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A precious Ingenue

PostPosted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:06 pm


I have a beef with the managers, and some aspects of the movie.

Ok, here goes.

When the managers sing "Notes" They sing
"These are both signed O.G."
"Who the hell is he?!"
"Opera Ghost!"
But, when both Raoul and Carlotta come in, they thought it was the managers, and Raoul.
Did they *not* notice what the last two letters were?

And, with the movie.
How come it starts in 1919, in black and white, then goes to 1870, and goes into colour?
I know some people probablly wouldn't take two looks at it if it were in all black and white.
But I think it's wierd.

And I know that they could have moved to Paris, and work in the Opera house.
But still.
--In the movie--
The entire cast, minus Emmy, Patrick and Joel. The cast is ALL British. But the Phantom of the Opera takes place in Paris.
And.
Christine's father was a Sweedish violinist.
And, other then Mme.Giry, all the characters sound English.
And, Carlotta is Spanish. She sure as s**t doesn't sound Spanish.

Maybe I'm just rambling without end, and this entire topic is useless and will die shortly thereafter, but I just wanted to voice my opinoins, and the things that I find wierd.
PostPosted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:32 pm


As for the confusion of the notes... The managers until then, do not really believe in the Ghost so the fact that they are getting notes from him does not seem plausible. As for Carlotta and Raoul, I doubt they believe in the Ghost either so by the time they get the notes, it is more plausible to believe it is a rival party trying to threaten them rather than some crazy man in the rafters/basement.

As for the coloring issues: I suppose Schumacher was attempting to make a point. His idea of the 1870's is that they are a lush time, thus the film is in color. It is supposed to be young, colorful, and alive. The black and white style, I think, is used to establish the old decrepitude of the Opera, their characters, and to set a historical theme. I have no idea, though. I wasn't much bothered by it, but who can say where Schumacher is concerned.

As for the cast (Gerard Butler is actually Scottish), it's implausible to cast every single character to match their country of origin. That's just the reality of film-making.

fuokohopin


GAZE_smuggler_Smoo

PostPosted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:21 am


i think they go from black and white to color to kinda change the mood. We're brought back into an entirely differnet world really... one of splendor, grace, beauty and mystery.... the color helps us to better imaging this magnificent era..... sweatdrop just a thought...
PostPosted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:39 am


the color was to set a mood. Ruaol (as an old man) was sad. Christine died. He was a lonley man. Also the greatness of the oepra was dieing out. Another reason is to separte the past and present.

Smoosh-Mellow


Jocelyn Black

PostPosted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:36 pm


Plus, isn't the whole dust-blowing-away thing just completely amazing? It's just... *overwhelmed sigh*
PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:53 am


I agree. To change the mood. I also think it was so that you could see it was different times. If both were in color, you might think that it was the same year.

discoshorty2005

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