The Phantom of the Opera2004

It's gorgeous nonsense to look at, and in director Joel Schumacher's hands, "Phantom" emerges as one of those queer works of art that actually improve somehow as they get tackier and more removed from the original.

8/10。跟默片版完全是不同世界，音乐版选择了鲜亮的人工光，开场随着大吊灯电路接通，逆时空蒙太奇将落满尘埃的残破剧院转换成五彩戏服、金色大厅、红色幕布组成的豪华过往。默片只有舞台感的追光在漆黑中突出人物位置，魅影的面容全毁渲染出浓重的哥特式恐怖。相较起来音乐版用半脸面具、狂野的唱调诠释魅影，富有贵族的气质，当克里斯蒂随着魅影走入暗门后白烟升腾、点满蜡烛的地下通道，突显细节的纵深场面犹如宫殿般华丽。音画关系更是气势磅礴，当经理坚持不让克里斯汀当主角，欢快的歌剧和魅影追杀控幕员的惊悚形成音画对立，在魅影抓走克里斯蒂的舞台，火红的烈焰象征可怕的占有欲，黑披风黑马靴的魔鬼形象压倒了一身白裙的音乐天使，对重唱的运用在魅影夜晚偷听二人互相表白、墓地剑斗等场景，营造了魅影跌宕起伏的内心旋律。黑玫瑰的细节好评。

Fans will cheer at Schumacher's faithful inflation of Webber's vision, which interprets all that pomp and bombast as if the show were some sort of overblown Vegas attraction.