The Phantom of the Opera [HD DVD] [2004] [US Import]

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Customer reviews

review by: xyzzy date: 2008-05-04 rating:
The closest we will come to the Play for many of us
The Paris Opera House is being sold to a couple of junk... oops scrap metal dealers. They inherit along with the opera and Opera Company but also an unwanted guest. Yes it is the Opera Ghost or Phantom. The ghost falls in love with a voice and before the story of a love triangle is over we see that genius has turned to madness. br / br /Loosely base on a story written by Gaston Leroux in 1911 "LE Fantôme de l'Opéra" (with many improvements) and more than 10 movie adaptations, "Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera" is brought to film with only scenes and sights and full orchestral music at can only bee seen and heard on film (best in Blu-ray). br / br /As with many movie adoptions this film pails compared to the famous stage productions. Yet is much better than the stage version I watched locally. We also are treated of insights, which even though lack the mystery of stage, from flashbacks to carriage chase scenes. br / br /The costuming and sets are impeccable and spectacular. Of course even for the time Patrick Wilson could stand to have a haircut. br / br /Most of the actors, of course not the stage actors, were well chosen especially Minnie Driver as Carlotta. Emmy Rossum as Christine is cute as a button and could have been a Disney hereon. The only downside is that with all the choices of singers thy chose a lead Gerard Butler as The Phantom who is not a professional singer and you can hear it. br / br /Ignore the fact that you can hear Evita creeping in many of the tunes and prepare to be wrapped in the story. br / br /The Blu-ray DVD has a great back story of the Making of the Phantom that almost rivals the movie. br / br / br /

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review by: date: 2007-10-05 rating:
A suspenseful love triangle
Though not my favorite musical of all time I did get to see it twice on stage. Once on Broadway when it opened and the second time when the Broadway show was first taken on tour. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote this as a stage musical that just happens to be set in an opera house. It is not, and never was, meant to be classified as an opera. br / br /He wrote this musical with the thought of his then wife Sarah Brightman in mind. And it is one of the reason she is brilliant on stage as Christine. It is regretful that the movie took so long to arrange production that they could not keep the original cast. It was truly our loss. Yet there was a pleasent suprise in the casting of Emmy Rossum as Christine Daae. And Patrick Wilson did well as Raoul. br / br /This movie does a very good job of translating from stage to screen. Some of the score has been changed, and there was no reason for it. And because he could, the director added some background that is contrary to the story and some scenes that take way from the mystery. But the movie is still worth owning if you like Broadway musicals. And even though I am not giving it five stars, most will want to see it more then once. br / br /The premise of the movie is that the Phantom lives beneath the Paris Opera and terrorizes those who work there. And he demands that Christine is the star of their productions. But when she turns her back on the phantom's advances and her lover Raoul starts to interfere, the Phantom does all he can to take his perceived need for revenge and to try and capture the love of Christine. This is truly a story of a fateful love triangle. Most of the music is haunting and memorable.


review by: date: 2005-08-08 rating:
musical to film
Although having the facilities to incorporate more features than the limitations of a stage, I wasn't really expecting much, compared to earlier film versions of this piece, so, nothing to watch on tv I decided to watch the film, not expecting much. But the film was b****y brilliant and what a change to have a good looking phantom, yep sorry folks how could the phantom be possibly good looking, but he was swoooooooooooon!! and the acting was excel. a definate hit on my list. You don't have to be a muscial junkie to appreciate this as even my father sat all the way through without any sarcastic remarks to make or stupid sound effects, so it must have been enjoyable!pIf anyone is reading this of importance, come on and make the musical film version of 'Les Miserable'

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