I love how there is nothing elaborate about this scene, no epic cinematography, just a man sitting in a room, alone.

@susushisushi

4 жыл бұрын

technically the blonde girl was standing by the staircase😂 because she waits for him there when he’s done singing

@darkos1430

4 жыл бұрын

i think that if this film has a Cesar it isn’t just for a man sitting in a room alone

@aurorameyer159

3 жыл бұрын

But that establishing shot is just gorgeous. It's so, so beautiful. Marius is sitting there, alone. None of the triangular compositions that are used to establish power dynamics within a scene. He's small, and the camera is angled down. He's also along the line of the room into the vanishing point, disappearing both visually and into grief for his friends. It's absolutely gorgeous cinema and composition.

@najelam

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the point of the song though. You not a thespian 🎭 I see.

@malloryfallon6394

3 жыл бұрын

This whole scene is just heartbreaking!!

*When you're the only one who studied for the final exams*

@froggiebcg

4 жыл бұрын

KZread Channel i’m 100% sure they died on the inside

@luciaramirez-leszko4215

4 жыл бұрын

Wow you really had to make me laugh at 2:30 at literally the most emotional part. But that was funny.

@_mel_9953

4 жыл бұрын

And then all your friends ask you to help them cheat but you can’t, so everyone fails except for you :,((

@phoebesmart5192

4 жыл бұрын

I love this comment 😂😂😂😂

@priyankakaviraj9801

3 жыл бұрын

Well, You destroyed the emotion of the song..... But It was funny

Enjolras yelling at him from heaven: There wouldn't be so many empty chairs at empty tables IF YOU HAD PUT THEM ON THE BARRICADE LIKE I ASKED!!

@H_APPY.P

3 жыл бұрын

xD

@savikelly5023

3 жыл бұрын

Enjolras and Marius, the greatest love and hate bromance of all time.

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

How could he? He was shot down, remember? Still, it's a funny thought.

@amazingspiderlad

3 жыл бұрын

He really did just gather a meeting of all the people that care about his lonely soul

@acameron513

3 жыл бұрын

That's some of the best dark humor I've ever seen.

These 3 minutes are a perfect example of what an Oscar-worthy performance looks like. I am in absolute awe of Eddie Redmayne, it´s beyond me how he could convey such believable raw emotions and still hold the notes... Makes me cry every time.

@peyton1254

4 жыл бұрын

kefinkamed they prerecorded the voice

@kefinkamed

4 жыл бұрын

@@peyton1254 Actually, they didn´t. This version is famous for recording the vocals live on set and adding the orchestra in post-production. That´s why they all sound somewhat flawed at some point, but ultimately, it adds to the overall effect.

@LaundryFaerie

4 жыл бұрын

It took many, many takes before he felt he had it right. At least part of his weariness in this scene is real.

@malloryfallon6394

4 жыл бұрын

YESSSS HE ABSOLUTELY BLOWS ME AWAY

@malloryfallon6394

4 жыл бұрын

Sawyer no they didn’t

this scene is so powerful, i cry every time. eddie redmayne killed it.

@jacquelynnjones1372

4 жыл бұрын

r e g i n a I still cannot believe how many awards went to other films that year...

@danieloleszek8081

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacquelynnjones1372 Agreed

@lifethroughcoraslenses36

4 жыл бұрын

I know!

@malloryfallon6394

3 жыл бұрын

gina same!! He killed it!!! This scene never fails to make me cry

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie is a miracle, no matter what role he plays. In this case, he breaks my heart and makes me weep.

In the stage play all the dead friends come in and when he sings the "Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me, what your sacrifice was for!" They all walk off again as if they are disappointed in him for saying that they died in vain. Powerful stuff.

@jilliancoleman9670

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. I can't even imagine how amazing that would be to see.

@this-is-alliecat

3 жыл бұрын

And I love how he sings it almost like a quiet yell. It's just so powerful.

@JF-sh2sm

3 жыл бұрын

Why didn’t they do this in the movie version too??

@ausomeaspie

3 жыл бұрын

J F I wish I knew!

@ekieklund274

3 жыл бұрын

@@JF-sh2sm realism

"Oh my friends, MY FRIENDS!" he screams, only to have the only full shot of the empty room he stands in is so subtle yet so haunting.

@leannaconda5859

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. I never noticed that and got double chills

Imagine, be with your best friends on a fight, ready to die by their side, then you wake up and find out they're all dead and you were the only one who survived

@_Axolottie_

4 жыл бұрын

Haru that would be HORRIBLE

@malloryfallon6394

4 жыл бұрын

Lottie Chan that’s what he’s going through!!

@malloryfallon6394

4 жыл бұрын

SURVIVORS GUILT

@randompinoyboi.-.1652

3 жыл бұрын

And all of them died in vain. Truly must be heartbreaking for Marius.

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

@@randompinoyboi.-.1652 I don't know that much about the Second French Revolution, except that wasn't a total failure. Louis XVIII was a fat, tired old man who didn't really want to be on a throne, so he threw up his hands and left Paris. I don't know where he went, but both the Bourbon Dynasty and Napoleon Bonaparte had worn out their welcome, and the French were ready for Democracy like their American allies. It was a royal mess. But Marius' friends, in the long run, didn't die in vain.

In my opinion, this was the best singing performance in this movie. He managed not only to sing well, but portray a lot of emotion while he did so. Some of the other performances had some good emotion, but that emotion affected their singing in negative ways.

@lucyt6971

3 жыл бұрын

Anne Hathaway tho'. I think Eddie Redmayne and AH totally blew the critics away. We already knew Wolverine had the chops, but these two blindsided.. talent...amazing.

@proserpina4448

2 жыл бұрын

His performance goes directly under the skin. So powerful, so full of emotions.

@gilljames5013

2 жыл бұрын

Great acting but i dont like the decision they made for the song. Dont know if it was to tailor it to redmaynes ability or not but i dislike not holding out the orignal notes and also not belting the first half F and G

@rintv3675

Жыл бұрын

@@gilljames5013 It was probably direction. There were so many bad decisions made behind the scenes ( like telling Hugh Jackman to not drink water for his earlier songs so he looks haggard ) It's honestly a miracle that this number was even good given the conditions they were working with ( kudos to that at least )

@lynseyadams6584

7 ай бұрын

@@rintv3675 Hugh Jackman purposely lost weight and looked haggard for the first scenes. I don't think they served doughnuts and pizza in French prisons in those days. He was playing it for real. In fact I think the whole cast gave it their all - that's why it was such a fabulous and memorable movie.

Why he didn't get an Oscar for this, I'll never know.

@priyachoudhary9896

3 жыл бұрын

Well they made up for it in theory of everything

@pamelagratton789

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 👍

@ezelfrancisco1349

2 жыл бұрын

Because the Oscars rewards “realism” and musicals are the last kind of movies they would reward

@joejosa8985

2 жыл бұрын

@@ezelfrancisco1349 guess that crying isn’t realistic.

@wabisabi7755

2 жыл бұрын

He wasn't "too famous" back then. Oscar wins rely mostly on buzz.

I love the way he says "my friends , my friends" like a very old man at 1:41

@sariahlilysmall4536

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh I can’t stop hearing it that way now 😂😂

@hizbollahabedin7310

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah

@zoegurowitsch464

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no now you ruined it 😂

@0manoscar

Жыл бұрын

Outliving your friends will make you old fast.

From 0:57 to 1:41 is my favorite section of this performance. So many other singers build and build in this section until they're singing with full-throated voices "AND I CAN HEEEEEEAR THEM NOW" -- no, you can't, you're too busy singing. Here, the restraint of Eddie Redmayne's voice in that section suggests exactly what the lyrics say -- that he's listening for the ghostly voices of the friends he'll never see again. It's a far more effective treatment, one that makes the song land exactly where and how it's meant to.

@nickjvideos

3 жыл бұрын

That part is my favorite too.

@albatross4023

3 жыл бұрын

Just because it's an emotional performance, doesn't mean it's the right performance. Although I respect your opinion, I feel that it's supposed to be a singing performance. It's in a musical, not a play. Emotion can be portrayed through singing just as good as acting.

@LaundryFaerie

3 жыл бұрын

@@albatross4023 Your preference is your own.

@albatross4023

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaundryFaerie Yeah I know, I just wanted to say that.

@sunny70299

3 жыл бұрын

Depressed Ravioli “emotion can be portrayed through singing just as good as acting” thank you! Unfortunately no one told Tom Hooper this.

The first time I saw this movie, this scene hit me like a ton of bricks. I broke down and started sobbing as he continued to sing. It shocked my wife because it was the first time she had seen me cry. You see, I am a retired US Army Infantryman. I have deployed to Iraq for three tours. Some of the empty chairs were the direct result of those deployments. Some of my other brothers met their end in Afghanistan after they moved on to different units. The even most heart-breaking losses were when we came home, and they took their own lives. It really is a problem, I have lost more brothers to suicide than to the enemy. What makes all of those empty chairs & tables so painful to think about is that they ultimately died for nothing. It took me a long time to come to the conclusion that all of the blood, pain, and horror we endured, the awful things we saw & did. The horror of knowing that innocent people died because of your actions, and the awful knowledge that you would do it again because it meant you & your brothers get to come home. All war, death, sacrifice, and soul crushing sorrow, was ultimately in vain.

@cynthiastisi6452

2 жыл бұрын

I am in your shoes. I cannot watch this without crying, and my fiancee gets so confused, because I refuse to cry in front of anybody. But this song hours me, and I can't help it

@dianasayson2846

2 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss. Each death took a bit of you. I hope you are letting love of your family rebuild your spirit and make whole your soul.

@Con_blue

Жыл бұрын

I always cry in this scene and now your comment made it even worse! I am so sorry for what you've been through, you are very strong.

@skwoods7986

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@itsruffian1730

Жыл бұрын

you went from "this scene made me cry" to "so anyway lets talk about me and my tour in iraq that ultimately happened for no reason and then ended anyway"

This song really caught me off guard in the best way possible the first time I saw it. At this point in the musical it’s near the end and there’s already been so many big numbers, then in comes this one that hits you like a brick with all its emotion.

@CoachRudi1

Жыл бұрын

Truth!! I’m not even sure I’d heard this song before….I’m currently working the live show of the Broadway tour (backstage with costumes) anyway, I heard it for the first time Tuesday night and it had me riveted… The feeling of survivors guilt and the way he sings it it’s just powerful beyond powerful 🦋

@OhHeBustin

Жыл бұрын

@@CoachRudi1 that's so cool dude hope you like it, my gf is working to do what you're doing with the costumes

I saw this in theaters roughly about a month after my tour in Afghanistan. I had zero idea what I was getting myself into, this scene absolutely crushed me. The way he so accurately portrays his survivor guilt is one of the most beautiful and moving things I’ve ever come across. I’ve never not found comfort in this piece over the years, it also helped me discover my voice. Such an incredible work of art.

"Oh my friends, my friends, forgive me that I live and you are gone." There's so many people in the world who can relate to this and it brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it.

@rafestewart283

Жыл бұрын

It is truly one of the most ugly feelings. I would give up anything to have my mates back. The survivor guilt is awful.

@deathraven7314

Жыл бұрын

Survivor's guilt is so brutal. I hate it.

@MGGG-mu8lr

6 ай бұрын

Lost my 26 year old brother to cancer a year ago. Battled it for 7 years. It’s so true

I really love how he starts the song in falsetto (head voice) rather than chest voice like basically every other Marius. I listened to the movie soundtrack before any of the other ones so I may be biased, but I feel like starting with an even, low voice like most Mariuses do is contrived - too pretty, not very expressive. The way Eddie Redmayne goes from falsetto to eventual chest voice when the song and emotions build up to the crescendo has the same effect the technique has in "Bring Him Home" - it's really wonderful.

@britishnerd3919

3 жыл бұрын

Have u heard Jonathan Antoine's version. Its pretty good and he also starts off quiet.

@ChicoTunda

2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t falsetto different from head voice?

@Dale-ct5ru

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChicoTunda Yep :)) Head voice is the one I should have used. I'm not gonna bother fixing it though because this comment is quite old.

@Carsoncutie3

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dale-ct5ru I am interested in the difference as a non musical person :O lol

@mr.government985

2 жыл бұрын

this is more of a falsetto, as it’s more closely resembling a chest voice. the difference between falsetto and head voice is mostly biological.

I've lost a lot of friends; through cancer, car crashes, warfare, suicide and addiction have I lost a lot of friends. The emptiness remains but they are not forgotten.

@lifethroughcoraslenses36

4 жыл бұрын

Awwww! So sorry! Hope you have a great day.

@suzansaleh3031

4 жыл бұрын

BOT Chad sorry for that I can imagine what you feel

@aussiehyune

4 жыл бұрын

BOT Chad I feel so sorry for you. I can’t even imagine how much pain you have experienced.

@shahadshd5165

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry you had to go through that 😓

@malloryfallon6394

4 жыл бұрын

Awwwww! I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️❤️

Eddie Redmayne killed this scene.

@theamericanyoutuber

4 жыл бұрын

i was gonna make a comment about everyone else dying, but...

@amazingspiderlad

3 жыл бұрын

And the scenes before this killed everyone else

@BusBenchProductions

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks and Amanda Seyfried stole the entire film for me in my opinion.

@randompinoyboi.-.1652

3 жыл бұрын

Never knew 5 words could speak so much truth

@solvingaproblemlikemaria

3 жыл бұрын

@@BusBenchProductions i 100% agree !!!

2:12 from here on is so powerful, especially when he says "Oh my friends! My friends! Don't ask me what you're sacrifice was for."

@theaselby6064

3 жыл бұрын

His face there was what made me feel it so much

This is one of the most well performed scenes in the movie adaptation of this show. I love it so much

@Tirantekk

4 жыл бұрын

It would have been so easy for this character to fall behind the scenes with all the other amazing performances. Eddie made that impossible

There's a grief that can't be spoken, There's a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables, Now my friends are dead and gone. Here they talked of revolution, Here it was they lit the flame, Here they sang about tomorrow and tomorrow never came. From the table in the corner, They could see a world reborn, And they rose with voices ringing, And I can hear them now The very words that they have sung Became their last communion On this lonely barricade, at dawn. Oh my friends, my friends forgive me That I live and you are gone There's a grief that can't be spoken, And there's a pain goes on and on Phantom faces at the window, Phantom shadows on the floor, Empty chairs at empty tables where my friends will meet no more. Oh my friends, my friends don't ask me What your sacrifice was for Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friend will sing no more.

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

Wow...How powerful. Eddie sang it perfectly, too.

This song hits you like a knife to the heart. The emotions are just that powerful. And when you feel like that, the song has been performed perfectly

The raspiness of his voice saying "my friends, my friends". You can already imagine him as an elderly man with a cane longing for his friends😢

I've watched other people singing this song in musicals but this is the most emotional performance I've ever seen. Such raw emotion. Beautiful. It hurts everytime I hear: my friends forgive me, that I live and you are gone. The guilt and the pain.

@TheKaity1965

Жыл бұрын

most of the time on stage they dont have any emotion they just sing it and too fast there is no reality that he just lost his friends

@debbievidal9536

Жыл бұрын

M.ichael Ball gives a wonderful interpretation

“Phantom faces at the window. Phantom shadows on the floor.” This is my favorite part. A gut punch.

Eponine literally took a bullet for him and died in his arms. Gavroche was a child, probably no more than ten, who still willingly sacrificed himself for the revolution. Enjolras gone. All his friends gone. You feel that pain, listening to this.

One of the best portrayals of survivor's guilt in the history of cinema. The guilt and anguish in his voice when he all but screams "Don't ask me what your sacrifice was for" is almost tangible, sinking like a double-edged knife straight into the soul. There really are no words powerful enough to capture the depth of this kind of agony. Every scene in this movie is an individual masterpiece.

“There’s a grief that can’t be spoken there’s a pain goes on and on...” uggghh😭

Oh my friends my friends forgive me... that I live and you are gone. That broke my heart

@shahadshd5165

4 жыл бұрын

Same 😓

My dear friend Benny Harvey used to sing at the pub on a regular basis. Rest in peace. Miss ya big man.

It happens so often in an epic tale that the main character is the only one who survives a battle, and I always thought it was strange how quickly the story always just moves on. I know it’s because to the audience those minor characters were expendable, but that wouldn’t be true from the perspective of that surviving main character. I love that they took the time to let the hero mourn his friends here, the way he would in real life.

This was the first movie I saw Eddie Redmayne, I thought this song was so powerful. His acting was superb here

@susantherestorer

4 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

My first Eddie Redmayne movie was "Fantastic Beasts", and I fell in love with him at once. That's why I found as many of his movies as I could, and Les Miserables is one of my favorites, too.

@riversong4997

2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember the first movie I saw him in, but certainly the most powerful was The Danish Girl. He was absolutely amazing in that movie.

Eddie Redmayme will always be the best Marius to me My God that VOICE and EMOTION

1:31 The way he delivers "On this lonely barricade..." is truly heartbreaking.

@awe-ctaves7304

Жыл бұрын

Definitely a tone I wish I could copy.

I genuinely think that this is one of the most powerful scenes in Les Mis overall. The raw emotion just resonates with me so much.

Eddie Redmayne really is an underrated actor. Say what you want about his singing, which I think is quite beautiful, but he is an incredibly talented actor and you can’t help but feel for him as he mourns his friends all dying at the barricade.

This man who was waiting on his teenage daughter to come out of the restroom, says to me that his daughter, when she first saw Eddie Redmayne on screen said, he's a funny looking fellow, and at the end of Empty Tables, she was crying saying that he was the most beautiful man she'd ever seen.

@Mairas.Labyrinth

Жыл бұрын

That’s so beautiful… 😭 I felt that way too.

Just remember... This whole movie is based on historical events.. people really went through this.. brings a whole new weight to his words

If you're a veteran of any conflict and this song doesn't cut you deep then you've never known a true friend ever. Truly great performance.

@fordfan3179

4 жыл бұрын

@*Intellectual Ruskii , how am I "gatekeeping"

@Bleax

3 жыл бұрын

Ford Fan by saying if people don’t feel similarly as you then they must not have friends. The fact that you don’t see that is even worse.

@rhiannonm6022

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bleax exactly, people respond differently and are impacted by different things. They shouldn't invalidate how someone repsonds/feels

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bleax Aww...that's not what he meant.

@jessicadoban2564

3 жыл бұрын

This is not as heroic but also true in the community that pulls through addiction. A list of people you outlived.

I'm not a musical person, but I may have to watch Les Miserables. Even without full context, this transforms you into feeling what hes feeling

@Nooralhudahamad

4 жыл бұрын

You should!! One of the most amazing tales ever..so sad and miserable but so real

@stephaniebender3481

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely recommended.

@susantherestorer

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Yes! Do it!

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nooralhudahamad That's probably why the title translates roughly to mean "Miserable People".

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

You don't have to be into musicals. A lot of people are not. But this one is different and it is really in the realm of Opera, along with Sweeney Todd and Phantom of the Opera. To call any of these simply musicals is in error.

truly heartbreaking. He's seriously the most underrated in this movie

I have avoided this cinematic version for almost 10 years because Les Mis is literally my favorite musical and the 10th anniversarydream cast is the definitive version, IMHO. But Eddie Redmayne actually did a great job here! Sorry I waited so long!

I came here because my grandma just passed away. I know the song isn't about that. She didn't even like musicals or had any connection with this movie/play. But looking at her empty room, the chair she sat on, I just can't stop thinking about this song. Empty chairs at empty tables... Her room just feels so empty without her. Now I will just burst into tears wherever I hear this song remembering her.

I've never seen any actor or actress portray grief and loss so honestly.

My friends my friends forgive, that I live and you are gone. That gives me chills everytime

@wildelove13

4 жыл бұрын

Survivors guilt. Breaks my heart.

The GREATEST interpretation of this song i have ever heard or seen. He was brilliant in this damn movie.

2:28 soo powerful. "oh my friends, my friends don't ask me"😪😪 goosebumps every time.

@FifthCenturyBass

4 жыл бұрын

That expression gets me every time

I heard he did this scene 28 times or so and he himself was only satisfied in releasing the last take

The Eddie does this shows such raw, genuine emotion. He shows grief show heavy perfectly in this and it hurts my soul to see that kind of sadness

When I saw this movie for the first time and had no idea what the story was about... this scene wrecked me. Eddie Redmayne became one of my favorite actors in a handful of minutes. Absolutely heart-wrenching.

I have the profoundest respect for Eddie Redmayne. He makes us all see what we must see.

So many of the things we have.... anti-discrimination laws, minimum wage, the eight hour workday, are because people like Marius fought and sometimes died for a better future... One that we enjoy and they will never see. Next week will be Labor Day. Remember this song, and remember that the fight is not over.

For me, it was just the most miserable scene from Les miserables, Eddie Redmayne had sang and expressed his feelings wonderfully, and painfully!

He should’ve been Oscar nominated for this film. Him & Eponine.

"My friends, forgive me that I live and you are gone." I can't even begin to imagine what the torture of survivor's guilt must be like.

There was a lot of criticism of this movie when comparing it to the play. I honestly don’t think you can get this kind of authentic emotion from an actor when he has to project his voice to the back row of the theater. I think for it to feel real it has to be done quietly and alone with the ghosts.

@sunny70299

3 жыл бұрын

David Pietarila The authentic emotion is in the voice and the music. You shouldn’t need to hear a wobbly affected crying voice or tears running down someone’s face to see or hear the emotion. Tom Hooper doesn’t understand this.

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

There is a difference between staged opera and movies.

@francespreece3192

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Although I love the play more for it's fantastic atmosphere, on film the individual emotions are a revelation and a triumph.

Keep in mind he is primarily an actor but this is a great voice with incredible range

He is so talented & to portray such emotion in song is just another example of his skill.

I’ve come here to cry….. simply breathtakingly beautiful

As a Veteran, to see this scene (perhaps the best protrayl filmed) and hear this rendition is haunting, moving, and heartbreaking.

he was PERFECT! Ive alway loved the fact that they recorded live on the set while filming.

Imagine how emotionally draining this song is to sing

Eddie Redmayne has so much emotion in his presentation that it truly stays with you a while. It is not easy to make the change from very soft vocalizing to very strong, but he nails it. Unforgettable.

I love Les Mis...I'd heard this song so many times before I saw the film rendition and knew what was coming. Yet to this day I have never been as moved by a scene as I was by Eddie's performance. I still cry like a baby every time I hear it, Eddie Redmayne conveys the agony of grief in this song like I've never experienced before.

I've seen this scene performed by multiple actors/singers over the past 30 years, and this guy is the only one I've ever seen who begins to show the true anguish that the character would have been experiencing in that tragic situation. He simply nailed it. I don't know if he won any awards for his performance, but he absolutely deserves one.

One of the best version of this song.Redmayne really shows his skills to be a leading actor in21st century, and his voice on this song is so REAL.Fantastic version

For me this is the most beautiful and the most powerful song of the whole movie.

PHANTOM FACES AT THE WINDOW!!!! PHANTOM SHADOWS ON THE FLOOR

@Xatarino

4 жыл бұрын

Por favor no diga idiotez

@edgydreamy681

4 жыл бұрын

FRANC Co: what?

@Xatarino

4 жыл бұрын

@@edgydreamy681 por favor no

@Elijahsik

3 жыл бұрын

Saw Les Mis at the queens theatre in london and this very lyric gives me chills because of the ghostly shadows they cast on the floor as he sang it. so powerful

@sanctacaecilia11

3 жыл бұрын

*Erik's face is pressed against the window*

How is he still freaking adorable when he’s crying and singing? 😂😑😭😭

@malloryfallon6394

4 жыл бұрын

YESSSS

@waffleyy_

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr? I frigging love this bean

Best version of this song. Hands down.

*here they sang about tomorrow but tomorrow never came* :((

when he sings "oh my friends, my friends dont ask me what your sacrifice was for" is so powefull my god he done so well

NOTHING CAN TOP THE RAW EMOTION IN THIS.

Heartache, guilt, and the agony after losing your friends..

I can't contain my tears "Oh my friends, my FRIIIIIEEEEENDS" gets me every time. I just instantly tear up and have fullbody goosebumps.

THIS! is acting with the voice. Shockingly brilliant.

PTSD in a song. Even the winners don't win in war.

This is one of the most powerful performances I've ever seen on film, and I've seen countless movies in my 75 years of age. This is right up there with the greatest performances of all time. Stunning in its purity and simplicity while showing what real grief looks like.

I was taught by Samantha Pauly (the Broadway actress) how to sing with emotion. She said to dig down into what you can relate with this song, so I did. And now, everytime I hear or sing this song, I break down in tears while I think about my friends that I have lost. It truly breaks my heart.

This hits a lot harder in these past few weeks.

When I saw this in the movie, I thought is was not up to par with the Broadway show but now I watch it and see how fabulous a job Eddie did with this.

Eddie Redmayne’s version of this song is perfection.

Me when I drop out of school and my friends keep studying Edit: Guess im not the only one

@K-MasterGirl

3 жыл бұрын

Tbh I read this the the opposite way first but it’s still funny.

I’m a hker. Many of my friends had been thrown to jails. And I hear this song, I feel guiltiness has burnt my heart

Fantine's interpretation of 'I dreamed a dream' won the Oscar, but this interpretation is also masterful and would have deserved the Oscar. This song expresses all the pain and sadness of a man who was ready to die with his companions, but who instead survived; and the actor, both with his voice and with his acting, expresses these feelings perfectly.👏‍‍

I've only just watched Les Mis for the first time today. This is probably the best part.

the Muppets style one

I will never forget seeing this for the first time in the cinema. I cried so hard and had forgotten to bring tissues. I looked a right mess when the lights turned on

Losing my friends is my worst fear. I’m always concerned on keeping my friends happy that I keep my emotions and my sadness inside and wait to cry at home. It hurts like a bullet wound.💔

When I saw this for the first time I was little and didn’t understand stand this scream now I’m in high school and now I get his reaction. All of his friends are dead and he is the only one left

I'm so glad he won a later Oscar for The Theory of Everything. He is so talented.

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

He has a long, impressive list of awards to his name, including an OBE from the Queen. Go look him up on Wikipedia, and prepare to be truly impressed.

I watched it thousands of times but this scene always get my heart broken

This scene not only hurt my soul, but also me, but like, physically. I could literally feel my chest plunging to the point I felt actual pain.

I was 19 when I first heard this song in film school Now I'm 29 and this song hits harder than. Any other I've outlived so many friends and fam I hear this song today

I've heard this song many times but it still gives me goosebumps.

Eddie Redmayne is so effortlessly good in anything he does, that it simply passes - unnoticed. As if we've all accepted that he is extraterrestrial and stopped giving him credit for it.

This is the the best song in this movie. He rocked it.

I am in awe. He was not musically trained before this movie. He trained just for this. Impressed.

Ok, i knew Eddie first only because of Les Miz and thought he's a great actor... and 'am not wrong, he even got an Oscars for Best Actor before Hugh Jackman.

@daisybtoes

3 жыл бұрын

He won for Best Actor in Theory of Everything, and should have won for The Danish Girl as well. He's a treasure.

@tmh-jts7022

3 жыл бұрын

@@daisybtoes agreeeee😭

@riversong4997

2 жыл бұрын

@@daisybtoes I was initially so happy for Leonardo DiCaprio that he finally won an Oscar, but after a second, I was like, "Wait a minute, NO, that Oscar should be Eddie Redmayne's!" Like, I was actually upset to a degree.