The Angel of Music...he's REALLY FLIPPIN' LOUD.

Hee hee, guess who saw Phantom of the Opera?

Bingo. ME.
My thoughts? Christine was wonderful. Very heroically brave, but also the damsel in distress--an angel with an edge of darkness.
The phantom...disappointed me. He was supposed to be darkly charming with the elegance of a killer and deadly grace. And most importantly, he was supposed to have a lethally seductive voice. Instead I saw a rather large man who was always either crying or screaming, had the voice of a banshee and was about as charming as elephant crap. Not. Great. He's supposed to look like this:
Yes, that is Gerard Butler, from the movie. (the Christine in the movie has the most gorgeous, clear voice--awesome.)

Raoul was also the opposite of what I suspected, but in a good way. I thought he'd be a stuffy, possessive jerk, but I was instead greeted by a sweet young man who...oh, foo, what I really want to say is that he was possessive, and maybe a tad of a jerk, but he was the opposite of stuffy--he was yummy. And that made it alllllll better!


But the best part of the whole thing was the effects--visually, the costumes were intricate and beautiful and the sets were detailed and perfect. Sound-wise, it was loud, dramatic and LOUD. Marvelously loud. BUM...BUM BUM BUM BUM BUUUUUUM... BUM BUM BUM... BUM BUM BUM BUM BUUUUUUUUM!
Hee hee.