I had never seen the play before, indeed seen few plays before. I am not a fan of the theatre and feel the limitations detract from performances, but I was a big fan of the soundtrack to Andrew Lloyd Webber's production, which was a change from his usual work (which again I do not care for greatly), and wanted to see what this director, Joel Schumacher, notorious for the Batman sequels could do. I was originally going to see this with a group of friends, with the numbers whittling down as the night grew closer (being 16 with parents waiting at home), it ended up being me and just one of my friends. At the end, in short, we found it amazing. Neither of us knew what was to happen. I was really looking forward to the film, but hype has quashed many films (see, or don't see, the extremely lackluster Troy), and this film would have been so easy to screw up. Not the case. In particular, the opening scene is spectacular. A must-see in the cinema.
Review of The Phantom of the Opera
