"Oh, you did NOT just swipe from Jean Renoir you incompetent FUCK!"

[phosfate]

After successfully avoiding it for many months, last night we watched the movie version of Phantom of the Opera.

Y'know, I can deal with Yankee Raoul. I can deal with pudgy, ineffectual Phantom who sings like Lemmy from Motorhead. I can grit my teeth through the gratuitous framing and padding. I'll gloss over Raoul buying a memento of his wife's insane psycho stalker serial killer ex for her grave. I'll quietly drive my nails into the palms of my hands when the Phantom's freakin' coolscary Red Death costume is replaced with an ill-fitting velvet leisure suit.

But why. the. fuck. did the director photograph the whole thing through the opera house's security cameras?

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[robanybody.livejournal.com]

who sings like Lemmy from Motorhead

Holy crap, so that's what that reminded me of. I couldn't place it.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Or, if you prefer, Phil Lynott.

[smolder.livejournal.com]

But why. the. fuck. did the director photograph the whole thing through the opera house's security cameras?

I had almost screwed up the courage to watch the movie...but that there pretty much kills it for me.

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...they had security cameras? They barely had electric lights....

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Nono, not literally. But Mr Schumacher alternates his camera placement between 100-yard shots and, I swear I'm not making this up, the backs of the performers' heads. F'rinstance, the Phantom is doing one of his raging speeches in the last scene, and l'il Joe shoots him with his back to the camera.

You'll have a much better experience if you crank up the London cast album and lie down with your eyes closed. Seriously.