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Angel of Music

spaceThe premise of this movie is decent enough: the idea that there is a 'truth' and need to protect Christine Daae's bloodline secrets. The film seems to imply there is incest in the Daae bloodline but doesn't truly establish if that 'tainted' blood stems from Gustav Daae, or somehow, from Erik. Added to this convoluted story line is the fact the filming is only so-so, sound is decent, acting is sub-par, and all dialogue comes across as forced and disjointed. For any that view this and have actually read journalist Gaston Leroux's "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra; The Phantom of the Opera" (1910) ** please excuse the uploaded errors found in French spelling, it is displayed correctly in my original text ** will find this short movie gravely disappointing and extremely error-filled. And, in no account viewed or read by this viewer, has Christine Daae been older than Raoul.
spaceThe movie is based on discovering the truth behind Gaston Leroux's words in his novella; however, many things mentioned and questioned actually stem from Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2004 hit movie, "The Phantom of the Opera", starring Gerard Butler as The Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine Daae, and Patrick Wilson as Raoul - which was established in his long running theater musical of the same name. One item in particular in this movie is when modern day Eric is heading into insanity and 'becoming' Erik - as Erik, he has written an opera, "Don Juan Triumphant". This happens in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical and not in Gaston Leroux's novella, which anyone can verify via either a quick Internet search or by watching the Special Features found on the BlueRay disc of Lloyd Webber's musical. Even a creative retelling such as what was attempted here, should be researched and verify the known facts they are attempting to prove or dis-prove. Inserting the opera "Don Juan Triumphant" which is pure Andrew Lloyd Webber and not Gaston Leroux into this account that is claimed to be based on Leroux's words, should be proof positive for the need of research, even in fiction. It must be believable. Claims that the research the modern day Eric was doing, based solely on Leroux's novella, while mentioning music found in the movie version, were enough to suspend any possible belief in this viewer and cause her to lose all faith in any believability of John Woosley's story telling ability.
spaceThis viewer happens to be a fan of almost all tellings of Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera", from the 1925 version with Lon Chaney as The Phantom to the 2004 version with Gerard Butler as The Phantom, and admits Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2004 movie musical is by far her favorite. This viewer has also read Leroux's novella, English translation. This viewer does not consider herself or claim to be an 'expert' on The Phantom, simply a fan that does devour The Phantom related movies and books, veraciously. However, the movie being reviewed here leaves one wanting in many areas. Therefore, this viewer does not recommend this movie. ** Review originally posted to Amazon reviews on October 9, 2016. **

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