emmy rossum phantom of the opera wedding dress

Music in this production comes at you like the killer in a horror film. But they come crashing through the speakers with such punishing force that it wouldn't be wrong to think Jerry Bruckheimer might have written them.

The credits for ''The Phantom of the Opera' insist that Andrew Lloyd Webber authored these tunes. Christine just calls him her ''angel of music,' which is true in much the same way that Howard Stern is the king of all media. The freaked-out cast and crew dub this man a ghost. She's bewildered by images of herself clad in a wedding dress. He seduces Christine with the show's signature song, ''The Music of the Night,' and a ride in his gondola. This lair is where he keeps the big seashell that doubles as a daybed and the organ on which he bangs out a steroidal, Vincent Price-worthy riff best described as schlock 'n' roll. To get there, the camera plows though floorboards and stage doors the same way that ''CSI' zooms through intestines. The flame he wants to rekindle comes at a price for Christine - the possessive Phantom wants her, too, and if Raoul doesn't watch out, the Phantom will force his pupil into being his bride and demolish the opera house.Īs a preview, the Phantom lures her away to his Batcave down in the theater's dank bowels. And just in time for her debut, her childhood love appears, a young arts patron called the Vicomte Raoul de Chagny (Patrick Wilson). For some time, the besotted Phantom has been trying to terrorize the new owners into making Christine the star.Īfter the Phantom drives out the company's Italian diva, La Carlotta (Minnie Driver), the plaudits and the massive dressing room are Christine's. With the aid of the dance instructor Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson), he's been giving secret lessons to Christine Daa (Emmy Rossum), the orphaned vestal ingenue in the chorus of the Opera Populaire.

There is, however, in this shameless atrocity, a phantom (Gerard Butler), and he does haunt a big 19th-century Paris opera house with his face half-obscured by a white mask. And people looking for opera - well, shame on you. People looking for a resounding musical will find it odd that the camera runs away from the lip-synching cast.

People looking for romance will find only cardboard lovers. Today, ''The Phantom of the Opera' lurches from Broadway to the megaplex, and it has a little something to irritate everybody.

Emmy rossum phantom of the opera wedding dress