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MANILA, Philippines - American Idol season 8 contestant Adam Lambert took to his Twitter account on December 30 and let out a series of tweets that summed-up the singer's review of Tom Hooper's Les Miserables film — thumbs down.
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Here are the tweets he posted:
Les Mis: Visually impressive w great Emotional performances. But the score suffered massively with great actors PRETENDING to be singers.
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
...it's an opera. Hollywoods movie musicals treat the singing as the last priority. (Dreamgirls was good)
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
Anne Hathaway as Fantine and Enjolras were the exceptions for me.
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
Helena B Carter and Sasha B Cohen were great too.
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
And I do think it was cool they were singing live- but with that cast, they should have studio recorded and sweetened the vocals.
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
Eponine's voice was cool too...
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
I felt like I should ignore the vocals and focus on the emotional subtext- but the singing was so distracting at times it pulled me out.
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
The industry will say "these actors were so brave to attempt singing this score live"but why not cast actors who could actually sound good?
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
Sorry for being so harsh but it's so True!
— Adam Lambert (@adamlambert) December 30, 2012
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Watch the musical trailer of Les Mis here:
A fan tweeted Les Mis star Russell Crowe about Lambert's tweets, to which the star coolly replied:
"I don't disagree with Adam, sure it could have been sweetened, Hooper wanted it raw and real, that's how it is."
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Lambert welcomed the new year in Asia with a concert in Bali, Indonesia. - Rappler.com
('Les Miserables' is showing in the Philippines on January 16.)
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