Phantom of the Opera

[dgibson]

My wife drug me to see this on our anniversary. Once again being a shameless man, I'm not much for musicals, but The Wife likes Andrew Lloyd Weber so off we went. Other than a few places where I got a slap on the arm for sniggering at a particularly high note for the male leads, it wasn't too bad, for a musical. The female lead was very pretty and whoever did her singing for her (perhaps she did it herself?) was reasonably talented. I did enjoy the fact that it had changing scenery and locations rather than the props you'd expect in a play. However, even The Wife wasn't too impressed with the fellow playing The Phantom; she didn't like his voice & delivery.

The Wife says it gets 3 Spikes because it was good, but not as good as a live production. I abstain from spiking because, well, any musical is flawed as far as I'm concerned. I will say that I enjoyed it more than the Madonna version of Evita that she drug me to a few years back. |oo

 

[wilecoyote76]

I always told my wife I would take her to Phantom so I am glad it is going to be in a theater and not on Broadway! HA HA!! I am curious on anyone's take on Phantom of the Opera as well. I was fortunate to see it in New York quite a while ago and I must say it was very enjoyable. Of course the broadway production is probably way better than the movie but I guess I will know when I take the wife to see it at the cinema.

 

[TTLS]

Les Miserables is better than the Phantom, IMHO. Stage versions of course.

I'd like to see Les Mis done with the Andrew Lloyd Weber music in a film, like the new Phantom. I saw the Liam Nesson version of the story that was a film, done around 5 years ago. The story was good, but the music would make it better. JMHO.

My wife is guilty of trying to culture me. I rebelled by wearing jeans and T-shirt to the plays.

 

[oldoregon]

I saw the phantom last summer on Broadway, and I loved it. The special effects were awesome
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[guppie9]

I've seen Phantom twice on stage and went to see the movie last week. I must admit, that I am somewhat of a freak about Phantom. I absolutely love the stage show (sorry if that makes me less of a man!). Anyway, I was a little leary about seeing it on film, but I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was done very well. Yes, the Phantom's singing felt a little forced, but I thought he still did a good job. Oh, and BTW, all of the actors did their own singing. If you have the chance to see the stage production first, I would do that and than see the movie. It is much more powerful on stage, but I don't think anyone would be disappointed by the film version.