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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

Sat, 19 Mar 2005, 12:27 am
Walter Plinge
grow up little girl. Phantom of the opera is not really an opera as well. To tell you im in my late teens. Having 'brain' and speaks stuff that make sense does not mean I am old. You know I really want to write so many things that might help abit with your shallow brain and your frozen heart and your deafened ears, but I think this sentence tells everythink I know about you. A voice can be even seen before it is heard; it is from how you react and how you response. Apparently you fail the test. Just know that no matter how many hundred times you sing the music, those music will never be yours. It is only opened for those who have a heart big enough to understand life. A music can become a music only when it is performed by a musician; people who learn the art of language that never lies. With that ignorant approach of yours; never call yourself a singer, or even a musician. Theres no place for people like you in the world of music.

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Phantom of the Opera movieWalter Plinge26 Dec 2004
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