| Monday, December 20, 2004 |
| le phantom of ze opela (a leview) |
hokay, it's been one heck of a weekend.
ma maison. yummmmmmmmmmmmmm.
farewell to valentine du bois and family! thank you so much for dinner and music. hope you guys have a safe trip and god bless you guys in the land down under. ^_^
i have finally acquired a copy of katamari damacy.
my brother acquired a copy of prince of persia: warrior within. am stuck trying to beat some evil bitch boss. i shall move on to rolling clumps of cow and housecats
unto my katamari in za meantime.
oh, title track time,
i went to catch le phantom of za opera. it's a long movie, cos it's almost the whole original stage play in movie form. sans intermission. be sure to train thy sphincter muscles beforehand. but in recent times, the tradition of the long movie has returned, tho in days long gone past, movies had intermissions. ppl shall have to evolve larger bladder capacities then.
anyways, back to the movie. it's a pretty faithful adaptation from stage to screen (score wise, that is) not having the luxury of watching it on stage, i liked the movie generally.
it can be summarized that the movie was a blast, with lotsa eye candy, in the sets as well as the cast. minnie driver is priceless as carlotta, i already liked the character, but carlotta endeared that diva persona even more to me. raoul, played by patrick wilson, being one of the few cast members with a stage/broadway background, played his role wonderfully. tho i would like to quote one of my friends, his forehead is unusualy smooth throughout the movie, giving one the impression that he is a walking botox advertisement.
the only letdown for me, and for many others is christine, and the phantom. they both look splendid in their roles, but little things like their imperfect miming, and their less than stellar voices disappointed many fans of the original. but to me, i feel it's defendable, because their vocal qualities sort of bring out their character that they play.
ahem,
raoul - aristocrat, talented, rich = well trained, beautiful voice, full of charm
carlotta - heavily operatic voice, exaggeratedly italian = diva, italian woman who is full of herself :D
phantom - mysterious man living in the opera house = has an atypical, not normal voice, is not really a singer.
christine - young, impressionable ingenue = has a breathy voice, with moments of brilliance. is a fresh unexprerienced singer, naive.
it's pretty brief here, but you can see traits of their characters in the way they sing. purists might argue that more beautiful voices might serve the music better, but i think the way they are sung can help to serve the story better.
so there. that's briefly what i think.
and that's me using the word "brief" to many times as well. somebody please make my vocabulary fatter, rather than my ass.
and now on to new adventures, new love, and old assignments that need to be finished before college starts. augh.
hmmm, i just noticed that phantom opened here in malaysia waay earlier than the rest of the world. weird. usually it's the other way round.
yay malaysia boleh!
and also it has the longest uncut kiss scene i have ever seen on any malaysian screen.
yay malaysia boleh!
hmm, that just means the pirated copies will come out sooner that's all. support our cottage industry of manufacturing vcds and dvds.
yay malaysia boleh!
and one last thing, not the leat tho, thank you max and alia for such a sweet christmas card, merry christmas to all my fellow carollers and happy new year and see ya'll in the sparkly new year! wheeee.
"My nipples explode with delight!"
Monty Python - The Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook sketch |
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