Rating: 
Summary: A Must Have
Review: I first saw this movie in my high school French class and I have searched for 5 years for a copy of it. Finally, I found it and it still captures my heart. It's somewhat a romantic movie for women-not the gore usually associated with the Phantom. The second half is the best part. Comments have been made about the brief fades but the movie was prepared for television and I was just grateful to have the dvd that I barely noticed. Dance does a wonderful job as the phantom and I am sure I am not the only female to wish I were Christine. I think the movie does a good job at letting the audience like both Eric and Phillipe. We can see why she loves them both, but I think I would have chosen to stay with Eric in his enchanted realm. And I think Dance has the most wonderful voice. I just enjoyed hearing him talk. Buy this movie and enjoy. You'll watch it again and again.
Rating:
Summary: The Best Phantom Movie
Review: This is the most wonderful movie to see. I love Charles Dance's performance of Erik. I think Charles Dance is an exceptional actor in any movie he does. The movie was heartwarming and scary at times, but it showed how much Erik loved Christine, and how he was willing to do anything for her. It showed the soft side of the Phantom as well as the neurotic side.
Rating:
Summary: The Lullaby the Phantom sang made me weak in the knees.....
Review: Granted, there is a lot of add lib in this film about the Phantom's past and Christine's employment as a servant in Philippe's house as a girl, but that is what adds strength to it. I don't mind that I never got to see the Phantom's face, (probably would've given me nightmares anyway!) Even though the singing is dubbed, it is done very well--with the exception of Carlotta, who just cannot stand that Christine is better than her. I laughed when the Phantom dumped the suitcase full of rats on Carlotta. Served her right for trying to ruin Christine's debut. I got weak in the knees when I heard him sing tha lullaby to Christine. I cried when Erik fell off the roof. Sounded like bones were broken.
Rating:
Summary: Charles Dance is the best Phantom
Review: The first time I saw this movie, I fell totally in love with it but I had fallen in with the Phantom of the Opera evern before I saw the movie. Of the three versions that I have, Charles Dance was the best actor to play the role of Erik. The way he protrayed Erik just made my heart melt and love the character even more. The only thing that I don't like about the movie is how they don't show Erik's face but other than that fact it is an awesome movie to own. As you will see in this movie, Charles Dance puts his heart and soul into the role and shall live forever as Erik in my heart.
Rating: 
Summary: A good movie that would've been better with minor touch ups
Review: I found this movie extremely good. Although I have nothing to compare it to. The editing was obviously thrown together by a second rate filmer. You can almost here a FORD comericial between segments. Don't get me wrong the movie was exceptionally done. It should the cleaner, softer side of Eric, instead of the phsyco composer that everyone makes him out to be. The writers even gave him a sense of humor which was suprising and a nice touch. The voice overs were a little obvious in some scenes but it was a television series that semingly not intended for DVD technology. All in all, it's a nice collectors piece and a good way to intorduce Phantom, Opera, or Romantic movies to the younger generation if you have any. A must buy if you're a Phantom Phan...
Rating:
Summary: the mask of the ... PHANTOM!
Review: HELLO MY NAME IS JAMES AND TODAY I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT I THINK ABOUT THE FILM(THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA)THE STORY OF A MAN WHO WAS BORN WITH A TERRIBLE FACE AND LURKED UNDER THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH A PRETTY SINGER AND TAKES REVENGE ON THOSE WHO TOOK HIS MUSIC. THANK YOU.
Rating:
Summary: Immensely enjoyable
Review: I'm a little sad to say that this is the reason why I got a DVD player - buying the movie on DVD -before I had any way of watching it. Why you might ask, because ... I saw the movie on TV way back in 95 or 94 (?)and fell in love. Just fell in love with the story, the movie everything. Then I became slightly obsessed, but <ahem> that's not the point - back to the movie. The acting is good, the singing incredible, the scenery great. There is nothing wrong with this movie, nothing at all, in fact - it's the best out there on the Phantom. (on a sidenote - if you are looking for a good book to read on this, read Susan Kay's Phantom) anyway again, back to the movie, you won't be sorry buying it. Just buy it - and watch it, and fall in love.
Rating: 
Summary: Good photography/acting, for the most part - needs editing
Review: This DVD is nicely photographed in an interesting location with good actors and singers. I like the music about as much as most of the Andrew Lloyd Webber score for the play, but this version is not really a musical, although it has music in it. The problem is that this 'movie' was apparently made from a series of TV episodes, and very little attempt has been made to tie them together smoothly, although we are at least saved from having to watch the commercials :-). We found it very disrupting to be watching a scene, have it fade to black for a couple of seconds, and then start up again disjointedly. In addition, there's a lot of footage that probably could have been edited out to make the movie more crisp, because it does lag in certain spots. Overall it's 3+ hours, and that's at least 30 minutes too long, in the opinion of the six of us who watched it yesterday afternoon. There are no special features, at least in terms of what one would expect from today's special feature DVDs.That said, I liked most of the actors in their roles, and enjoyed the performance of Charles Dance in particular. He comes across as a person with whom we can empathize. One actor whose performance was way, way, way over the top was the woman playing La Carlotta. What a caricature! If you are familiar with the theater version of Phantom, you'll like the additional information you get here about the Phantom's origin and background.
Rating:
Summary: Nice scenery, little to do with the book
Review: This is a well-filmed Phantom, being the only movie actually filmed at the Paris Opera house. The plot has almost nothing to do with the original novel, except the names of Erik and Christine. Overall, it's a sweet movie, with some interesting ideas about Erik's history. This was later turned into a musical, simply entitled Phantom, and is basically identical to the movie except for the musical numbers, which are largely unimaginative and weak. This movie gets three stars for the on location footage, and the acting is pretty good overall.
Rating:
Summary: Awww, Shucks (Blushing corny grin)
Review: This version is so sweet and cuddly in so many ways. (Looks down, digs toe into ground.) I'm one of those who goes around READING the books and comparing to the movie. Sure, this one took great liberties, just like the other movie versions. However, I must admit I get so many guilty pleasures out of the way this one is re-written. I have the soundtrack to the Yeston & Kopit Musical, from which the script for this version is based. Aw, shucks, I just love it too. Lovely change of pace, and it captures the good, cuddly, playful side of my beloved Erik so well. Charles Dance does such a good job at this role. Anyone who loves the Musical version of the Yeston & Kopit Musical HAS to purchase this particular movie version.
|
