I really like this description. I loved parts of the film, and that was one of them.

I also particularly liked the symbolism of the last shots of the film, particularly the way the barricade is built in the last sequence.

That being said, akawil and I were in the car the other day listening to something else innocuous and heard 'parakeet' for 'barricade' and now have made a game of doing this with songs from Les Miz.