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Phantom of the Opera movie

Sun, 26 Dec 2004, 10:33 pm
Walter Plinge82 posts in thread
What I can say is that the movie is fairly directed. The music is marvellous but apparently its been casted with worst singers ever. Overall the phantom is the worst singer with the most unmusical voice i've ever heard in my life. There is nothing scary about his voice, except that he occasionally try to sound like a toad which isnt working for me. The christine role sounds like another version of sarah brightman, those who try to substitute acting and musicality with divaism. I dont see why the phantom accuse the diva carlotta for being bad in acting although she is moderately very good for me except the fact that she have to use that wagnerian slide up. There is nothing interesting about the vocal color of the singers. All of them sounds like puppies singing dead songs. It sounds more like karaoke rather than a good singing. I could tolerate christine and raoul but not the phantom; he is a crime.

It's very irritating to see how they abuse such musical masterpiece. I expect the movie to be at least comparable to normal local musicals but its far worse than that. I doubt if actually christine would actually be heard if she sang that aria in a real theater. It is total humiliation for opera singers that the movie uses such incompetent singer to compare with opera singers. I think even thought it is a musical; they should at least put at least a bit of operatic voice in christine because she is an opera singers in the story for goodness sake. Her voice is dead and lack of expression; its just beautiful and doesnt not resonate. The music is touching thanx to the composer of the music, but relying on the musicality of the composer is but showing the sign of a dead performer. THe least for human to be is to be a singing machine. 'such thing is the most cruel thing one can ever do' Felix Mendelssohn.

Re: Phantom of the Opera movie

Mon, 27 Dec 2004, 03:41 pm
Walter Plinge
Its one of the greatest crime for hollywood to make musicals because musicals are musicals because they are music, music is one of the most important part of the story and if there is not quality in the music that everything is but spoiled. I dont mind watching normal on stage musicals with lack of backstage design and all those animations and stupid gay phantom's voice. I go and see it because i expect and how can u judge if you havent see it? There are billions of phantom uglier than the phantom there and who can sing far better than him, those who sing with soul and doesnt express just from acting but also from voice. Relying expression on the music written is but an insult on music. At least it needs a heart to sing a music written with a heart. Heartless music turns a musical into a cold dead world. I do like the movie, but i just cant stand the cast and the singing. Its life, even there is a slight flaw its still a flaw nevertheless and it will worth far less than a perfect one. just like a little scar on the face would make the phantom ugly for the rest of his life forever.

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Phantom of the Opera movieWalter Plinge26 Dec 2004
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