Phantom of the Opera

[kirarakim]

Well it was a pretty uneventful Halloween. I didn't dress up or go anywhere and not a single kid came to the house. I did however watch the 1925 silent version of Phantom of the Opera with Lon Chaney. Not necessarily my favorite silent film but Chaney was definitely awesome as the phantom. The film also had two notable sequences: the scene when the

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[rose_of_pollux]

(I used to have an adorable Raoul/Christine icon from the musical, but that kinda went packing to make way for this one... XD;)

LOL, we were both watching TCM today. XD;

I've seen the 1925 version before--last year. I wrote a review of it here: http://rose-of-pollux.livejournal.com/49566.html

My main complaint, as you can tell, was with the ending, too. XD; Especially since the point of the ending in the book is Erik's repentance, and that... never happened here.

...I still want to do that blurb where young Louis sees musical-verse Erik's face and *that* is what causes his phobia of blood...

[kirarakim]

Well it is coming on TCM late late tonight but I ended up watching it on Netflix because I couldn't stay up that late (of course I am up now later than I should be and I know I am going to regret it tomorrow morning).

As for the ending it's disappointing but I really liked most everything else about the movie that it didn't really ruin it for me so much. Or I just choose to ignore those last few minutes. But it's not even just that it was a different ending, it's not a very good different ending. That's the main problem for me. But as I said above Lon Chaney was my favorite thing about the movie.

I read your review: Raoul & the Mustache, I also think that was the popular style back in 1925 as well. XD

I had seen the musical once some time ago but only recently read the book so now I think I get some references better in your fanfiction. :)

[kittenbiscuits]

I saw it in the theater last Halloween. Chaney is quite awesome. But I do agree about the ending.