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All I Ask of You

Advantages: a sure hit to those who love opera music
Disadvantages: you can't sleep for nights after watching the movie

...in late 19th century paris, the musicale is a combination of romance, horror, mystery and tragedy...a story about selfish love, unconditional love, mysterious love, unreasonable love, forbidden love...everlasting love...this movie is heartwarming, heartwrenching and heartbreaking...it has a 'haunting' music that could send shivers to your soul...explains why love is unfathomable.. why love breaks all bounds.. why love is life and death.. the movie ...
...christine. i never get the hang out of it. i could still feel the same pain as erik felt when she let go of christine. i came to realize that letting go doesn't mean that you gave up the fight, it is just a matter of accepting the fact that there are things in life that are simply cannot be..with its opera music from Andrew Lloyd WEbber and all out performances by gerard butler, patrick wilson and emmy rossum, it will surely send cupid's arrow straight ...

hyaeth 10.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Phantom Of The Opera (DVD)

The Phantom of the Opera

Advantages: Has wonderful music
Disadvantages: Can be scary at times

...love with her childhood sweetheart, the man that taught her to sing, the phantom of the opera decides he wants Christinne all to himself. If you love musicals or just like singing then i really recommend this wonderful film to teenagers and above as it might scare younger children because of the bone chilling music and murders.This film has many famous faces such as Gerard Butler (who played Dracula in Dracula 2000), Emmy Rossum (played Laura Chapman ...

lilminxey24 02.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Phantom Of The Opera (Wide Screen) (Deluxe Box Set) (DVD)

Moulin rouge is a musical admirers dream

Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film .
Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome

In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out . The ...

pepsi27 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

I'll watch this some more!

Advantages: great family film
Disadvantages: none

...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ...
...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...

kingfisher111 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Oliver! (DVD)

Bring the music to life with VH1 Storytellers

Advantages: It's raw, it's real and it provides great insight into the band
Disadvantages: Grainy dvd, short running time.

...was a dvd of the matchbox 20 session on VH1 storytellers. My boyfriend got me this for my christmas because he knows how much I love this band - I'd go as far as to say that it's in my top ten favourite bands along with the likes of Counting crows and the goo goo dolls. What is VH1 Storytellers Basically VH1 storytellers is a music series produced by VH1 which started back in 1996 with Ray Davies during his "storyteller" tour which is where ...
...VH1 storytellers shows the band matchbox 20 back in 2001 at a studio in chelsea piers in New york City several months after the realease of their 2nd Album "mad season" and so the performances feature several songs from the album including; * Bent * Mad Season * Black and White People * Push * If you're gone * Crutch * You won't be Mine * Rest stop Along with these album tracks the band also get involved in a question and answer session ...

stillclueless 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Matchbox Twenty - Storytellers (DVD)