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Love Never Dies
In case you didn’t know, the writer of the PotO musical (Andrew Lloyd Webber) wrote a “sequel” called Love Never Dies. (It’s actually a stand alone piece, he says.) There’s one showing on Mar 7 if any of you are interested and it happens to be playing near you. Also, I’m guessing it’s a video of the musical rather than an actual movie. But it’s cheaper than Broadway, so hey.
I happened to be listening to the PotO audiobook before I even heard about this (I have impeccable timing, don’t I?). And I can’t stop drawing parallels between Rumpelstiltskin and Eric. Not to mention Beauty & the Beast. I’m sure at some point I’ll be motivated enough to write up a forum post on it. It is interesting to contrast them. Two beasts willing to love the girl, one not. Two girls willing to love the beast, one not.
Fun fun.
[adrotate group="5"]I love Phantom of the Opera. The music is great. I have seen it four times in the theater in different places. There is a movie of it too that is really good.
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Love Never Dies
In case you didn’t know, the writer of the PotO musical (Andrew Lloyd Webber) wrote a “sequel” called Love Never Dies. (It’s actually a stand alone piece, he says.) There’s one showing on Mar 7 if any of you are interested and it happens to be playing near you. Also, I’m guessing it’s a video of the musical rather than an actual movie. But it’s cheaper than Broadway, so hey.
I happened to be listening to the PotO audiobook before I even heard about this (I have impeccable timing, don’t I?). And I can’t stop drawing parallels between Rumpelstiltskin and Eric. Not to mention Beauty & the Beast. I’m sure at some point I’ll be motivated enough to write up a forum post on it. It is interesting to contrast them. Two beasts willing to love the girl, one not. Two girls willing to love the beast, one not.
Fun fun.
I SEE THE PARALLELS TOO!!! Ever since “Desperate Souls” and “Skin Deep,” I’ve been searching for similarities between Rumpel and other famous tragic romantic figures. And I’d like to share a few with you. 😀
1. Eric from “The Phantom of the Opera”
2. Severus Snape from the Harry Potter series
3. Faust
4. The Beast from “Beauty and the Beast” (Too obvious? Yes, yes it was)I’m particularly intrigued by the Rumpel/Snape comparison. I’ve always loved the idea of a dark figure changing his ways in an effort to honor their deceased beloved. *Sniffle Sniffle*
I like the movie too, Heather. Gerard Butler is soo yummy. I’ve also seen an old silent film of it that followed the book more closely.
Thanks MD! I’m glad you see it too. Unfortunately I don’t like Harry Potter so I don’t know about Snape. But Faust is on my to-read list!
It is such a great movie. They really did the songs very well. I liked how they slowed them down a bit especially the end which always seems a bit rushed when they do it live.
I didn’t like the graveyard scene. It seemed even longer than in the musical … Otherwise it’s a great movie adaption.
I agree with that also. The graveyard scene is probably the slowest part of the film and i have fast forwarded through it, but it is probably my least favorite song. Though that does go a bit long in the live versions as well. I just think sometimes from the point where they start doing the play to the end is so fast when you see it live. It is probably because i am used to the slower version in the film where they take dramatic pauses and they really let Christine belt out the song during the play and when they do it live it almost seems more like a fast jingle at times.
Still love it in any iteration.
Yeah, that’s one of my least favorite scenes as well. I prefer the book version and not because I read it first–I didn’t. I didn’t think that scene was well done and it is too long and I don’t like the song.
In the book, the Phantom arranged for her to go to go there. She still believed he was her father’s “Angel of Music” at the time and he promised to play (I think) “The Resurrection of Lazarus” for her on, supposedly, her dead father’s violin. It was supposed to be a treat and obviously was meant to manipulate her further into believing he was the angel. Raoul follows her there and looks for a realistic explanation for what’s happening. He decides a man could be hiding in a pile of bones and sees Eric with his ‘death’s head’ which I think was one of his masks but could’ve been his real face, I can’t remember. Anyway, I think the phantom knocks him out at that point. They find him the next morning in the graveyard frozen half to death!
I can see how ALW derived his version but I still prefer the book version. Of that scene, at least.
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