Movies are a visual medium, and a terrific singer is not always whats needed to tell the story on the silver screen. I admit - the music is what I love most about Les Miz, but from a different angle, the movie tells the story in a more personal, in your face way, that you can't get on a stage. The directors eye navigates you to his vision, and you get to hear tiny breaths and see tears and wrinkles in faces that you just cant see from even the first few rows of a theater. It is a visual success, and a wonderful movie, but I cant imagine watching it over and over, as I do with the stage show. I get the same rush of emotion from just listening to the music from the stage show as watching it .... the soundtrack from the movie, however, will not end up on my iPad.
Still .... I'll say it again - it's WONDERFUL. A great way to spend 3 hours. (pee first)

As a sidenote - I can't imagine a more beautiful cast than the movie gave us. Each actor had the spirit and the heart of the character, and made me believe the words that they recited or sang. Remind yourself - it's not a concert production ... it's a story told with music and vision. Russel Crowe was the only voice that was clearly out of his league, and still - he did a great job with the set of skills he DOES have. I might have cast Jesse L Martin as Javer, but I never heard him really belt either ... so who can second guess? All I know for sure is that I loved it for what it was, but I can't WAIT to see it again on stage - 3 weeks!