The Phantom of the Opera

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Not a bad take on the classic story. It has it's ups and downs but I find the last 20 minutes really slows the movie down. If I wanted to watch an opera I'd go rent an opera. I think they used to much of it in this movie and I did have it at a higher rating until that point. Overall it does have some replay value but it's just not really too good of a film. Of course, the soundtrack is great.

Composer Lord Ambrose D'Arcy and his backer, Harry Hunter, struggle to find a replacement for the female lead in their new opera after she quits in the wake of a gruesome murder. When a new prospect, the nubile Christine Charles, disappears, Harry cautiously investigates. Meanwhile, a mysterious masked man who is eerily familiar with the opera holds Christine captive and offers to groom her to play the part.