Phantom of the Opera trailer out! WARNING: Don't watch if you're prone to dizziness.

[JCPhoenix]

http://movies.channel.aol.com/franchise/exclusives/phantom.adp


.........that one trailer had more cuts than all the cuts in Moulin Rouge combined.

That made me dizzy as hell. I mean, Moulin ROuge never made me dizzy, but that trailer made me feel like throwing up. and it was only taking up less than a tenth of the monitor.

That said, the actual content looks promising...I remember seeing Phantom of the Opera in Toronto several years back (I remember because I got to miss school for a week to go to Toronto while my dad was there for business heheh so my mom took me to see it) and I really loved the musical.

The set design and everything in the trailer looked great and even though there could end up being numerous problems with it, I can't help being overall excited about this film...it's Phantom of the Opera for christssake (that said, I guess the trailer did make me excited for it despite giving me a mild migraine...cause before I wasn't that interested in seeing a movie version of it and now I am).

I'm absolutely worried that Schumacher's gonna cut the actual movie that frenetically but I'm hoping it was just for the trailer LOL. Moulin Rouge was great, but I don't think it would work again for another movie.

But yeah, I'm excited for the film. Schumacher has done some decent stuff up along with some horrific stuff but i think he can pull it off.

[HorrorMaster]

I've seen the play twice and loved it. I'm stoked for the movie, it should be good since the original cast helped in casting for the film.

~MarK~

[mattjk_17]

Looks pretty good to me, thanks for the link JC

[Fisting Ackbar]

http://members.lycos.nl/anonymousjohn/emot-megamonocle.gifhttp://members.lycos.nl/anonymousjohn/emot-megamonocle.gifhttp://members.lycos.nl/anonymousjohn/emot-megamonocle.gif

Here's hoping that the movie will contain less cuts per second, since I like Emmy Rossum and love the set design.

[Unicron]

I feel a migraine coming on :D

but looks cool

[bowieee]

Schumacher?

I thought it was Ridley Scott who was filming this one.

*edit*

I looked it up and I guess it is schumacher. I swore I saw ridely scotts name during the preview before spiderman 2. I guess the dr. pepper had gotten to my brain.

[Adam J. Hakari]

MOULIN ROUGE-ish? I'm in line already. :cool:

This trailer played before FAHRENHEIT 9/11, and the guy sitting next to me told his girlfriend, "Joel Schumacher's a shit director." I think it's safe to say he has this one down niiiice.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

I'm still up in the air but this trailer sure didn't hurt my opinions. Plus, I regret missing Moulin Rouge in theaters so i probbaly will checxk this out just in case.

[FilmBuff84]

Be interesting to see how the trailer will play on the big screen with all the cuts, but this is one movie i will be seeing. I've seen the play and loved it, but as I was younger when I saw it I do remember being a bit freaked out, the chandelier dropping got me, but this looks promising. Emmy Rossum is gorgeous so that's a plus too.

[sharkstank]

Originally posted by FilmBuff84
Emmy Rossum is gorgeous so that's a plus too.

mm hhmmmm

WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Scarface98.9]

It's weird. I saw the trailer, but I don't know what I saw

[ANavissi500]

Let me just say that was a terrible trailer. I want to hear singing in a trailer for a musical not see some really bad, seemingly random jumpy editing. I will def. see the film but I wish they did a better trailer for it. Maybe this is a teaser.

[HHH123007]

I enjoyed the trailer in a weird "that was different" type of way.

Never seen the show, but I am familiar with the music and such....so I'll have to see it.

[Duke Nukem]

I think he only cut it so damn quick, so that it would flow with the Phantom music. I don't think he'd be foolish enough to cut the actual movie like that.

[Nachokoolaid]

I think this would've been much better if Joel wouldn't have pasted his name on the trailer. People still have a bad taste in their mouth from BATMAN AND ROBIN, and I think he should just let the film speak for itself, which I think this has a chance to do. He shouldn't have made it so obvious that he was involved. Pride, it's a mother fucker, I guess.

[thedudeman69]

looks good to me and I think with Joel directing it has to be good.

[Jamesadin]

Originally posted by bowieee
Schumacher?

I thought it was Ridley Scott who was filming this one.


I also remember reading that somewhere...


PS: Crappy trailer, but I still want to see it.

[bob]

Is it a musical?

If so, fuck that.

[Lynn Minmei]

Originally posted by bob
Is it a musical?

If so, fuck that.

Well...yeah.

It's based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, but the stage version is pretty damn incredible.

I remember that for years I wanted to see a film version, as the way that it was set up was pretty amazing (i.e. starts years after the actual story).

I saw the stage version a loooong time ago, but it blew me away. Very different from everything else that's around.

Trust me, this isn't some people randomly-breaking-into-song and jumping around production. With a movie-sized budget, this has to be good.

I'm looking foward to it. Could be Best Picture material if Schumacher pulls it off right.

[bob]

No, trust me: Fuck that.

I haven't seen a musical I liked since A Hard Day's Night.

[Squid Vicious]

Whoa. That trailer had more cuts than Natural Born Killers, Fight Club and Requiem for a Dream combined!

Well, maybe not that many. But it sure was a lot.

Thanks to Falling Down, Tigerland and Phone Booth, I can almost forgive Joel Schumacher for ruining the Batman franchise. If he gets Phantom of the Opera right, I may forgive him a little more.