1935 LES NOT SO MISERABLES

So, hey everyone. This is Adam speaking. Yeah, I know. Don't get used to it. Haha. It's been a few weeks since we've posted, but we FINALLY watched Les Miserables. WOO HOO! As what often happened during our Best Picture Challenge, we hit a little rut. Sometimes it happens. We'll watch a bunch of movies all at once, and then go a month without watching one. If you're one of these crazy people who follows this blog, get used to it. But I digress. Wow, I can say anything I want on this thing, because it's MY blog. Well, our blog - but I'm writing it this time! Wanna hear a joke? What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino? Elephino! OK, back to movie business.

The Best Picture of 1935 was Mutiny on the Bounty, as we already told you. About this guy on a ship who decides things are unjust and starts a mutiny. Things get crazy, men go overboard, a little Gilligan's Island stuff going on there, you know the deal. Clark Gable, by the way, is the best actor in history. Just pointing it out there. Anyway, for this challenge I used one of my big fat passes (we each get 10) because there was nothing I wanted to watch from this year. Trust me, not a great year for movies. Kim found Les Mis, because she had seen the musical or something like that. Plus, come on, it's Les Mis!

We decided right away that we both liked Les Mis and found it very watchable. It kept our interest and was definitely very well made. I particularly liked Charles Laughton (who was also in Mutiny) mainly due to all the funny faces he made in the movie. Kim said she would even watch it again without a problem. That means it couldn't have been too bad. For those who don't know or haven't seen the film (or read the book, or seen the musical), it's about this guy who steals some bread and ends up in the Gallows (our favorite place from Ben-Hur), which is basically torture jail. He spends 10 years there, then is free but has to show up for parole and such every once in a while. He becomes poor and wretched, but some super nice priest guy lets him in and straightens him up into a giving person, as opposed to a taking person. Flash forward years later, and this same guy, under a different name, is now also a super nice guy, but now he's rich too. And then there's this police guy (played by Laughton) who suspects he's this former convict who missed a parole date years ago. Horse chase ensues, and, well, you can find out the rest on your own time. Good stuff though.

If faced with the choice of Les Miserables or Mutiny on the Bounty - it's definitely a close call. We watched Mutiny so long ago, that it's almost unfair to decide. But I think I would go with Les Mis. The jury is still out with Kim.

We already chose our next year and movies, but we'll post that in the next day or two just to keep you hanging!!!