So I just went and saw a high school performance of Les Miserables and it really reminded me how much I love this play's story! And of course there was a big budget movie of it made in 2012 so that means I can write about it! There is so much good stuff I can write about it so I'll be making this in to a three part series, looking at three different characters, but before we get into today's blog I have a few things to get off my chest about the 2012 film. CUT RUSSELL CROWE SOME SLACK!!!!! Look we all know he's not the greatest singer but he did all his own singing, live on stage, no auto-tune, AND THE DUDE CAN ACT!!!! He didn't even sound that bad singing either, everyone just wants to pick on the movie because it's not a Broadway production, and I get that it was made for the stage, but Russell Crowe doesn't need your hate, he did his best and it was probably better than any of us could do! Alright, I'm sorry if I made you mad, but I needed to rant, let's move on. Eponine Okay so I want to start with a character who is more of a side character but we can learn so much from her, and that's Eponine. She grew up with her (practically) slave sister Cosette, raised by two sleaze bag parents. She was clearly the favorite growing up, and when she got older she fell in love with Marius. Marius friend-zoned her pretty hard. RIP Eponine. Cosette somehow makes it back into Eponine's social circle and Marius instantly fell in love with her. RIP Eponine. Marius is all like "Yo Eponine, go find her for me so we can be married one day!" Then she sings a heart breaking song and connects Marius with Cosette. Then she dies in the revolution! Happy Ending! I'm sure many of us can relate to this on some level (maybe not the dying part but you get what I'm saying). Eponine just wanted to be seen, noticed, and loved. Her parents, despite all the attention she had as a kid, were too busy being sleaze bags and conning people, really just too busy caring about themselves, to really give her any attention as she got older. So Eponine was looking for love and attention form Marius. This was her fatal flaw, as well as the actual bullet that killed her (#savage). She was looking for happiness from Marius, but he loved someone else. This is literally me pretty much my whole life and I'm sure many of you. We often look for happiness in earthly relationships. Not even just romantic ones! We want to feel accepted, liked, and like we are important. Well, unfortunately we live in a world full of humans, and humans can let us down so much! We aren't always going to get what we want from each other. Eponine didn't get the love that she wanted from Marius and she just couldn't be happy because of that. We often look for our happiness in the wrong places. I'm learning that if I want true happiness, I can only find it from the source of life, The Lord Almighty. This is so much easier said than done. But The Lord is the author of all things, He has this world in the palm of His hand. He loves us so much that He sent His Son to die for us, so we can know Him. He sent the Holy Spirit to guide us and direct us so we can know The Lord. I can KNOW Him. I can know and talk to the One who created me! That brings me more happiness than any human on this earth can. PLUS! He knows me as well, He see's me, He hears me when I call to Him, He has a plan for me! Isn't this what we are looking for? Someone to know us and love us? Praise the Lord for His amazing grace, that we can be drawn to Him and know Him and be loved by Him!!! Of course it's easy to forget this, but if we can focus on this and not look to others for our complete happiness, then maybe we can really show love and joy to this world. Please subscribe to the Finding Hope in Cinema Email list if you would like to get updated on future blogs! Stay tuned for Part 2!
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