In 2001, I had the extreme pleasure of seeing "The Phantom Of The Opera" on Broadway with my sisters and mother. Like everyone else I saw the show with that night, I was blown away. Everything about it was amazing. When we heard that they were turning The Phantom into a movie, we were so psyched. Flash forward to a month ago when we all saw the movie (with some of our friends tagging along). Let me just say the film was wonderful. They kept almost every song, and only changed a couple of things (they changed the timing of when the chandelier falls). I thought that the film was perfect... until the Phantom began to sing. Something about his voice bothered me. I think that his voice was way to deep for the phantom, and frankly his voice wasn't that good at all. He was also too angry. I look at the Phantom as a misunderstood man, but he portrayed the Phantom as an angry man who wanted revenge on the world... I don't know, maybe he's supposed to be that way. Other then that, the film was wonderful. Emmy Rossum as Christine was excellent, as well as Patrick Wilson was as Raoul. I give it a 9 out of 10.
Review of The Phantom of the Opera
