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LaVieBoheme
Chorus Member
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2010 7:44 am Posts: 50 Location: Too far from any decent theatres
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 Stuff the movie got right?
Okay, so we all know the movie was awful, but I was thinking, no film (or hardly any films) is so bad that absolutely everything was complete trash and no one would ever want to watch it. So was there anything about the Phantom film that people liked? These could include effects, character interpretations, casting, certain scenes etc. My only request for this thread is that there are no pointless posts which are trying to be funny eg "NOTHING!  ", and that no one flames other people's opinions. Just because they liked Butler as the Phantom and you didn't doesn't make their opinion any less valid than yours. (Although similarly, please keep fangirling/fanboying to a minimum as that does tend to provoke flamers). To start things off, I'll say that I enjoyed the transformation at the beginning with the restoration of the Opera House. It was just so smooth and it was great to see the whole backstage area.
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Yakko
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 Re: Stuff the movie got right?
^I will admit that was the one good thing I did like in the movie. That and I love hearing the movie in Spanish and Japanese because the singers are so much better and they really complement the great orchestra that they had for the movie.
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Mungojerrie_rt
Broadway Legend
Joined: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:31 am Posts: 1961
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The supporting cast. The Managers, Meg, Piangi, even Madame Giry, although Miranda Richardson doesn't have the usual voice for the part. The combination of Minnie Driver and the dubbing voice for her also created a great Carlotta.
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LaVieBoheme
Chorus Member
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2010 7:44 am Posts: 50 Location: Too far from any decent theatres
Main Role: Performer
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 Re: Stuff the movie got right?
Phew! Thank goodness people are taking this seriously  I agree on the supporting cast thing (especially Simon Callow/Ciaran Hinds as the managers).
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GungaDin
Tony Winner
Joined: Sun Apr 21, 2002 2:08 pm Posts: 332 Location: Burkha-Burkhistan
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Everything--especially casting Gerard Butler! He was PERFECT for the role!! Great movie. one of the best filmsuicals of ALL TIME!!!
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Potato112
Young Hoofer
Joined: Sat Nov 20, 2010 3:59 pm Posts: 43
Current Obsession: Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, WSS
Main Role: Performer
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Christine's look (beautiful brunette with doe-brown eyes and pale skin), some of the costumes (but not all), Meg and Madame Giry, and the chandelier! 
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LaGataNegra
Supporting Player
Joined: Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:03 am Posts: 120 Location: Ohio, USA
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I liked the added swordfight. I liked seeing Raoul show he's got a little fight in him. The French-dubbed Music of the Night is a treat, too!
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TheShteph
Fresh Face
Joined: Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:08 pm Posts: 5 Location: Long Island, NY
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I liked the transition they did at the beginning with the chandelier and the black-and-white-to-color effect. I liked that they decided to take advantage of the many possibilities of film in that way, since that can't be translated the same way on stage.
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superwickedfan33
Off-Broadway Lead
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:11 am Posts: 204 Location: Georgia, United States
Current Obsession: Newsies The Musical, Pilgrim
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 Re: Stuff the movie got right?
Moving the chandelier crash to the end of Don Juan. It heightened the stakes and gave more emotional "umph" that wasn't there in the stage version where Erik drags Christine off and murders Piangi.
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Angel of Music
Young Hoofer
Joined: Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:16 pm Posts: 38
Current Obsession: Phantom, Les Mis, Fiddler on the Roof
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The orchestration was beautiful. The opening with the transformation and extended overture was also impressive. It lost me some time after that.
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Salome
Broadway Legend / MdN Veteran
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Ciaran Hinds Simon Callow Miranda Richardson
thats about it.
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Mibuulle
Off-Broadway Lead
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I liked the settings. Sad that the only thing I was able to appreciate in a musical were the visual effects... 
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