Comments on: Am I the star beneath the stairs? http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/am-i-the-star-beneath-the-stairs.html First time around the world Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:38:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: jwdmeow http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/am-i-the-star-beneath-the-stairs.html#comment-3562 jwdmeow Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:23:23 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/am-i-the-star-beneath-the-stairs.html#comment-3562 Well - the problem with phantom. Let me rephrase that - there were many problems with phantom. Emmy Rossum has a lovely voice and did the singing really well, but she was curiously inert anytime she was singing (pretty often). Minnie Driver as Carlotta was such a mistake. Gerard Butler as the phatom was a good choice for looks and acting, but not for singing. The biggest overall problem (and one that RENT failed to learn from the next year) was that they took a score that is well-known and beloved by thousands upon thousands of fans, and decided to change it. So they ended up with this weird rythmic dialogue. Both have enough singing to be classified as operettas, and I don't know if they thought they might reach a broader audience by cutting them down to musicals or what. It was a stupid decision though. If they catered to the fans, they would have done much, much better financially. (I mean, lets be honest - RENTheads see the much more expensive theater show multiple times; if the movie had been better, they would have seen it theaters a ton, too). DItto for phantom, really. The one nice thing about the phatom movie were the production values. Its all lovely and lush. OH - and another awful thing - no one has a french accent... except Miranda Richardson. Oh - and they changed the phantom's backstory. Yeah... the movie had issues. Well - the problem with phantom. Let me rephrase that - there were many problems with phantom. Emmy Rossum has a lovely voice and did the singing really well, but she was curiously inert anytime she was singing (pretty often). Minnie Driver as Carlotta was such a mistake. Gerard Butler as the phatom was a good choice for looks and acting, but not for singing.

The biggest overall problem (and one that RENT failed to learn from the next year) was that they took a score that is well-known and beloved by thousands upon thousands of fans, and decided to change it. So they ended up with this weird rythmic dialogue. Both have enough singing to be classified as operettas, and I don’t know if they thought they might reach a broader audience by cutting them down to musicals or what. It was a stupid decision though. If they catered to the fans, they would have done much, much better financially. (I mean, lets be honest - RENTheads see the much more expensive theater show multiple times; if the movie had been better, they would have seen it theaters a ton, too). DItto for phantom, really.

The one nice thing about the phatom movie were the production values. Its all lovely and lush. OH - and another awful thing - no one has a french accent… except Miranda Richardson. Oh - and they changed the phantom’s backstory.

Yeah… the movie had issues.

]]> By: Karen http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/am-i-the-star-beneath-the-stairs.html#comment-3555 Karen Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:36:10 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/am-i-the-star-beneath-the-stairs.html#comment-3555 That was supposed to be, "your" chin.... That was supposed to be, “your” chin….

]]> By: Karen http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/am-i-the-star-beneath-the-stairs.html#comment-3554 Karen Sat, 29 Sep 2007 22:35:43 +0000 http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Jessica-Dillon/am-i-the-star-beneath-the-stairs.html#comment-3554 Keep you chin up, sweetie! I liked that Emily Rossum song. What a pity they messed it up so badly. Watching the Phantom link made me think that maybe I SHOULD see that movie.... naaahhhh... Keep you chin up, sweetie! I liked that Emily Rossum song. What a pity they messed it up so badly. Watching the Phantom link made me think that maybe I SHOULD see that movie….

naaahhhh…

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