should be kept in mind here: 1. While the Thenardiers are villains, they're not the central antagonist, which is Russell Crowe's Javert. 2. They are, and have always been, the central comic relief of the whole play, and their ridiculous unscrupulousness always makes them audience favorites–they always get the biggest cheers and whistles at the end of a performance. 3. "Master of the House" is a hilarious song detailing all Thenardier's petty innkeeper cheating and general unsavoriness, and it's probably the song most people come out with stuck in their heads.

….All that said, they do look a little weird and out-of-place on this poster, and I hope they feel well-integrated into the film as a whole.

By: JJ

JJ — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:36:47 +0000

I love Helena Bonham Carter ! She is always great at whatever she does.

By: DG

DG — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:36:47 +0000

Its probably kind of hard to not always look like you just stepped out of a Tim Burton movie when you're married to Tim Burton

By: tomincmh

tomincmh — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:36:47 +0000

Still no Eponine poster. I know Samantha Barks isn't exactly a household name yet, but Eponine is an incredibly famous character in the musical theater world. You'd think they'd have done something by now.

By: Zack

Zack — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:36:47 +0000

I'm supposed to root AGAINST the guy with muttonchops? Fuck that.

By: jonathan

jonathan — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:36:47 +0000

How is it possible that those posters are for the same movie? One is clearly a Tim Burton film and the other is some Nicholas Sparks type crappy romance.