"This is where the revolution in the adaptation of musicals into films will be unveiled!" – The Guardian.

"This is another great book after The Sound of Music and The Moulin Rouge, and the era of revue cinema is quietly coming!" - The Times.

"It's a breathtaking audio-visual feast, and Theolod Lecht has given new blood and depth to the controversial ** protagonist of the Phantom!" – The Daily Telegraph.

The day after the UK premiere of The Phantom of the Opera, when the fan group who were waiting for the feedback from the film critics to decide whether to watch it or not, to everyone's surprise, the three most famous newspapers in Britain unanimously gave excellent praise at the same time. Not only that, but even other newspapers, including the Daily Mail, are about to praise the "Phantom of the Opera" movie.

This made many fans who did not attend the premiere scratch their heads - although the "Phantom of the Opera" musical can indeed be called a British national treasure, but it will not boast about its movie version like this, right?

What kind of talented Lord Weber is bent on going to the American West to "dig gold", what destroying "The Phantom of the Opera" in his own hands is like a cultural regression, what Best Actor belongs to the Oscar instead of the Tony Award, not only Webber will suffer Waterloo here, but even Theolod Lechter will break his own crown on this movie......

Look at your current virtue! Not only praised "The Phantom of the Opera" as "Moulin Rouge", one of the Oscar-winning films today, but also openly said that "The Phantom of the Opera" is an epoch-making revolutionary film, which will not only be a box office hit, but will also bring about a revival of the revival of the revue of the revue -

“…… In the past, people tended to think of musicals as a niche and incomprehensible pastime, especially after the production of movies, more and more people tend to spend their money on movies made of handsome guys, beautiful women and special effects, but are musicals really that niche and difficult to understand? Not really. Hugh Edwards of the Daily Mail analyzes the current state of musical theatre today.

"Not to mention the far "The Sound of Music", the most typical one in recent years is "Moulin Rouge" in the first half of the year. "Moulin Rouge" made people realize for the first time that there are not only gorgeous choreography and songs in song and dance films, but also profound and moving plots that are not inferior to any feature film. At that time, I thought that "Moulin Rouge" had long been a revue with high hopes, at least in recent years, it could not be surpassed, until I watched "The Phantom of the Opera" in the second half of this year, and I realized that the road of revue was far from the end. ”

"The Phantom of the Opera has an advantage over Moulin Rouge because of its large fan base and well-known storytelling, but that's also where it disadvantages. The huge fan base of the original work has made the movie receive countless critical eyes and harsh accusations before it was filmed, and the familiar plot story has also given all the creators a difficult problem - how to shoot the story more deeply and three-dimensionally, how to dig into the inner drama of the Phantom, and how to control the love-hate relationship between the triangle of "The Phantom of the Opera". ”

"To be honest, I was very worried at first, because it was very difficult, and there wasn't much to dig into the Phantom on the premise that there were already previous Phantoms as a foundation. But I'm also looking forward to what kind of spirituality and depth Theorod Lechter, a young man who has become a world-class actor at such a young age, will give the Phantom. After last night, Lecht told me the answer, and it kept me at peace for a long time. ”

"High up and low as dust, when everyone in the world is anxious to give the phantom the aura of the god of music, when everyone in the world sees the phantom as a ghostly ghost who does not kill people, Lecht only wants to give humanity to others. Yes, the theater ghost, who was deformed and abandoned since childhood, is just a human after all, and he is the only one who sees this. ”

However, when the phantom becomes a man, when Lechter digs the phantom into the deepest part of his heart, what is presented to the audience is too cruel and pathetic. This is shown in the final change of the film that is different from the musical, which is the darkest and most depressing scene of all versions of The Phantom of the Opera. ”

"I don't know what kind of mentality Theolod Lechter had in response to this film, but he gave the Phantom everything new enough to earn him a place in this year's Oscars. Maybe after today, there will be more musicals on the big screen, but I think there will be very few characters portrayed to the level of Theolod Lecht. ”

"Thanks to Lechter for giving the Phantom a new dark interpretation, whether it is an unexpectedly high-level singing or a deeply rooted performance, he is the most complete and authentic Phantom. ”

The last time Hugh Edwards wrote a long-form film review was three years ago when "Two Smoking Guns" was released. For movies Edwards does not like to speak at length, and his tirades are generally given to musicals, which seems to have long been a well-known thing.

However, two of his few long-form film reviews are dedicated to films starring Theolod Lechter.

Excluding the exaggerated praise of Edwards's own love for Theorod, how credible is Edwards's review? Many fans who hesitate to stay on the fence have decided to gather a variety of information to see that sometimes the tastes of film critics are very different from those of the general public, which is one of the reasons why Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB ratings are sometimes polarized.

At the moment, there are 35 fresh and 5 rotten on Rotten Tomatoes, and the freshness of 87.5% seems to be quite decent, but this is only the first day of the world premiere, and there are still some reviews that have not been uploaded. The bad reviews focused on the fact that Anne's voice was never found in the chorus and the overly oppressive ending.

Compared with Rotten Tomatoes, the rating on IMDB actually reached 9.4 points, and you must know that the rating of "Moulin Rouge" at the beginning was only 8.9 points. Could it be that this movie version of "The Phantom of the Opera" really has a breakthrough part of pushing the old and the old? and the amateur Phantom and Christine really sing the original flavor?

Fans who don't believe in the reviews of movie critics looked at the comments of netizens on IMDB and found that the comments were strange, and sometimes the ratings were not the same as the content of the comments-

"Oh my God, the Phantom of Theorod is so handsome!!unbelievably handsome!If I were Christine, I'd get married!" commented the female viewer named "Is it Lisa or Sally?" commented on the final score of only 6.5. Maybe it was the Phantom's unmatched handsomeness in the original book and Christine's unreasonable choice that made her deduct points.

Jack 1984 said: "This is a breakthrough in the previous plot routine of "The Phantom of the Opera", in order to ensure the viewing experience here I will not spoil here, but I have to say that this change really makes people feel too bad, after reading the end I don't think this should be the end, but it is nothing." Now whenever I think about those scenes in the movie, I feel like a big rock is pressing on the bottom of my heart, I hate it, it's so desperate, don't watch this movie when you're in a bad mood. ”

In this comment full of negative words, the final score given is actually 10 points, and fans who don't know the truth may think that this "Jack" has masochistic tendencies.

"I fell asleep without the Phantom shot, and as soon as the Phantom appeared, I immediately hit a spirit!Okay, I'll admit I'm a big fan of Mylord, but the story of The Phantom of the Opera is too familiar to me, as long as the Phantom doesn't appear, even if I sleep halfway through I know what the movie is about, but Theo's Phantom can bring variables and differences to the movie - what classic tracks are included!"

Netizen black Sheehan is very likely to be a brain-dead fan of Theorod's actor, so he scored 10 points unsurprisingly. In general, these ratings are not of reference value, although some of their comments are quite reasonable.

However, when they continued to look down, they found several different and very valuable comments:

"If I hadn't been a musical theatre worker in the West End for many years and had been a layman, I might not have been able to hear the subtle flaws in Theolod Lecht's singing. But it is precisely because I am an insider that I know how precious it is for Theolod to have such a level. Those who chose to sing down because he was a layman who didn't know anything about vocal music were going to be disappointed because he was capable enough to be Joj's replacement. Netizen West District Traveler.

Tracking Kennedy also sneered: "Maybe those guys who are struggling in the small theater and crying all the time why they can't get into the eyes of the big club should come and see "The Phantom of the Opera" to see what the perfect combination of vocal music and acting is, and then you will know why you can't, but a movie actor can, and I can't do this after at least ten years of vocal studies." ”

“……”

This type of review seems to have come from "insiders", and they have both given praise and recognition to Theorod and Anne without exception.

It seems that whether it is fan reviews or critics' reviews, they are all proving to everyone that "The Phantom of the Opera" is not only flawed as expected, but ...... This reminds countless fans of Edwards' words - Theorod "gave the Phantom everything new enough to earn him a place at this year's Oscars."

…… Wait, it's only been one Oscar, and Theorod is ready to make a comeback and make another Olympics? But why haven't there been any rumors that "The Phantom of the Opera" can win the Olympics? On the contrary, his "American Drug Lord" has been frequently mentioned. Besides, is the cliché story of The Phantom of the Opera really that good, and what happened to its ending that keeps it being criticized by critics?

Now, not only the local audience in the UK who did not see the premiere, but even some fans on the other side of the ocean are puzzled, after all, it is the British theater critic who proposed that Theolod can hit the Oscars, not the country's boasting.

But local fans in the UK are far luckier than their American counterparts, with The Phantom of the Opera being released in 689 theaters in the UK the day after its world premiere, while the US will have to wait more than a week to find out.

When they watched the end with fascination, British fans realized why the end of "The Phantom of the Opera" was "scolded miserably" at the premiere. At the end of the musical, Christine will return to the dejected Phantom and return the ring to him, and occasionally give the Phantom another kiss if she "lets herself go" during the performance, but what about in the movie?

The Phantom himself took back the ring, which was equivalent to giving up hope, the only light in his life, and giving up love! Listening to his heart-rending voice, could there be anything more depressing than this? This ending is too pessimistic, and the movie version does not intend to give the Phantom even the slightest hope.

It is said that this ending was changed by Theorod "on a whim"?

Damn, scold him to death!

Then, across the ocean, American fans who still had the aftermath of "911" saw the number of reviews on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes rising, and in the first week of "The Phantom of the Opera" scored 9.2 points and 90.4% freshness, and won the first week of the British box office with a box office result of 8.59 million pounds.

However, the comment that was liked the most was the most unbelievable one-

"Theolod Lecht, you give us the real ending!!"

…… So, what happened to the ending! At this moment, American fans finally realized the bitterness of not being the center of the world premiere of the movie. 166 Reading Network