Worst Movie Ever!!!

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Disclaimer: I am, in fact, a musical-theatre loving (and performing) homo, but not a big fan of Webber. I have never seen the stage production ($ and the aforementioned aversion to ALW) so I was particularly irritated that the film worked better for my friend who had seen the show. Storytelling should not rely on you having seen another version of the story to get it, which also happens to be my main criticism of Alladin at DCA.

Well, if I stepped back to write an actual critical review of the movie, I'd have a lot of flaws to point out. But since as to my own enjoyment of the thing, I don't mind relying on my previous experiences with the story - book, plays, other movies, etc., to affect (and even better) my enjoyment of this particular adaptation. Particularly because there were neat little nods to the book (the trap door leading to the mirrored torture chamber for one) that really, really delighted me.

That said, it bothered the CRAP out of me that the writers and directors of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban made an near perfect movie but managed to f**k up the most important scene from the book. And even having read the book, and almost knowing the scene by heart, the poorness of its portrayal on the screen irked me a great deal. So, I've got an inconstant set of standards, it seems.

And I totally get people ripping the Phantom a new one.

Me, I'd rather just get a little drunk and have casual sex with the movie.

I'm so shallow!