The Phantom of the Opera (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson, Patrick Wilson Director: Joel Schumacher Brand: Warner Brothers Writer: Joel Schumacher Producer: Andrew Lloyd Webber Writer: Andrew Lloyd Webber Producer: Austin Shaw Producer: Christopher James Mitchell Producer: Eli Richbourg Writer: Gaston Leroux DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 143 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-05-03 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Warner Home Video |
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Movie Reviews of The Phantom of the Opera (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: The phantom menace
Summary: 3 Stars
A very good film for the most part and a tear ran down my cheek towards the end, thanks to Gerard Butler's cracking performance as the phantom. The central conceit surrounding his looks are clever, but also something of a distraction until the denouement. My eyes also watered during the cemetary scene, albeit for different reasons. Although perishingly cold, young actress Emmy Rossum did not appear bothered by the chill winds and falling snow, despite exposing her cleavege to the elements for a good ten minutes. What an amazing set. Stage set, I mean. Her performance has been criticised for a certain blandness but this sort of blandness in cold climates should be encouraged. In fact, the box office would be advised to hand out free oxygen masks and cylinders to any male who looks over sixty five. Not that Ms Rossum shows any greater propensity to decorum while indoors where she exposes her full range to her lover. And what a great vocal range it is too, although I'm no expert.
The problem with this musical is that it only has the one song, beautifully sung on the opera roof, and worth the price of admission alone. The rest are mere tadpoles flapping around this moving number, although very pleasant.
The story works because we all understand unrequieted love. Well, everyone except Andrew Lloyd Webber whose devastating handsomeness and success with women such as Sarah Brightman, must preclude such sentiments. It has been said of 'Moby Dick', that the whale is Melville. Likewise here, the phantom is almost certainly Webber. I suspect he has created this grand opus not as a tribute to the beauteous Brightman, but as a huge 'what if?' scenario. Indeed, what if he had not been born devastatingly handsome and irresistable to women, and had in fact been a grotesque shunned by polite society? I'm sure he enjoyed his little frisson, although for us mere mortals, the unrequieted love angle holds the most resonance. I only detonate the word 'resonance' twice a year in a built up area, and seeing as it's nearly Christmas, chocks away. Anyway, there are certainly no cracked mirrors in the Webber household.
*SPOILERS*
The only thing that left a bad taste in my mouth as I left the theatre is the law and order issue. Basically, the phantom is a serial killer, isn't he? Admittedly, not a very good one as he devises deadly traps that have their own escape switch, but nevertheless, he managed to chalk up a fair body count. He should have done a little time, if only to keep the prosecutor happy, rather than exit stage left. I'm sure there was plenty of forensic evidence to be found in his grotty grotto. Get CSI Paris on the case.