#The phantom of the opera 2004 movie#
#The phantom of the opera 2004 series#

Not in any way silly at all.Д¬hristine, of course, is torn between her desire to be the pure and wholesome wife of the nice Count Raoul and her own darker impulses to give in to the mysterious seductive allure of the Phantom, who may not be a Count, but does have his own cave (complete with self lighting, water-rising candelabras) and can supply a wedding dress on short notice. When Count Raoul visits the theatre, he meets Christine, and naturally falls in love with her, not something the Phantom approves off, since he has his own plans for the little French chanteuse.

#The phantom of the opera 2004 series#

The Phantom, who Christine believes is an angel sent to her by her dead father, has been teaching her to sing (so that she can be a big Opera star) by talking to her through her mirror which is connected to a series of secret tunnels through the theatre. Christine was also childhood friends with Count Raoul, the theatreвЂ™s new patron. Young orphan Christine sings and dances for a Parisian Opera Company, whoвЂ™s theatre just happens to be haunted by the mysterious вЂPhantomвЂ™ who sends little critiques of the performances and is a general superstition/good luck charm around the place. The story, in case you didnвЂ™t know, is your basic love triangle. IвЂ™m not really sure what exactly they are trying to shield people from with the Obsession Themes warning - perhaps there is a concern amongst movie-makers that impressionable young teens, upon seeing the film, might all don white masks and then find secluded corners of the playground to hide in and compose operettas about the girl from Class 4b with the nice hair. It was immediately memorable, though perhaps not for the right reasons, as it had one of the finest PSAвЂ™s ever at the beginning of the film, warning the audience that the film contained the above-mentioned Mild Violence and Obsession Themes. In fact, I quite merrily accepted my lot in life when we went to see the film one snowy night in December.

#The phantom of the opera 2004 movie#

I mean, I like music, I like movies, and because I know the story I knew I was guaranteed at least one fight, so on the scale of movie girlishness there was a manly undercurrent there that I knew I could enjoy. In addition, I wasnвЂ™t really that horrified at the thought of going to see Phantom of the Opera. ItвЂ™s also mainly because I do whatever IвЂ™m told by my good lady or she beats me mercilessly. IвЂ™m more than happy to have expanded my cinematic tastes to take in some films I might not have seen before, and IвЂ™d like to think that each time I come out of one of them I have learned a little something about people, and about myself. Of course, I canвЂ™t say I havenвЂ™t been co-operating with this assault on my manliness. The sound you can hear is that of my weak and feeble machismo under relentless assault and preparing to collapse under the weight of a recent diet of films more feminine than any five lingerie stores you care to name. RichвЂ™s review: If you have been concerned over the past couple of months by a disturbing creaking noise that you couldnвЂ™t quite place, perhaps making you worry that your house was about to fall down or that the 1/200th scale Death Star you built out of matchsticks in your back yard was preparing to implode, let me ease your mind. RichвЂ™s rating: Contains scenes of mild violence and obsession themes.

Summary Capsule: Crazy disfigured reclusive musical visionary sociopath loves waifish deranged orphan Opera singer with angel obsession, who in turn loves wishy-washy nobleman who also loves her. The Scoop: 2004 PG, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum and Ciaran Hinds. вЂњThe Phantom of the Opera is hereвЂ¦ inside my mind.вЂќ