phantom of the opera movie
Everyone needs to go see the new Phantom of the Opera movie. While I still prefer the musical version, the movie is a nice inexpensive way to see the story.
Story time! :D I first really became aware of Phantom of the Opera when my high school's chorus performed an Andrew Lloyd Webber song medley. I forget which year we first performed it, it could have been my freshman or sophomore year. I went to see it performed on Broadway during the spring of my junior year. Shortly thereafter Joe and I performed the title song, "Phantom of the Opera," at John Carroll's spring fair during a theater show thingie, the actual name of which is escaping me.
Oi, anyway, like anyone but me cares about that. The point is is that I've been a Phantom fan for quite some time. I found out it was getting movie-ized a little late, but I was super pleased when I found out. I've always wanted to be able to watch Phantom on DVD or the like, and not have to pay out the wazoo and travel to New York everytime I wanna see it. So now that it's a movie, I can buy the DVD, and Pam is happy. :D
Why do I like Phantom so much? Well, it's probably a combination of the story and the music. Wow, am I predictable. I like the story because it's kind of like Beauty and the Beast, and I adore the Phantom's character. I feel for him so much and I think he's 100 times better than Raoul. Yes, he kills people... but he's been driven to madness, he's never been shown love, it's no wonder he kills people, he doesn't know any other way to live. I just want to give him a hug so bad. And the music, aiyah, I love the music. It's gorgeous. The lyrics are awesome, too, if you go back in my weblog you'll see I quote the lyrics sometimes. They're so beautiful and poetic and I love them so much.
As for the movie adaptation, it was pretty good. You can't really go wrong with the Phantom story unless you change it, and they didn't change the basic story. They changed some minor elements, but I didn't notice or really care about those. The music, well, Christine's actress and Raoul's actor did well, but I didn't like the Phantom's actor's singing. I'm hoping I will like his singing a bit better upon a rewatch. Maybe I was just extra picky about him because he is my favorite character, after all. But his voice just seemed so raspy and not beautiful like an Angel of Music should be. The imagery in the movie was really beautiful, especially in the "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" scene. Augh, the graveyard was beautiful. *_*
So I'm looking forward to seeing the movie again. I already ordered the soundtrack. And I will get it on DVD when it comes out. Oh yes. Everyone should see this movie.
[cloned from A Bird's Melody]
Story time! :D I first really became aware of Phantom of the Opera when my high school's chorus performed an Andrew Lloyd Webber song medley. I forget which year we first performed it, it could have been my freshman or sophomore year. I went to see it performed on Broadway during the spring of my junior year. Shortly thereafter Joe and I performed the title song, "Phantom of the Opera," at John Carroll's spring fair during a theater show thingie, the actual name of which is escaping me.
Oi, anyway, like anyone but me cares about that. The point is is that I've been a Phantom fan for quite some time. I found out it was getting movie-ized a little late, but I was super pleased when I found out. I've always wanted to be able to watch Phantom on DVD or the like, and not have to pay out the wazoo and travel to New York everytime I wanna see it. So now that it's a movie, I can buy the DVD, and Pam is happy. :D
Why do I like Phantom so much? Well, it's probably a combination of the story and the music. Wow, am I predictable. I like the story because it's kind of like Beauty and the Beast, and I adore the Phantom's character. I feel for him so much and I think he's 100 times better than Raoul. Yes, he kills people... but he's been driven to madness, he's never been shown love, it's no wonder he kills people, he doesn't know any other way to live. I just want to give him a hug so bad. And the music, aiyah, I love the music. It's gorgeous. The lyrics are awesome, too, if you go back in my weblog you'll see I quote the lyrics sometimes. They're so beautiful and poetic and I love them so much.
As for the movie adaptation, it was pretty good. You can't really go wrong with the Phantom story unless you change it, and they didn't change the basic story. They changed some minor elements, but I didn't notice or really care about those. The music, well, Christine's actress and Raoul's actor did well, but I didn't like the Phantom's actor's singing. I'm hoping I will like his singing a bit better upon a rewatch. Maybe I was just extra picky about him because he is my favorite character, after all. But his voice just seemed so raspy and not beautiful like an Angel of Music should be. The imagery in the movie was really beautiful, especially in the "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" scene. Augh, the graveyard was beautiful. *_*
So I'm looking forward to seeing the movie again. I already ordered the soundtrack. And I will get it on DVD when it comes out. Oh yes. Everyone should see this movie.
[cloned from A Bird's Melody]