Talk:The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)

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Contents 1 Links 2 What about... 3 Critical Reaction 4 Changes in plot 5 Hidden Plot 6 Plot 7 Trivia 8 Plot summary

[edit] Links

In order to save the enhanced article, the external links for the Official movie website from Warner Brothers and the Film's website from Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group needed to be removed due to a "spam filter." The FinalWord 13:16, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] What about...

Has everyone forgotten about that most important of all parts in the movie - the chandelier that the Phantom smashes to tiny little pieces? That was the most important part of the movie! 24.31.203.62 02:11, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Critical Reaction

Is it just me, or is our Critical Reaction section more than a bit POV? It could really benefit from some opposing views on the various changes/singers, quoting from additional reviews. If no one does so, I'll go ahead and do so. JG of Borg 18:01, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Changes in plot

There were some plot changes that harked closer to the book and shortened some other scenes, maybe someone could mention that, someone more familiar with it. --The Singularity 00:32, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hidden Plot

There is actually a hidden plot analysis of the movie plot on www.phantomgerry.net I think it's worth checking out ... maybe even mentioning it?

[edit] Plot

I think the Plot section in this article should have more paragraphs, rather than a huge chunk of text. Insanephantomon Editor Review 08:27, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I've edited the Plot section a bit. Please let me know what you think. Rougeblossom 23:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

It also seems to be missing the epilogue and framing story? Something about auctioning off Christine's stuff after she died, and the Phantom leaving a ribbon or something on her grave or something? Andrew Nagy 68.44.13.236

Thanks for pointing that out. I'm going to shorten the whole plot section but include the epilogue too. Rougeblossom 20:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Should we keep shortening the plot section or can the ambiguous plot template be removed? Your thoughts please. Rougeblossom 23:52, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

If you think it's fine as it is, go ahead and remove it. It no longer looks like a huge, disorganised chunk of text which lacks paragraphs. Thanks for shortening the plot! Cheers,Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 00:03, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

The plot summary says the Phantom "seduced" Christine. This is somewhat misleading. Also the part about him letting them go is left out. It just says they "exit."

[edit] Trivia

Most of these items were more suitable for Entertainment Tonight than an encyclopedia entry. Since none of them were substantiated, I removed the section entirely. ConoscoTutto 13:39, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Had to take it back out, someone put it back. This could be a useful section if there were any references in the block of poorly-written text. But there aren't.Sailorknightwing 21:04, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary

At some 3,000 words, the huge plot summary had been tagged as overlong. I've replaced it with a much briefer but perfectly adequate version adapted from an earlier revision [1]. --Tony Sidaway 22:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)