Review of The Phantom of the Opera (1925) by Baurushan J — 23 Feb 2012
There's only one word to describe this film: Epic! Absolutely epic! Lon Chaney is spectacular in his role and he I should say that he just owns the role while Gerard Butler is fantastic in the remake, you shouldn't really hate him for his Scottish accent while he's singing in that film.
While this film is confirmed as a horror which is what made it epic, the 2004 version decreased the horror level and turned it into a musical thriller which is not a bad thing but when you do a remake, you always need to keep true to the source material.
The story's pretty simple, It's set in Paris centuries ago, a opera is haunted by what they call The Phantom of the Opera who haunts the audience and the performers while when t hey ever come to any shows.
The Phantom falls for one girl named Christine Daae and the rest is history. When that girl took off Lon Chaney's mask, everyone who was watching this film, we were all frightened like mad. Lon Chaney seems like a fantastic actor who you may remember as the father of Lon Chaney Jr.
who starred as The Wolfman. where he starred as the title character, (oh another title character and another bad guy? sounds cool enough?) But anyway, the music is brilliant, the acting is like A-List artwork, the style is old-fashioned which is good and this is another movie which is just great in general.
This film is one of the reasons why musical plays are so popularly entertaining. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) gets a 10/10.
This review of The Phantom of the Opera (1925) was written by Baurushan J on 23 Feb 2012.
The Phantom of the Opera has generally received positive reviews.
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