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英文影评：《歌剧魅影》ThePhantomOfTheOpera

AdisfiguredmusicalgeniuslivingbeneaththeParisOpera

tionof

AndrewLloyd.

Webber'sstagemusicalstarringGerardButlerandEmmy

RossumanddirectedbyJoelSchumacherAndrewLloydWebber's

Phantomfirstlookedttorearitsmisshapenheadwayback

in1990.

ThatwasuntilthecompordivorcedleadingladySarah

Brightmanandtheproductioncollapd.

Almost15yearslater,thePhantomhasfinallybeencaptured

hemusicalwasabox-officesmashonstages

aroundtheworld,themovieversionisatleastaufuldocument

r,withsomuchtimehaving

elapd,cantherereallybeanybodyalivewhowantstoe'The

PhantomOfTheOpera'whohasn'tenitalready？

TothecreditofdirectorJoelSchumacher,ThePhantomOf

TheOperaisattheveryleastahandsomelymountedproduction

that,ratherlikeRobMarshall'sChicago,willpleatho

who'realso

aspectsthatwillappealtoLloydWebbernovices,suchasthe

comelyEmmyRossum,theyoungAmericanactresswhoplays

Christine,hristinelongsforthe

touchoftheVicomteRaoul（Wilson），theingé；nueisthe

objectofsomeoneel'etitularPhantom

（Butler），adisfiguredmanforcedtoliveinthecatacombs

beneaththeOperaHouwhowillcometohaveastrange

influenceonChristine'allsoundspretty

familiar,that'sbecauSchumacherhasdoncverylittletoopen

upthemusicalbesidesaddingblack-and-whitebookends.

Understandably,thedirectorwantstoplaytothestrengths

ofthestageversion,namelyasolidcastandthoLloydWebber

stheformerisconcerned,Rossumfinds

herlfinexcellentcompany,withMinnieDriververygoodas

anoverblownoperastarandMirandaRichardson,fineandfruity

monCallowandCiará:nHindsalso

on-board,,even

JenniferEllison（akaheroutofBrookside'）isokayas

Christine'sbestfriend.

Unfortunately,GerardButler（whobiggestscreenmission

todatewasplayingcondbananatoAngelinaJolieinthe

lamentableTombRaider2）isn'tsufficientlyskilledtocombine

rageandpassionandsohisPhantomsimplycomesoffasabit

owitha

loathingforLloydWebberhavetoadmithe'sbangedoutafew

goodtunesinhistime-evenifheisalittletoodependent

onrearrangingMendlesohn'r,with

Phantom,'s

almostasifthecomporcan'tdecidewhetherhewantsto

createarockoperaoraproperoperettaandsottlesfor

ntertainingforthemostpart,The

PhantomOfTheOperaalsoreprentstheunsatisfyingdilution

oftwodistinctmusicalforms.