PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - The Movie

[Eightball]

Call me old fashion, call me nostalgic, I really miss a good old musical, with good, deep, loud, thunderous sounds of musical instruments, and beautiful singing.
http://phantomthemovie.warnerbros.com/--Warner Brother's Home Page For the Phantom.

The "Phantom Of The Opera" was great in my opinion. As soon as the DVD came out, I picked it up at Costco.

The movie critics were terribly hard on The Phantom movie(C), but the public gave it raves overall(B+).
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All I can say is that those songs and lyrics from the movie keep rolling around in my mind during the day.

If you didn't see it at the movies, the only way to really do it justice at home is on a nice big, entertainment system, with surround-sound speakers.

I saw the Phantom, stage show in San Francisco years ago, and maybe this is why I liked the movie so much.

Anyway, I think the critics were totally wrong, and most of the viewing public dissagrees with their take.

I come from an era of Rogers and Hamerstein musicals, like Oklahoma, King and I, Carousel, etc. I think more recently, Moulin Rouge was another great attempt at bringing back those great musicals too.

 

[Hobbit]

The Phantom of the Opera is a classic. My dad saw it on broadway and got the original cast recording on both cassette and CD. As soon as the movie came out, I went to see it. It's wonderful. Much like The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the critics are WRONG!!

 

[Joan]

I guess I will have to see this for myself, because I can't believe they could capture the special effects that were in the play. This is one of my fondest memories! For those of you that think of Jim as a little hothead, let me tell you, he has a heart of gold. Called me one day and said "you're coming up for the weekend - put on something nice"- told me a limo would pick me up, and nothing else. To make a long story short, he took me to see Phantom on Broadway. It was awesome, but to make it even more special, I knew he had sat through it previously with his wife. Thanks again, Jimbo - that is a memory I hold in my heart!