I love musicals, so my review will most likely be tilted.
This version of Phantom of the Opera is of course based off of the stage production by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In so many ways this movie equals the magical splendor that live...
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I love musicals, so my review will most likely be tilted.
This version of Phantom of the Opera is of course based off of the stage production by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In so many ways this movie equals the magical splendor that live performances allow.
Schumacher could have played it straight, trying to 'stick' to the stage production, focusing on the songs and to a lesser degree the chorography. But he didn't. He and his team managed to take the underlying beauty of what appears on the stage and apply the proper artist eye to it for film. With the lavish stage sets. With the magic of good special effects. And most importantly, telling the story.
Then there is the music and how wonderful and enchanting the dark melodies and spell binding lyrics. One is both left with the feelings of "Music of The Night", it's dark love, it's brooding passion, yet at the same time humming it every where you go for days. So powerfully well written is Andrew Lloyd Webber's works.
This is an excellent date movie, for all levels of the relationship.