Phantom of the Opera movie coming this Christmas!!!

Yep. We know.


But I'm excited, too. For you, I mean.



The Phantom is my lover.

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Rowl!


JK, darling. But has it occured to you that i'm not in love with Erik, just the evil Phantom?


Think about it.

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Minnie Driver is dubbed in the film. I don't like that...it makes it less authentic.

Also, check out Phantomfans.net. Check out the thread "sound clips" in the Andrew Lloyd Webber's POTO section, and somewhere between page 30-44 you will find Emmy Rossum and Patrick Wilson singing "All I Ask of You."

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Aw, come on. Many of the finest movie musicals, from West Side Story to My Fair Lady, were filled with dubbed characters. Even, interestingly, when the actors themselves could sing.

She's not Carlotta! Carlotta's a big, fat, uuughly woman! I have nothing against Minnie, I just wish there were more Broadway actors in that movie. I loved her in An Ideal Husband.

I am leaving you with a paragraph from Phantom (can I do this? Ah well...). I LOVE IT! (those other quotes I said I had memorized, but this I am reading from the book hehe)

"My mouth dropped open in astonishment, for nothing in his grim and austere appearance had prepared me for his voice. Even in that cold, clipped comment its astonishing beauty was quite unmistakable. Only those who heard him speak and sing will ever know just what a voice could be, for it was necessary to hear the extraordinary resonance and depth of timbre to truly understand the magnitude of his power. I never expected to heard such a voice outside paradise."

Sigh. I love Erik. And Nadir (the man speaking, for those who aren't up on their Susan Kay).

Ah, but indeed, she is Carlotta in the movie.

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First of all Minnie Driver plays Carlotta in the movie.

Second, she's not COMPLETELY DUBBED, only the higher notes.

Minnie Driver CAN SING.


Just needed to clear that up.

As you were...

Updated On: 9/5/04 at 01:22 AM

I never knew they did that... dubbed only some notes... I thought it was all or nothing. Hmm. Food for thought.

double the post....double the pleasure.....LOL

Updated On: 9/5/04 at 02:21 AM

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In films, they can do pretty much anything they want, I believe, with the sound. Although most of the actors are able to do their own singing, we'll probably never know for sure how much is them and how much is "Memorex."