Les Mis question

[gsh]

Saw the movie yesterday with vvalkyri. My first les Mis other than the Liam Neeson movie, which was most certainly not a musical. I'm confused as to if I'm supposed to be liking the Eponine character, and her involvement in the love triangle with Marius and Cosette. I'm perfectly fine with disliking Thénardiers (in spite of the fact that Helen Bonham Carter and Sasha Baron Cohen stole the show with their over the top comedic relief), but I started out all 'boo hiss' with Eponine but by the end of the movie I was sad for her. Is she *supposed* to be an honorable character? The movie didn't have Eponine abusing Cosette as a youngster, and as a young adult Eponine did deliver the note to Marius, and I can't think of any reason not to consider her as sympathetic as any of the other young idiots who got them a case of dead going up against the French army.

Thoughts?

Comments

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

What was eponine like in the Liam Neeson?

[gsh]

I don't remember her from that movie at all.

[anais-pf.livejournal.com]

Éponine does not play a major role in the Liam Neeson version. She only appears in one scene, as a child.