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9/10
Beautiful film
23 November 2004
I was able to view this at a special screening and was very impressed. It is a visually stunning movie - the costuming and sets are as extravagant and lavish as the music. Gerard Butler gives a particularly anguishing and sympathetic performance as The Phantom. Emmy Rossum is beautiful portraying Christine and her transformation from a young innocent to a woman who is aware of herself, her sexuality, and the world of love. Patrick Wilson is a particularly dashing, heroic and protective Raoul and Minnie Driver provides hilarious comic relief as Carlotta. I particularly enjoyed the film's ability to delve deeper into the lives of characters. It provided depth and context and layers to all of the characters that the stage production cannot do. The entire cast was magnificent and I will be hearing the "music of the night" in my head for the next several days. I would definitely recommend it and can't wait to see it again.
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Before Sunset (2004)
10/10
Thank you Richard, Ethan and Julie!
8 July 2004
Before Sunrise has been one of my all time favorite movies since it was released and I have been waiting nine years to see the next chapter in Jesse and Celine's lives. I have been like a kid on Christmas Eve ever since I found out Before Sunset was being made! Being the same age as Jesse and Celine, Before Sunrise resonated strongly with me then, and Before Sunset resonated even more strongly with me now. Thank you Richard, Ethan and Julie for wildly surpassing even my highest expectations for the continuation of Jesse and Celine's story. It was one of the most beautiful and well made movies I have ever seen. Beautiful, tender, honest, powerful. . . I can only hope there will be more chapters to follow!!!!
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