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This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. And I'm sorry, but I do have to disagree with elise920 for saying the story doesn't have much substance because it does. Parts of it are confusing the first like, 5 times you watch it, but after...
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This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. And I'm sorry, but I do have to disagree with elise920 for saying the story doesn't have much substance because it does. Parts of it are confusing the first like, 5 times you watch it, but after you've seen the movie about 50 times, you completely understand everything. Watching the older films makes you appreciate this one much more too. I think that Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum were born to play Christine and The Phantom. I mean, neither of them have really nailed any other roles that they've played. If you had never seen them in this movie you might even think they were bad actors. I absolutely love this movie and I can't wait to go see the show on Broadway.

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Posted jun 17, 2008 11:28 pm pt

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Watching this movie brought me happiness and joy because this is my favorite Opera of all time. The fact that Butler and Emma all sang their parts was amazing. Great job there. I can and will never get enough of this movie. I've see it 25 times...
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Watching this movie brought me happiness and joy because this is my favorite Opera of all time. The fact that Butler and Emma all sang their parts was amazing. Great job there. I can and will never get enough of this movie. I've see it 25 times this year alone. Phantom, i'm so sorry you did not get the one you loved. You were treated terrible and I am glad that her husband will never forget who you are.

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Posted oct 26, 2007 12:43 pm pt

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i love musicals and this one was great. i haven't seen the other phantom of the opera movies, but i would like to. i saw the first half of the movie in choir on the last day of school and ended up having to get it that afternoon. i was hooked...
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i love musicals and this one was great. i haven't seen the other phantom of the opera movies, but i would like to. i saw the first half of the movie in choir on the last day of school and ended up having to get it that afternoon. i was hooked right away. i watched it 5 times one day. i would recommend this movie to anyone who likes musicals.

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Posted sep 17, 2007 8:43 am pt

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One word: gorgeous. It is a very pretty movie no doubt, and I think it does a good job adapting the musical to the big screen. Story-wise it doesn't have much substance (or make much sense), but neither does the musical. The cast is a...
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One word: gorgeous. It is a very pretty movie no doubt, and I think it does a good job adapting the musical to the big screen. Story-wise it doesn't have much substance (or make much sense), but neither does the musical. The cast is a hit-and-miss. Emmy Rossum is great as Christine, and her voice is very pleasant. Gerard Butler, on the other hand, lacks the vocal talent required for his role as The Phantom even though he oozes sex appeal (or it could be just the mask). The most boring character, however, has gotta be Patrick Wilson's Raoul, who is as lifeless as a bland love interest could be. The action sequences added in the movie are also quite pointless and redundant, and you can tell they are just there to please the male audience, who otherwise would probably have been bored with a romantic musical involving a guy in a mask.

The movie is flawed but gorgeous, sexy and entertaining. If you like the musical, the chances are you'll probably enjoy the movie too. I did.

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Posted jul 22, 2007 2:43 am pt

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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...
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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.

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Posted jul 19, 2007 10:51 pm pt

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I totally loved this movie from the first time I saw it. My dad saw it, convincing my mom convincing me. I saw like half of it at first and I did not intend on seeing the rest of the movie but it stopped and I had to see the rest... We went out...
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I totally loved this movie from the first time I saw it. My dad saw it, convincing my mom convincing me. I saw like half of it at first and I did not intend on seeing the rest of the movie but it stopped and I had to see the rest... We went out and rented it like... twice then bought it, and couldn't get enough! I have the 2 disc DVD set and the soundtrack... I love the acting in this. Gerard Butler did a phenomenal job as the phantom! And Emmy Rossum did a great Christine. The story line was fantastic, but i did not like how it kept switching to the present, it was extremely confusing, but then you get it all in the end.

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Posted jun 16, 2007 9:22 pm pt

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The first time I saw this movie, I could NOT get the song out of my head, and I find myself force to watch it again. I really like this movie alot! I think Gerard Butler did a great job as the Phantom. And Emmy Rossum was excellent as Christine...
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The first time I saw this movie, I could NOT get the song out of my head, and I find myself force to watch it again. I really like this movie alot! I think Gerard Butler did a great job as the Phantom. And Emmy Rossum was excellent as Christine Daae. I think it will some day be a classic film in about 40 or more years down the road. This film is worth watching, if you're a fan of movie with actors are singing.

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Posted apr 27, 2007 3:29 am pt

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It was phenomenal! gerard butler did a fantastic job bringing out the phantom's character. i think that it would have been way better if they stuck to the book's ending. i've read the book, like, five times, and i cried every single time. The...
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It was phenomenal! gerard butler did a fantastic job bringing out the phantom's character. i think that it would have been way better if they stuck to the book's ending. i've read the book, like, five times, and i cried every single time. The book's ending is just far more powerful. by the way, am i the only one who didn't know that there was a butt-load of phantom movies? holy crap!

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Posted mar 21, 2007 4:54 am pt

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Why spend a fortune for Broadway tickets when you can watch it on your television. Even though it had a few changes from the musical, best movie musical I seen in years. It shows more drama, romance, and suspense than you can ever imagine.

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Posted mar 9, 2007 7:29 am pt

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A great love story/tragedy. The love story is of Raoul and Christine but the tragedy is of Christine and the Phantom. It was a great movie. But I have a few things I really didn't like. I didn't like how Christine made it seem like she was...
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A great love story/tragedy. The love story is of Raoul and Christine but the tragedy is of Christine and the Phantom. It was a great movie. But I have a few things I really didn't like. I didn't like how Christine made it seem like she was powerless against the Phantom's love. By him loving her, he had some sort of control over her. The Phantom felt that since he taught her how to sing, she owed him a great debt. I digress. I mean she was in love with another he couldn't possibly think a relationship between the two would work. I'm just glad he let her go in the end. I really didn't want to see Christine and Raoul be separated. They obviously were in love. It made me cry in the end when I saw the fresh rose by Christine's grave. I guess he still loved her regardless of where her heart lied. It was also sad that Raoul was left alone and he was obviously still mourning her death. Great movie.

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Posted feb 26, 2007 12:16 pm pt

• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
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  The cast is good, the score is sublime, the visuals are sumptuous and it speeds along with a delirious romantic power that, if you let it, can sweep you away.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
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  If you've been seduced by Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage version of "The Phantom of the Opera," you'll fall in love with the gorgeous, splendidly cast film.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
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  The much-publicized decision to go "younger and sexier" with the casting--a move that turns out to pay off handsomely, enhancing and enriching the material.

  by Michael Dequina | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
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  I am recommending a movie that I do not seem to like very much. But part of the pleasure of moviegoing is pure spectacle -- of just sitting there and looking at great stuff and knowing it looks terrific. There wasn't much Schumacher could have done with the story or the music he was handed, but in the areas over which he held sway, he has triumphed.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
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  Scotsman Gerard Butler does a fine job as the charismatic, ghostly character.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
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  Phantom, still running on Broadway after sixteen years, is a rapturous spectacle. And the movie, directed full throttle by Joel Schumacher, goes the show one better.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
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  Sumptuous pic version, which evokes the original show while working as a movie in its own right, is lit by a radiant, vocally lustrous perf by teenaged Emmy Rossum.

  by Derek Elley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
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  It's gorgeous nonsense to look at, and in director Joel Schumacher's hands, "Phantom" emerges as one of those queer works of art that actually improve somehow as they get tackier and more removed from the original.

  by Phillip Kennicott | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
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  Isn't just for music fans. It's more accessible than that, thanks to Joel Schumacher's bright direction and a few storytelling embellishments.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Premiere
  
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  Fans will cheer at Schumacher's faithful inflation of Webber's vision, which interprets all that pomp and bombast as if the show were some sort of overblown Vegas attraction.

  by Peter Debruge | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
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  The end result, although entertaining and well-crafted, certainly isn't on the same breathtaking scale of, say, Alan Parker's epic "Evita."

  by Jo Berry | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
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  What the film most damagingly lacks though is a sense of mystery and danger.

  by Kirk Honeycutt | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
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  The result isn't liberated from the stage; it's trapped, with waxworks literalness, onscreen.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
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  Flamboyantly over-the-top, visually kinetic.

  by Connie Ogle | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
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  But beneath the bombast it's pure paste and tinsel and, robbed of the thrill of live performance, the show's deficiencies are glaringly apparent.

  by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »