Les Misérables 2012) 1080p mkv Stars Javert§ (with subtitles)

[AM_I_Able]

He doesn't deserve the hate he got for this movie. His singing voice is like Lin Manuel Miranda's: unorthodox, but beautiful in its own way.

[willapotter]

This portrayal is underrated. he has this eerie serenity about him, it may not be a showy as other versions, as vocally impressive, but I feel those simmering repressed emotions under his softer tones, and the total desensitization portrayed in the way he walks the lip of death, trusting his feet like he blindly trusts his perception of God and order. Like he's daring it all to crumble beneath him whilst knowing that nothing can until he lets it.

[awarlockunkindlyborn]

> Lots of stars out tonight
> I go onto the balcony
> I listen to this song
> I see a shooting star RIGHT at the key change
> Best night of my life

[deadappletree]

I don't understand the hate, this is one of my favorite song of the whole movie

[StormyGeddon]

I think Russell Crowe's choice to play Javert as intentionally stoic and flat is appropriate for the character. That kind of repression of emotion is a very common coping mechanism with children who survive trauma, as he certainly did given that he was born in prison and undoubtedly had a very difficult life. As an adult he relied on that stoicism to literally stay sane when faced with the cruelty he not only witnessed every day, but directly caused himself with his blind loyalty to a broken system of law. And then, when forced to confront his emotions and guilt and the realization that the law was not the perfect shelter of order he so desperately craved (if I do everything right, if I follow the rules, I will not be hurt, another common coping mechanism of survived trauma), he was so overwhelmed he ended his life. It's a fascinating dichotomy compared to Valjean's coping mechanisms which are so different, despite the traumas being so similar.

[Noornoor-cjxw]

I don’t know who plotted the idea that Russel can’t sing!! This is one of my favourite songs in the movie..

[forrestpenrod]

I love Crowe's voice because it fits the character well. He's stiff, a bit out of his element, but has a raw intensity. Crowe trying to sing earnestly, and having to put in the effort to reach the point he's at, is Javert to me.

[SensationalBanana]

Russel's Javert is my favourite ever interpretation of the character. His intensity, his soothing voice which can still be harsh. I don't understand why people didn't like him, really...

[loriallen]

Stars is such a beautiful song! Crowe’s performance is subdued, as it needed to be. Comparing his performance to previous Broadway performances is comparing apples to oranges. Broadway singers work on a technical level that works for an audience sitting far away…grand gestures, higher volume, massive emotions, so that it communicates well from a distance. Movies and acting don’t have to work that way. I admire Crowe’s performance here because he did it as a screen actor… and he pulled it off.

[andy_bomb]

I'm not sorry I freaking love Russel Crowe's voice

[AriadneRimbaud]

I love the melancholy that Russell brought to Javert. He doesn't sound like a Broadway or West End actor (obviously), but he's my favorite Javert.

[mar]

The movie of Les Mis is the only one I have seen and honestly it's one of my favorite movies of all time, and Russell Crowe's voice is one of my favorites in this movie, specially this song

[legofreak]

I don't see the criticisms of Russell's Javert, he has so much raw emotion in his expressions and his words, yeah he's quite monotone but give the guy a break, singing live on set in front of cameras opposed to recording lyrics in a studio is a far more daunting and less finessed experience, here you get raw and circumstantial emotion which means the singing sounds more real more natural but also rougher and manipulated by the elements. I love this scene the cinematography is exquisite, the framing the editing and that shot of his foot over the ledge foreshadowing not only his fall but showing how precarious his hold on this unjust and flawed world is, yet his unshakable faith in justice won't let him fall. Then later when the shot is repeated in the viaduct scene as he's lost his faith in justice and can't come to terms with how the world is different than he always imagined it and no longer feels that he can hold onto this world.

[Paul_W_]

Ridiculously underrated performance. This is a movie, not a broadyway performance. The acting and the singing go hand in hand- you can hear the conviction and emotion in his voice, and you can see it on his face too . . . in this scene, Russell Crowe IS Javert- the fanatical inspector who is obsessed with tracking down a bread thief who broke his parole . . . only it's more complicated than that. This is exemplified extremely well in the movie, and it's part makes this a great performance.
Also, his voice is good- he isn't trying to sound like someone he isn't, and this is what the film-makers intended.
Again, this is NOT supposed to be like a broadway performance. Why can't some people get that through their heads?

[briang.]

Meanwhile in the neighboring cathedral...

"HELLFI-YAH! DAHK FIYAH! NOW GYPSY IT'S YOUR TURN! CHOOSE ME OR YOUR PYRE, BE MINE OR YOU WILL

But in all seriousness is that the Notre Dame in the background? Looks kinda like it.
Also Victor Hugo's works seem to translate remarkably well into music.

[justanothercayleb]

Man was standing watch over the city like Batman.

[rashful]

In the film's context, I think it makes sense that this song is placed right before the 9-year jump to 1832 instead of in 1832 after Javert loses Valjean during the Thenardiers robbery scene. It illustrates better Javert's intentions and his duty to the law, and how Javert never forgets about his duty to bring Valjean to justice and see him safe behind bars.

[LaPortaDellaLuce]

I love the end, the mix between "Stars" and "Look Down", when Javert sings the last word; I think it's appropriate and puts more pathos

[adsv-cnqx]

This is what I like to sing in the shower

[lynn]

I love his take on Javert tbh. I feel like from his portrayal there’s the other side of Javert that could be vulnerable and uncertain about his laws and beliefs. He shows that this is someone who’s having doubts about the system that he long trusted and has real feelings, for sadness or righteousness. Obviously Broadway’s portrayals are the more determined and tough kind of Javert. But I think Russel’s version fits perfectly in the movie and I wonder why didn’t this kind of portrayal came out earlier!