RavensAngst

I'm sorry, but I cannot really summarize my feelings more than to say that I was ready for this to be sort of bad, you know, in a so bad that it's hilariously funny sort of way, but I never knew that a movie could loop its way around again to just plain bad. And just to let you know, this is not the only zombie movie, or "remake" of a zombie movie that I've seen. --I guess I was just spoiled by the leetness of "Dawn of the Dead."

This movie IS a "remake" true, but the effects were so ill done, that except for times the actors were using something like a cellphone in a scene, you could have sworn this was made at the same time as the original. Which, seriously is not necessarily THAT bad, but really, come on... The "3D" could have been way more effectively utilized as well. Truly, if you KNOW you are making it 3D, you could do way cooler, and way more terrifying things than, "Ooh look! A Doobie!". *sigh*

But the "horrifying" zombies were the absolute least of this thing's problems. Oh yes, I AM speaking of the acting. Let me just first say, I think I lost about one IQ point per minute (maybe second) of watching these people try to act. Now, that's not that I'm saying that I thought this was supposed to be an Oscar worthy film. When I walked in, I knew I wasn't going to be enlightened. But dang! The crappy delivery of the "witty" lines that the script offered was the only thing in the whole movie that was worthy enough to make me gasp in horror. COME ON PEOPLE!! Absolutely everyone watching has fairly low expectations of you and yet you decide your mission in life is to lower them even further?!?! There was not ONE person in the entire cast (including the lead actress) that you could EVER feel for enough to root for THEM against the zombies. I myself, was cheering for the zombies. If they could have eaten everyone in the first 15 minutes, THAT would have been worthwhile.

I'm not going to say more because no more is needed. It was bad and that is it.

You can hate the review, or agree with everything. I don't truly care. I just wrote this because I needed somewhere to vent. I had already used up my boyfriend, who by the way agrees with me.

Let me just say that I have never seen the stage version of "The Phantom" and I knew almost nothing of the story so I had no assumptions going in.

From the moment they lifted up that old cracked chandelier and everything shifted back 50 years, all I could do was sit there with my jaw dropped in awe!

The movies colors are so vibrant! Everything just comes across as bigger than life and yet so human at the same time. -It was slightly "stagey", but it is based on a show, so I was expecting that. And it really only adds to the charm that the movie possesses.

The music was incredible! Every time they reprised "the phantom's song" I just got chills! And though the words to the songs are sometimes hard to hear, the story is still easily understood.

The fact that most of this cast is not well known only helps the movie. You aren't distracted by remnants of any other characters the actors have portrayed and you can just enjoy the story for what it is.

Emmy Rossum as "Christine" and Gerard Butler as "the Phantom" have such chemistry when they are together on screen that you almost fall in love with the phantom as well -even when you know that he had just done many ruthless unforgivable things. And Emmy has such a beautiful voice!

I knew it was going to be wonderful ten minutes in...and I fell in love with it, when I was so moved that I shed tears at the ending.