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[prysmicdork]

Hee. I rented the newish movie version of Phantom of the Opera tonight because I hadn't seen it and the Wicked love has refreshed my love of musicals, but anyway, its kind of awesome and aweful at the same time. Its like, Phantom of the Opera: The Music Video! (the exclamation point is crucial), because its all lavish and lovely and everyone is

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[ti94]

I had a number of complaints about the movie, mostly musical in nature. First, I thought the Phantom sucked. Gerard Butler really fails to bring the intensity of singing to the movie that Michael Ball had on stage (which comes through in the few clips of him I've seen). Also, a number of points at which, in the stage musical, the characters would break into quiet, mysterious song, in the movie the characters continue speaking... with the effect that the characters are speaking normally, and then they're suddenly speaking in verse. It kills the sharp line between singing and not-singing. A number of other moments just left me cold in terms of the sense of drama... the song accompanying Christine and the Phantom's descent to his lair began far too suddenly. A lot of the music just seemed to lack polish

[silly_cleo]

OMG! Alex! I just watched it last night and um, omg, yes, where has THIS musical been my whole life?! *wriggles*

[silly_cleo]

Also, I am SOMEHOW going to go see it on stage this Christmas. Yes, damnit.