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Summary: The Only One
Review: I've been a fan of Phantom since I can remember (literally) and this is the ONLY movie version that fully satisfies me (except that all things considered, Erik, not Roul is much more my style, disfigured or not). I have seen the live opera/play version several times as performed by The Really Useful Theatre Company and adore it. (If you ever hear of them coming to perform near you, go at all costs) This movie though, I can't say enough about it. I saw it for the first time not long after it came out, but do to one thing or another, could never find out any info on it, even who played who. Now that I have, I'm totally crazy to get it in my hot little hand. I am NOT a sappy person, a bit romantic maby, but trust me, I'm a Harley riding, farm working, horse hauling, tom boy with little or no interest in most of the finer things. But Opera, especially Phantom really gets me. And this movie has everything I want and in my opinion, portrays the story to perfection. This is a heart rending tail of love and everything that comes with it, if you want horror, gore and sadistic freaks possessed with young girls, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!
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Summary: Not what I thought but still fantastic
Review: When my dad first got me this video I was so excited because I thought it was the ALW version but when I looked closely at it I realized it was not and put it aside. That was several months ago and just now I just opened it and watched it for the heck of it. I was quite shocked on how much I loved it. I also did feel sorry for the Phantom but I did not hate Raoul.
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Summary: The Best
Review: This is the best screen rendition of this story--by far!
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Summary: Different perspective
Review: I have been a Phantom fan since I was little. "Phantom" was the first version I saw. "Phantom" was not the more famous ALW version, but it came from this very movie. Note, however, I am not one of those female fans you read posts written by on many fan message boards who OBSESS over "Erik",the Phantom. Although, it is an extremely tragic story and this version (as well as the later musicalized version of the script) shows that perfectly. I was particularly effected by the scenes where Christine went off with Phillipe, leaving the Phantom waiting for her, her (and his) reactions in the unmasking scene, and probably the saddest of them all, Carriere rocking the Phantom in his arms at the very end. All in all a very humanizing portrayal.
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Summary: An Inspritation
Review: 'The Phantom of the Opera', the mini-series, is a true inspiration to anyone who has the pleasure of seeing it. Not only is the musical score breath-taking, but the acting is marvelous and the dialogue is written in such a way as to cause laughter and tears at the same time. This movie opened my eyes to opera, as well as to life itself.
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Summary: Campy, Hammy, and weird!
Review: This movie was too campy and marred by overacting and it didn't have much to do with the original story at all the only thing that remains is the names Erik and Christine, this movie was boring and the fact that you never got to see The Phantom's (Erik's) face is really odd and also adding a father for Erik just took away from the original premise that his mind and soul were damaged because his family rejected him because of his deformed face and making him obsessed with Christine because she is the exact lookalike image of his deceased mother was just too weird! I also didn't like how they made Christine so wishy washy and ditzy!
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Summary: Perfect in every way.
Review: There are so many things about this movie that made it so utterly beautiful. I bought a DVD player just for this movie. The scenes are enrapturing, the characterizations perfect, the singing expertly dubbed. The first time I saw this movie was with a friend; who, as a fellow Phantom Phan, told me that this was a must view. I sat down with an open mind, and not only laughed, cried, and gasped...but I was completely taken into this magnificent and so deliberately intricate plot. Never have I sympathized with so many characters, understood them so much as I did for these. Charles Dance potrays a romantic, even sensual phantom, a very rare find in the horror movie retells of this old classic story. You never see the Phantom's face, but you don't need to. Many times as he's starting to take off the mask I thought there would be a glimpse...but there was always nothing. That is what makes a good movie. A movie where we can always wonder, and not be only dumbstruck at makeup and special effects. The fact that this is filmed at the real Paris Opera House simply left me in awe. The few scenes where you see actual corridors and staircases from the monument give it a sense of reality...something no other Phantom movie has ever given me. This is perfect. Five stars. It would be so much more if possible. There is no flaw in this movie. It's simply a must.
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Summary: Why 5 stars....because
Review: The first time I saw this movie was in my secondary school somewhere in Europe. I saw it just once...but the film has been echoing in my being since...Later when I came to America I started searching for it...It has been almost 14 years before my wish has been finally granted...Over the years searching for this movie and not finding it gave me the ooportunity to compare the movie with the other movies that bear the same title...But alas ! Many carry the shadow of horror movies in which "the so called phantom" is hungry for victims...So I will say no more of these movies. On the other hand, Phantom of the Opera (TV Miniseries) presents,...reality, even if a tragic one, based on a story that could be real, or that maybe is real in the soul or heart or life of the person who transposed reality into fiction...Moreover, what makes this a delightful movie is the detailed attention that has been given to the creation of every plot, scene, replics, emotions,...attention that you almost feel it when you watch the movie,and even if this movie is a drama the final brings joy to the eyes and heart of the spectator, it feels him/her with hope that the sometimes "harsh" realities of life can be transcended (or at least amended) with love, because Love Endures All !
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Summary: nice views of Paris opera house
Review: Rented to see Burt Lancaster. Enjoyed the many shots of the art nouveau opera house and Lancaster had a few ok scenes.Wife was amusing. Basically a bore. We never see the face of the Phantom at the end which tells horror fans all you need to know. Well acted. About me. I'm a 60 yrs old female, like HongKong pics like Mr vampire,Eastern Condors,Wild Bunch, Dario Argento, Mario Bava, horror pics like Dead Alive. Have never seen nor wanted to see the play, not a big fan of the Lon Chaney phantom , don't want to know the Phantom so from the reviews by other customers this is obviously not the pic for me. No comment on the singing Iknow nothing about opera. I do like romances like Shop Around the Corner and Kay Francis pics but in terms of fantasy males swoon over Burt Lancaster in the Crimson Pirate or Clark Gable not a poor misunderstood whatever creeping around i a mask. But if you like that sort of thing and loved the play this must be for you and for god's sake don't rent the Dario Argento Phantom. Trust me, it will not be your sort of pic.
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Summary: A Very Well Done Aspect of the Phantom
Review: (...)I loved the way they portrayed Erik, showing his dangerous, but humorous side as well. It was so wonderfully written, that although it varied from the original, that didn't bother me in the least!
(other movies that DID vary, were done so poorly that it DID matter, if you know what I mean!) The scene where he removes his mask for Christine........I felt my own heart in agony...........ohhhhhhhhhhh......... This version gave me (if it's possible) even _more_ compassion for Erik than anything I've seen or read. (the ALW Play excluded;)
I loved the fact that they never showed his unmasked face to the camera. If someone was watching the show, expecting to see *the gory details* (to coin a phrase) they were missing the point! It was unnecessary to show his face, because the program showed his *soul* so well.........what else was necessary!?! I won't go into details though, because of the folks who haven't had the chance to see this yet...........
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those of you who haven't seen this yet.......I strongly recommend it.(...)
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