this be one of the few movie that will actually prompt me to shout at the tv . i be willing to be patient with a le mi movie adaptation and because the novel be sooooo lengthy and detailed . but they just completely twist everyone personality around . i put up with the characterization error ( the characterization that make the novel so wonderful ) but then i turn it off when i saw that they would make valjean the mayor when he couldn not read or write . it specifically say in the novel that he learn how to write or read in prison . again and i wouldn not care and but i do not quite see how any town could flourish under an illiterate mayor . here be what all bother me represent i saw people praise this movie because it do not change valjean a drastically and i. e. he sometimes becomes violent and hits people . valjean be never violent . he be freak put into prison for steal a loaf of bread to fee his sister starve family . whenever he attempt to escape and it do not involve violence . valjean would never and ever and hit anyone prison make him full of bitterness and hatred and but not violent . javert be not sadistic . he certainly not a very likable guy and but his personal experience give him a very rigid sense of justice . liam neeson be just too young to play valjean and i think . they should have age him up a bit and especially during his stint a monsieur madeleine i also do not think liam neeson look powerful enough . remember and the man lift a cart and scale a wall and bent prison bar . fantine and valjean never have anything between them . she be a little too busy and yknow and die . marius a a political activist be a strange and horrible thought . le mi have many story inside of it and not just javert vs. valjean . enjolras be a necessary character abc be pronounce ah bay say and it a pun eponine isn not entirely necessary and but the movie would have be more enjoyable with her cosette be not a teenage rebel without a cause who throw a tantrum when she do not get her way valjean would sooner hit himself than hit cosette i could go on and but i would not . it isn not just the novel mistake . it just a very boring and stuffy movie . a one reviewer i saw put it represent you keep itch for someone to burst into song . the character aren not endear at all in the movie while i do not fall in love with valjean like i do in the novel . i do not cry over fantine have to sell her hair and teeth and locket . when you can not really like any character in a movie and you have a big problem .