FreeSpiritGirl
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i have a cape! This would be the best costume ever! And i can totally justify my constant singing of PoTO songs with it! Yes!
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Phantom Of The Opera.....THE MOVIE
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progressivegal
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I saw it last night and WOW. I'm definitely buying that soundtrack. There was some phenominal talent.
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SallyNow
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My uber-long Phantom review!
Some of the postives (a short list of them!)
-The movie creates a wonderful enviroment-the sights and sounds are beautiful.
-The singing is fabulous- a wonderful interpretatioin of many of the songs!
-The Conducter, although a small role, is absolutly interesting and fun to watch.
-Meg and Madame Giry both do wonderful jobs in their roles as the friend and mother figure
-If you love theatre, musical, or good singing, you will really like this film.
-The show takes you in, emerses you, almost like a real stage show...
Reasons it is a "good" or "very good" film and not a "excellent" one:
-Some theatre freaks, like me, may be annoyed that the only stagehand with a personality get killed
-some of the dance numbers are a little odd, esspecially the masqurade. It's not the nature of the scene; it is simply that the dance itself, as pointed out by some of dancer friends, a little to modern for 1870 (by about 20 years)
-The very nature of moving the stage play onto the screen takes away some of the mystery surrounding the characters
-The switching back and forth between the story and the prologue are a little unnerving...although strangly necessary for a movie, it doesn't quite fit the nature of the story.
-The fake snow! Arg!
-Some of the costume and prop continuety, although the props and costumes themselves are wonderful! Top-notch! Fabulous!
-an unfortunete shot of the unmasked Phantom and Rauol that while works onstage, does not work as the medium shot as seen the film close to the end (if you have seen the movie, you probably know what I am talking about)
Summary:
The Phantom himself, Gerard Butler, actually creates a very good Phantom. But one of the things is the mystery and intrigue of the Phantom is taken away by nature of close-ups. This fundementally changes the nature of the Phantom, and while Gerald Butler does a very good job playing the Phantom, it loses some of the mysterious nature that is in the stage show. Emma Rossum, who plays Christine, is great, as are most of the other actors.
But overall, if you like musicals, if you like theatre, if you like the whole "British Male Mystique" thing, or if you like good singing, it's a great, enjoyable movie!
Some of the postives (a short list of them!)
-The movie creates a wonderful enviroment-the sights and sounds are beautiful.
-The singing is fabulous- a wonderful interpretatioin of many of the songs!
-The Conducter, although a small role, is absolutly interesting and fun to watch.
-Meg and Madame Giry both do wonderful jobs in their roles as the friend and mother figure
-If you love theatre, musical, or good singing, you will really like this film.
-The show takes you in, emerses you, almost like a real stage show...
Reasons it is a "good" or "very good" film and not a "excellent" one:
-Some theatre freaks, like me, may be annoyed that the only stagehand with a personality get killed
-some of the dance numbers are a little odd, esspecially the masqurade. It's not the nature of the scene; it is simply that the dance itself, as pointed out by some of dancer friends, a little to modern for 1870 (by about 20 years)
-The very nature of moving the stage play onto the screen takes away some of the mystery surrounding the characters
-The switching back and forth between the story and the prologue are a little unnerving...although strangly necessary for a movie, it doesn't quite fit the nature of the story.
-The fake snow! Arg!
-Some of the costume and prop continuety, although the props and costumes themselves are wonderful! Top-notch! Fabulous!
-an unfortunete shot of the unmasked Phantom and Rauol that while works onstage, does not work as the medium shot as seen the film close to the end (if you have seen the movie, you probably know what I am talking about)
Summary:
The Phantom himself, Gerard Butler, actually creates a very good Phantom. But one of the things is the mystery and intrigue of the Phantom is taken away by nature of close-ups. This fundementally changes the nature of the Phantom, and while Gerald Butler does a very good job playing the Phantom, it loses some of the mysterious nature that is in the stage show. Emma Rossum, who plays Christine, is great, as are most of the other actors.
But overall, if you like musicals, if you like theatre, if you like the whole "British Male Mystique" thing, or if you like good singing, it's a great, enjoyable movie!
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FreeSpiritGirl
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The fake snow! Arg!
I remember thinking that too! When she's walking in the graveyard, I believe she gets a piece caught in her hair, or on her face, and not only does it not go away, when she gets closer it's SO obvious it's fake!
I remember thinking that too! When she's walking in the graveyard, I believe she gets a piece caught in her hair, or on her face, and not only does it not go away, when she gets closer it's SO obvious it's fake!
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FreeSpiritGirl
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Haha!! I went to go see it again last night and it was even better than the FIRST TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!We sang the songs all the way home!!!! And we ate ice cream, my FAVORITE FOOD!!!!!:hyper: It was one of the best nights I've had in a long time. Fantastic film, absolutely fantastic.
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PuppyforChrist
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FreeSpiritGirl said:
My one good friend went back three times to see this movie. It's become her favorite. And frankly I don't blame her. Musicals rock!
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Le Fantome
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Kilted Stranger said:
I bought latex masks based upon the ones from the movie - the white one, the Red Death one, and the Point of No Return one. I love them.
Anyway, I like the movie pretty well. I'm looking forward to getting the DVD. It's not my favorite movie adaptation (Robert Englund, I love your Erik, even though the movie was rather campy and a slasher, it was awesome!). I still like the book by Leroux best, though.
The fake snow bothered me too! Especially during WYWSHA when she was wandering through the graveyard and a huge puff of it was stuck on her lip!
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redkingjoe
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i feel really bad about the movie. i bought the CD and couldn't finish listening the CD. May be because Sara, Michael...from the original cast did too well in the origianl cast CD(i listen to the original cast CD for over 600 times).
so i didn't go to see the movie...may be seeing the movie is difference
so i didn't go to see the movie...may be seeing the movie is difference
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