|
Actors: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson
|
|
| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Phantom Of the Opera |
|---|
Christine, a chorus girl at the Opera Populaire is coached anonymously by a man only known as the Phantom, who, unbeknownst to her in the beginning, employs deadly tactics in order to ensure her success as the lead suprano, much to the dismay of Carlotta, the reigning Diva.
While she is drawn to the masked Phantom, a romance between herself and Raoul, the house Patron and Christine's childhood sweetheart begins to bloom. Enraged, the Phantom writes an opera that the owners, Andre and Firmin decide to have performed, with Christine in the lead as a ploy to lure the Phantom out from deep beneath the opera house which had been his home since childhood.
After what is under the mask is revealed, the Phantom makes a hasty retreat, with Christine in tow, back to his underground lair. When Raoul arrives in an attempt to save her, the Phantom makes her choose between spending the rest of her life with him, or sending Rayoul "to his grave".
--Kristi, Resident Scholar
|
Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical comes to the screen in this film adaptation.
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom (Gerard Butler)lives on an underground lake underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum), and privately tutors her in singing.
Meanwhile, the Phantom goes about terrorizing the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine and the opera houses new patron, her childhood love Raoul (Patrick Wilson) fall in love.
The Phantom, angered by this, writes an opera and forces Christine to tkae the lead role. It is during this opera that the Pantom kidnaps her and imprisons her with him in his lair, causing the massive chandelier to crash and set the opera house abalaze.
With the opera house buring down arounf him, Raoul races beneath the opera house to save Christine in one last confrontaion with the Phantom.
--Matthew W. Kresal , Resident Scholar
|
| Analysis of Phantom Of the Opera |
|---|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about
books by breaking them down into many different literary
elements, all of which are searchable (click here). |
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 19th century
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- spurned lover goes for revenge
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- actor
Lover is...
- physically ill or deformed
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- a teen
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (man) average
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) long girliemon hair
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (man) average build
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- general circumstances
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- musician
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
- Occasional swearing
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing and dancing
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 5-10
- Ages 10-15
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Broadway musical
Is this movie based on a
- play
|
| Most similar reviews by Gordonator ranking |
|---|
| Phantom of the Opera (1925)
starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
|
| Casque d'Or
starring Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin, Raymond Bussières
|
| Moulin Rouge
starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
|
| The Magnificent Ambersons
starring Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello, Ray Collins
|
| Woyzeck
starring Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes
|
|
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
|
