The Official Gerard Butler Love Thread- Page 7

[Racetrack]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 7:09pm

I like Patrick just fine don't get me wrong, but just come up with some more facial expressions thank you! I mean that's the only thing that just kind of bothered me. I know it's the character more and everything, but still. Well at least it's not like in the original book where he cries all the time. I think that's only real thing I didn't like very much about the book, well besides the Phantom being somewhat unlikeable. I did like the suspense though. But I'm sure I'll like Susan Kay's Phantom as well.

Still very interesting who people like. Many of my friends didn't think Gerry was good-looking or sexy because they think he can't carry a tune.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 7:10pm

i hate raoul when they're on the roof when he goes there is no phantom of the opera, and he's like, trust me i know everything. its like, well youre wrong idiot. he exists and hes wayy hotter than you are. lol.

[Racetrack]

Posted: 6/19/05 at 7:50pm

Lol. That's funny. Well duh the Phantom exists and he's there on the roof Raoul. It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/1/05 at 8:12pm

Okay...realized my last 6 posts and all my posts lately are about how great Greg Jbara is and while he is, I'm scared I'm sounding like a broken record. So time to bump this puppy up!

Anyone know when Dear Frankie is scheduled for DVD?

Racetrack, how's Phantom coming? Awesome right?

I've noticed I'm starting to have the same reaction to just hearing PONR and MOTN on my Phantom CD, breathing heavily. His voice...it's just so beautiful and sexy and...gah.

I've been in disneyworld for a week, gotta watch the movie again soon, going through some Gerry withdrawal...

[Racetrack]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 1:25am

Phantom is coming along. I'm just over a hundred pages into. Reading it slowly I guess while the boyfriend is in Italy visiting family. I'm really liking it though. I'm almost done with the gypies part. How coincidental is it though that the person who's not a gypsy but works with them is named Javert? I just kind of started laughing at that part just because it reminded me of Les Miz.

My boyfriend borrowed the original Phantom of the Opera book to take to Italy. He now will know why I don't like Raoul all that much. I also told him how you described him in the original as a crybaby who would even cry if Christine farted because he would think it to be the most beautiful sound he ever heard. I think that's very true. At least he's not like that in the musical.

I think Dear Frankie is coming out July 5th actually. Cool! I'll finally get to be able to see it. Okay remind me to send CSI back(love CSI original)

Who is that in your icon wicked?

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 1:40am

ROTFL on Raoul as a crybaby. Ehh, in the original novel I'd categorize him more as a winer than anything else. In the show he's just a bore.

Of course when I saw the name Javert Les Miz was the first thing I thought of. Good thing I double checked that you're almost done with the gypsies part, was about to comment on something at the end of that section but I'll wait. After reading the first section from the mom, I don't understand how anyone cannot feel sympathy for him as a character, even if he did go on to kill some people in the show, it's quite understandable...

That's Greg Jbara in my icon, from the '94 revival of Damn Yankees, the first broadway show I ever saw! I kinda know Greg now, he's the nicest guy in the world and took us backstage(I'm on his webcam 6/11 montage haha) and I love him as much as I love Gerry(for totally diff. reasons of course). But not to fear, I'm working on putting both of them in my icon b/c I can't bare to take either down.

soo excited you're reading Phantom, I've been dying for someone else to read that so I can discuss it.

[Racetrack]

Posted: 7/2/05 at 2:00am

I know. The whole thing with the mother was depressing. It took me a little while to get into the book, but now I really like it. It's definitely a different take on the original story, which I like a lot. I mean now it makes a little more sense as to how he could have become an architect and stuff. I really like this book a lot. Now that I have the book I'm not going to give it away. No matter what my mom or dad says about the crap load of books I own I don't care. Not giving it up. Nuh uh.

I didn't recognize Greg right away. He looks very different! I've actually never seen Damn Yankees. Kind of weird, but what can I say. Mostly probably because not all of the broadway shows that have ever existed come to my city.

I don't know why but yesterday I was out with a girlfriend of mine and I saw that in the music store I was in they had Triumph of Love so I bought it. Just a weird impulse buy. Trying to expand my horizons beyond the stuff I know I guess.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 8:02am

Great news for Racetrack and Gerry fans-Dear Frankie comes out on DVD this week!(just read in my paper) Woohoo! Def need to pick that up, it's a great movie, especialy for Gerry fans. Be warned-he doesn't come on screen for nearly an hour, but the movie's good regardless. I actually recommend it to non-Gerry fans as well but they probably won't be reading this thread...

Also found out it's playing this weekend in a movie theater not too far from me, my mom really wants to see it, so I guess we can see if we can make it there, I'll prob buy the DVD anyway but this way she could see it in a theater.

Anywayz, how's Phantom going?

[Racetrack]

Posted: 7/16/05 at 2:15am

I'm back from Laguna Seca motorcycle races. So that's why I didn't respond as promptly. Plus trying to find this thread can be a difficult task at times.

Phantom is coming along very well. I'm three hundred some odd pages into it. I didn't read for awhile on vacation. Except in the car ride to California and back. I'm really loving it though. God. Incredible. I felt so bad for Giovanni and Erik when Luciana died. But she was being a brat. So do Erik and Nadir meet again? I'm at the part where he's just constructed the Torture Chamber in the Opera House. Lots of fun. Really good book.

My boyfriend while in Italy read Phantom of the Opera(original). I don't know what he thought of it, but he certainly laughed at your comment about Raoul. The more I think about it though the more true it seems. So when I finish Phantom I'll loan it to him. Certainly now that I have the book I'm not going to give it up. I spent too long looking for it so I'm not going to give it up easily.

I have to put Dear Frankie at the top of my dvd list so I can get it next week. Thanks for the reminder!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/16/05 at 2:39am

Ooh, and though everything you've read is amazing, you're embarking on the best and most amazing part of the book--when it starts interacting witht he events of the novel. I can read that part over and over, but it's not the same after reading the rest of the book. God, I dunno...when you finish that book, we are going to have to talk...on am or something...I was dying to talk about it w/ someone and well for the most part I'm still waiting, gah so amazing.

It's just so interesting reading about everything that happened to make him what he became. Interesting stuff. And then I think how people's depressing tales interact when I think of Giovanni and Erik and just....ahh. He is certainly one of my fav characters in the novel. I don't quite remember when he did...i think when he was talking to...oh, the guy who built the operahouse about working with someone on construction, you can see he still had a love and admiration for him.

Haha, glad your b/f appreciates my comments, always nice to be entertaining the masses.

I keep forgetting about Dear Frankie, gotta get on it.

So if I can recommend anything....grr, just brought it back to the library so I can't tell you the page...well when you realize it gets to the part when he's about to see Christine for the first time...try to really get into that part when you know you have lots of time. Because once that happened, I just could not put the book down till the end. Amazing.

I gotta watch more Phantom...hmm, maybe it's also time to check on if Gerry has any new projects he's working on...

[Racetrack]

Posted: 7/21/05 at 12:16pm

Man I finished Phantom last night. I cried so much at the end! God I mean there were slow parts in the book and faster parts, but from the time where it started talking about Christine and had her entries as well as Erik's I couldn't stop. My god. What a really good book! Man. I'm going to wait awhile and read it again. Wow. I swear I haven't stayed up so late at night reading and finishing a book in a really long time. Wow. Just amazing. It kind of makes me want to read the original even though I would have to put up with Raoul's crying again. Lol. Words really cannot describe that book. Just incredible. I got what I wanted.

So now after reading the book I really kind of wish that Christine didn't end up with Raoul. That's kind of pathetic isn't it. Raoul is not worthy! Seriously. I mean sure he loved her, but not like Eric.

I could go on and on and on. Just amazing. Now I'll have to let my boyfriend borrow it. He read the original while in Italy. I don't know what he thought about the original, but he has to read this book.

On a Gerard note I rented Dear Frankie. From what I've seen of it so far I really love it. Gerard doesn't come on screen until 40 minutes into it. Almost an hour like you said. I saw it in B&N the other day when I was there and I considered buying the dvd, but then I remembered it was being rented in the mail so I decided to wait. Very sweet movie.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 11:42am

Soo glad you got it and finished it, I agree it's one of the best books I ever read...for me as soon as he first saw Christine I couldn't put the book down. Soo amazing, and I bawled as well. I mean in all the books when she kisses him it means something but knowing the story with is mom and everyone it was just...unbelievable. OMG. I love this book almost as much as I love Gerry.

Even Raoul didn't bother me as much as he did in others. In the epilogue, it's the only time I actually liked him, to stay with Christine despite knowing she really loved Erik, and to raise his son like that and to sort of make peace with him--just amazing.

And this is the first one to really show that Christine indeed loved Erik and why. Saving the red roses even when she was with Raoul. Being with Erik without the mask.

I could go on and on. Just amazing.

Yaay for Dear Frankie, adorable movie, and he's gorgeous as usual.

[Racetrack]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 1:04pm

I know. This was the story where I could actually stand Raoul at all. I mean in the musical it's different, but reading-wise Raoul always made me want to smack him around. I swear I just wanted to punch him just so he'd shut the hell up.

I also agree about Christine. Just the fact that she could find it in her heart to love Erik regardless of what he looked like. Plus regardless of what happened and how much Erik frightened Christine they were destined to love each other. They're both equals in how they live. What I like is that Erik eventually got what he wanted, but without the force he'd been fighting forever. Just incredible.

As for Dear Frankie. I'm going to show my boyfriend the movie today. He got back from Italy last night and so he's going to come over for awhile and I'm going to show him the movie. I was originally going to wait until he got back to see it for the first but then I got too bored and decided to rent it. Love it!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/22/05 at 1:57pm

With Christine it's so much more than what he looks like that you know makes it amazing how she loves him. You know fans of the show and musicals sometimes say hmmm a triangle involving a handsome, rich, "prince-like" character, to an ugly psychotic killer, who do you think she loves?

In this way, you understand how both we and she can love him despite his crimes, how all she has been through in a way makes her a living corpse as Raoul calls her, and how you really don't know where she would have been without meeting Erik at all, she was all ready to give up her career, where she probably wouldn't have seen Raoul again at all. Experiencing her father's death put her in a dark place that Erik was in so she was able to love and relate to him. You understand how she still loves him even though he tried to kill Raoul. It just...the whole thing...amazing.

Now I gotta figure out how to see The Game Of Their Lives...

Updated On: 7/22/05 at 01:57 PM

[Racetrack]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 5:09pm

I've been meaning to respond for two days but I've been really busy.

But I agree it makes you understand the story and them. It's truly amazing. But if you think about it not all the crimes he commited were not all his fault. I think killing Javert was justified and impossible to feel sorry for the perverted man. Also most of the killings that were bidden by the khanum were not his fault. Yes he had control over whether they died or not, but in a way he was her b*tch kind of. But still regardless you see a pathway into his madness and how he got there.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 9:29am

Haha yaay.

Let's see...something ontopic...get Dear Frankie yet? Oops yes you did. Well, still great movie.

Watched Phantom again w/ Mistress...wasn't a huge fan, but I enjoyed it as always. Though at this point in addition to having the whole movie memorized, I think I may have the whole blocking memorized as well...oopsy

Hmm, perhaps one of us should check in on his site, see if he's up to anything new lately?

[Racetrack]

Posted: 8/1/05 at 1:50am

My boyfriend and I were watching Phantom awhile back and we were watching the part where Raoul comes riding in the carriage and in the seat it looks like the "emblem" or whatever it is looks like a bag of Ruffles potato chips to me. I swear I watch that part and everytime since then it looks like a bag of Ruffles chips to me. Also in AIAOY Patrick sounds like he's saying "I'm here standing here beer side you" is what it sounds like on the recording and in the movie instead of what it's supposed to be. It's just kind of funny. Nick and I laugh about that.

Well when I last checked imdb.com Beowolf and something else that I can't remember the title of were on the list of new things to come.

[life_so_far]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 12:50am

Wow, I've never seen this thread before but I, too, love Gerard. I shall read every one of these posts, I swear.... one of these days.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 12:51am

Okay, something slightly ontopic...bway.com now has all these archival videos available and they have a short one when Bloomingdale's put Phantom of the Opera stuff on their windows. There's a small little snippet of Gerry there, but every little bit we get is a good thing.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 1:12am

What's this about his new movie about a famous Scottish poet?

[Racetrack]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 1:18pm

I don't know about his new movie coming out. I'll look into it.

[Racetrack]

Posted: 8/8/05 at 7:23pm

Hello everybody. I hope everyone had a good day.

[kitkatgirl]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 3:35pm

Yay! I'm so glad I found other people who love Gerard as much as I do.

My mom and I watched Dear Frankie over the weekend and we loved it. It's such a sweet movie. I have a question, though, for those of you who've seen it.

***WARNING! HUGE SPOILER!***


How does Frankie know that Gerard's character isn't his dad? My mom and I were debating this after we watched it. I think he figured it out when he was younger by reading lips. You know how his mom constantly told people that he was a champion lip reader? I'm guessing that he read lips one night when they didn't think he was watching, just like that scene where they are all drunk and singing and Frankie watches them through the window. What are your thoughts?

[Racetrack]

Posted: 8/9/05 at 5:51pm

I believe it's said when he's reading the obituary that his father died and left Frankie. I think he said something like he had thought for awhile that his dad wasn't there and that The Stranger hadn't been. I only saw the movie twice. Going to buy it soon.

[Racetrack]

Posted: 8/10/05 at 12:45am

I don't quite remember. Wicked do you remember exactly how Frankie knew?