Phantom of the Opera movie
Sun, 26 Dec 2004, 10:33 pmWalter Plinge82 posts in thread
Phantom of the Opera movie
Sun, 26 Dec 2004, 10:33 pmWhat 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.
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
Wed, 29 Dec 2004, 02:29 pmWalter Plinge
I thoroughly enjoyed the film. Like T, I decided to view it as an entire package and a fabulous entire package it was! I believe that the costumes and the set were full of colour, life and beautiful details. I particularly liked the use of black and white vs. colour to show the change in time. Especially the first stunning, slow transformation from black and white to colour. Not to mention all the great special effects and film techniques!
I thought that the singing was very moving. I thought that the actor playing the Phantom did really well and, I admit, he scared me at times! He also earned my sympathy due to everything his character had been thorugh. I enjoyed listening to his strong voice and I think that his songs were full of emotion.
I particularly enjoyed the actress who potrayed Christine's performance. Although her singing wasn't extremely loud or strong, it had a beautiful tone to it. I noticed plenty of expression in her voice and I think that she did a fantastic job of acting and conveying emotions as she sang. However, there is nothing like sitting in a theatre and feeling the actor's emotions and energy radiate from the stage. I think that film attempts to compenstate for this by not focusing on volume and projection, and instead on telling the story with sensitivity and creating mood. This is why I think that they chose to cast someone with a beautiful, gentle voice that suited the character's personality rather than a booming-voiced professional. If you think about, her sweet voice really did suit the character.
Perhaps, better versions of this musical have been performed or recorded,but one major success of this film is that I noticed is that the performers' singing voices really suit the characters and convey their personalities and objectives. This worked to create a strong emotional impact. At least it did in me, I was totally engrossed and in awe of the film. I am not alone as several other audience members were overcome with emotion and in tears! In my opinion, it is creating emotional impact that really makes a great performance.
I thought that the singing was very moving. I thought that the actor playing the Phantom did really well and, I admit, he scared me at times! He also earned my sympathy due to everything his character had been thorugh. I enjoyed listening to his strong voice and I think that his songs were full of emotion.
I particularly enjoyed the actress who potrayed Christine's performance. Although her singing wasn't extremely loud or strong, it had a beautiful tone to it. I noticed plenty of expression in her voice and I think that she did a fantastic job of acting and conveying emotions as she sang. However, there is nothing like sitting in a theatre and feeling the actor's emotions and energy radiate from the stage. I think that film attempts to compenstate for this by not focusing on volume and projection, and instead on telling the story with sensitivity and creating mood. This is why I think that they chose to cast someone with a beautiful, gentle voice that suited the character's personality rather than a booming-voiced professional. If you think about, her sweet voice really did suit the character.
Perhaps, better versions of this musical have been performed or recorded,but one major success of this film is that I noticed is that the performers' singing voices really suit the characters and convey their personalities and objectives. This worked to create a strong emotional impact. At least it did in me, I was totally engrossed and in awe of the film. I am not alone as several other audience members were overcome with emotion and in tears! In my opinion, it is creating emotional impact that really makes a great performance.
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