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CMV: Russell Crowe's performance as Javert in the 2012 Les Miserables movie was remarkable.

I have heard far too many people bashing Crowe's singing in this performance, calling it monotonous and unimpressive. I am not an expert in theater, but I thought Russell Crowe's style was very intentional. As a character Javert is robotic and one-dimensional. That is what he adds to the story. He understands the world a certain way and is so rigid in his perspective that he would rather die than wrestle with the possibility that he is not completely correct. The world is black and white for Javert. So when Crowe sings with a monotone and carries himself so stiffly and stoically, he is being as true to his character as one could be. I know Javert may have been played differently by great stage performers, but I believe Crowe's performance was perfect. People talk about how great Hugh Jackman was in this film, and how his voice was so full of passion that his entire body trembled with the weight of his character's emotion--but remember, Jackman's character is the antithesis of Crowe's. They represent two extremes. Crowe had to embody the rigidity of the old guard and law. Jackman had to embody romanticism, grace, and passion.
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All of what you said would be perfectly agreeable if it weren't for the pinnacle moments of Javert's character. Stars and Javert's Suicide are two of the most important moments in Javert's performance, which is why they're solos. Take Javert's Suicide. The entire song is incredibly emotionally complex. Javert has been shown mercy and saved by a man who is impure and flawed based on everything he has ever known. His life is now indebted to a former prisoner of his, and he has absolutely no idea how to handle that. As an actor who has been in and seen a production of Les Miserables, I've seen what experienced musical theatre performers can do with that song, and it completely defines Javert in the show. Russel Crowe isn't able to bring any of the depth and conflict that scene rides on to the table through the most important aspect in the song: his voice. There is no manipulation of dynamics, rhythm, or diction to make the music come alive and feel like a man losing his mind as his world crumbles around him. Instead, he's using the 'law abiding Inspector' voice that he did for the entire movie. In Stars, there are no attempt to make long, eloquent musical phrases that the style of show and song desperately call for to feel full and uncharacteristically passionate as it was written to be. Russell Crowe can make the notes, but for an operetta, if you cannot act with your singing, you're not doing justice to the part.