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[psalm_onethirtyone]

In the year 2005 I resolve to: Procrastinate more. Get your resolution here

Ha. Ha. Lord, as though I needed to make a resolution to do that. :P

Saw Phantom of the Opera! Omg!

ERIK HAD A NOSE! The whole way through, every time he came on, I clapped my hand to my nose and kept it there, in protest, and Waen kept poking me. But--seriously. He's not allowed to have a nose! Also, he kept doing this bizarre jazzy thing with his voice when he was singing, which was dreadful, but every now and then he stopped and that was nifty.

Christine was adorable and I love her and her cleavage. Please let me join your club, theatre_angel! And I liked her singing, too, really; I just hated her costumes in so many places because there is no way she could have worn some of the things she did. RANT. RANT. Anachronistic hello? But that always annoys me.

<3 Raoul forever. Even though his expressions during that-one-song-that-I-shall-never-remember-the-name-too-that-involves-Erik-Raoul-and-the-Punjab-lasso made me laugh. Um. A lot. ^^;; I confess that I spent a good part of the movie with my face buried in Waen's shoulder, trying not to laugh hysterically and annoy everybody else in the theatre. I mostly succeeded, too.

That said, I loved it. I'm just a pretentious book purist, and will gladly complain of every single inaccuracy. But it was a lot better than I expected, and even Erik's disfigurement was nastier than I expected, given what everyone had to say condemning it. It was passable. Nevertheless, certain things happened that were just so bad they were wonderful, and there were plenty of places that annoyed me.

But it was still a fun movie, and I would totally see it again, and I love Christine and I LOVE Madame Giry and Masquerade was the best song ever.

And Old!Raoul is cute, although I know I've seen him in something else and I know I didn't like him in whatever it was. Nevertheless.

No Persian makes Soujin sad. However, nifty costumes make her happy again.

There was lots of good. There was lots of bad. There were tonnes of gloriously slashy moments that make this movie a Soujinistic paradise and omg someday I'm going to write Meg/Christine, and Raoul/Erik, and Madame Giry/Erik (oh, come on. O T bloody P, my friends). And stuff. And Persian/Erik. And then mix-and-match a bit.

I liked it.

But God-damn, I can't believe Erik had a NOSE.

By the way, I got a horrific nosebleed to-day while I was treadmilling. I'll never be able to wear that shirt again.

Edit: OMG! And they totally never called him Erik! They never named him! O_o

Comments

[talissarocsham.livejournal.com]

And they kept the "nose that never grew line"! It didn't make sense! Unless at some point he took some sort of Miracle Nose Grower (tm)

[nautiluspq.livejournal.com]

Hee. Yes, the presence of a nose was a bit irritating...

Madame Giry/Erik! Persian/Erik! ::squees::

[snowyofthenight.livejournal.com]

Nope. Erik was never named. But awwww. Raouuuul! Doncha just love him? I'm, like, the only person on my entire flist who loves Raoul, dislikes Erik, and does not see the E/Rness. Ah well. I'm glad you liked it! Christine's cleavage was teh sex.

[madameviking.livejournal.com]

I NOTICED CHRISTINE'S CLEAVAGE TOO. Like . . . it was distracting! But I liked it anyway. And I agree about the slash. I'd never really been able to see Raoul/Erik until this movie.

[phantomsangel.livejournal.com]

Sadly, in my opinion, the bad out weighed the good. I was really disappointed in this movie, mostly because I'm such a phantom phreak/snob/purist. If you didn't when I posted it, check out my 'review' to see more of my thoughts. I also had to try and contain my laughter at several parts. Mostly over Erik's horrific attempt at 'singing' and the stupid I'm-not-going-to-sing-this-line-but-talk-in-rhymes-instead!!!

Sad. :(

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

www.emmyrossumcleavage.com. I'm kidding. ;-) But you are welcome to join!

Yes, her and Raoul up on the rooftop IN THE SNOW IN THEIR UNDERWEAR was a bit unrealistic, I agree. ;p

[sansenmage.livejournal.com]

I have never read any posts that mention noses as much as this one, but that is important to Phantom. Of course the movie cannot compare to theatre, but it is good when it can at least entertain.

[shawk.livejournal.com]

I suggest that you read a recent post of mine that says something about Mountain Dew in the title. Bad Fic Ideas R US! ;)