I am dubious. Raoul looks very cute in an I'm-about-to-run-off-and-cry sort of way, so that's as it should be, but I'm not wild about the Phantom's voice. Dunno.
Anyway, there it is.
Jen
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*in wonderment* It's finally here...
How long I have waited for this movie.
Posted by Troubadour (Member # 83) on :
I was never a big fan of Phantom... in fact when I saw it live in the mid 90s I was seriously underwhelmed - even tho I was seeing it in what was supposed to be one of its more spectacular incarnations in Sydney. I was unimpressed by the over-amplified vocals - but then I'm biased; I'd only just completed my training in Opera at the conservatorium. I also never really liked Weber's work.... *shrugs*
But this looks like it might really add some of the energy the production needs... looking forward to it.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
The set and costumes look amazing. I was sort of disappointed with the Phantom's voice.
Would someone like to spoil the show for me? I completely forget the plot.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
I dunno. Not craqzy about the Phantom's voice either. He's not Intense enough for me. Raoul and Christine i couldn't care less about, but if the Phantom's not right, nothing's gonna be right.
::shrug:: guess we'll see.
Ni!
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
It takes place backstage at a theatre, there's singing, and ballet, and guys in poofy-sleeved shirts.
*bounces*
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
It's vaguely ironic that I just found this for myself, then came here to see a thread on it. Huh.
I think I could like this Phantom's voice. At first, I was rather unimpressed, but I think he'll be alright. At least he'll be better than that one production's Phantom I saw over the summer...
I'm excited.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
I'm... Ok with his voice... I think it's pretty good.
But, personally... I'd love to have seen Sean Connery do it... That would be interesting.
I want to see this, that is for certain.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
quote: It takes place backstage at a theatre, there's singing, and ballet, and guys in poofy-sleeved shirts.
See, I remembered that part. Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I'm totally spoiled by Colm Wilkinson, who did the original Canadian cast recording. Every other voice I've ever heard seems dull by comparison. I love this book, I loved the musical. I can hardly wait for this movie. Yay!
*bounces*
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
How funny - I had no idea there was a movie coming out - Nathan recently discovered my CD it and is utterly fascinated . . .
Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
I don't like Colm Wilkinson's voice at all. Michael Crawford was the one who spoiled me for any other Phantom.
Jen
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
For me it was the way he captured Erik. I always felt bad for "poor Erik."
When he sings "The Mirror (Angel of Music)" I can feel Erik's exultation that someone wants to SEE him, KNOW him... Every single person in his entire life has reviled him, and here is this lovely young girl who seems to actually like him. Maybe he is forgetting that she doesn't really know anything about him, because his excitement about it overwhelms him.
When he sings the Phantom's reprise to "All I Ask of You," I can feel his confusion and hurt over her perceived betrayal, and how it turns to anger.
And then, at the very end, his rage and cruelty are transformed when she takes off his mask and somehow conveys to him that "he is not alone." For this, for the first person in his life willing to see him as anything but a monster, he lets her go, and sits alone in the dark, realizing what it really is to love.
Usually my "favourite" version of a song will be the first one I hear frequently. But this wasn't, it was the second or third. I love the book and the extraordinary portrayal of a man forced into the life of a monster. I cannot blame Erik for what he did in his past, not really. Any of anyone, Colm Wilkinson did the best job of giving us the humanity of "poor Erik."
And I still can't wait for the movie.
Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :
Well (she said coolly) you are of course entitled to your opinion.
*sets up shrine to Michael Crawford*
Jen
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Did anyone else read Phantom? It's the story of the phantom of the opera from his point of view and the beginning of his life. It's unashamedly a melodramatic novel, but I LOVE it. It fills in all the details of his backstory, and I just sobbed at the end.
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Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
You know, I never understood Crawford's appeal, and I've even seen him in three productions. The guy just doesn't have that great of a voice.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
I've heard Guillome is better.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Eeek. Gerard Butler as the phantom. Singing like he has cotton in his nose...Oh well...
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
kat, I adored Phantom. It was really inventive, the way it imagined what events could have lead to him ending up the way he did.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Oh, yay!
I really liked it, too. The story with his first love wrung my heart. I was about 16 and not feeling particularly pretty when I read it, so that may have had something to do with it, but I still loved it.
Hmm...I need to read it again.
Added: Grrr...no cheap copies on half.com. The movie must have given everyone else the same idea.
[ November 12, 2004, 01:48 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]
Posted by Zeugma (Member # 6636) on :
Heh, his mask appears to change sides of his face during the trailer.
Must be a reflection. Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Nathan and I just watched the 1943 screenplay. Very interesting . . .
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Anyone ever see the Phantom of the Opera non-musical movie? I saw it when I was very young, but I remember loving it.
And it makes me very sad that the best Phantom rendition I ever heard was from a comedian singer on a cruise ship. His Music Of The Night gave me goosebumps like woah. So yeah, not so impressed by this one.
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