WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

tolmanatornccm The movie is entertaining. I think it is well put together and the cast does well. Musically, it leaves something to be desired, but to just sit back and watch, you won't be disappointed.

JordanP09 The best part of a musical movie is not only can you take away the iconic and most memorable lines- but also the songs that you sing and listen to even after the credits are done rolling. Back in 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber blessed us with Phantom of the Opera. To this day, the musical has proved itself as timeless and continues on tours all across the USA. In 2004, Hollywood gave us easy access to view the musical by turning it into a movie. Emmy Rossum plays Christine, member of the ensemble in the Opera who has yet to show her full potential to her superiors. The Phantom, played by Gerard Butler, lives in the depths of the Opera house and captures Christine as hostage to convince the owners of the Opera to make her lead role. The visuals of Joel Schumacher's Phantom of the Opera (2004) do a great job of convincing me that I'm back in the late 1800's. The costumes and makeup are elegant and well thought out. Emmy Rossum never failed to take my breath away with each close-up or each gown she had on. Her voice was easy to listen to and had me siding with the Phantom that she should be lead role. Gerard Butler, while cheesy at times, did a wonderful job at portraying the vulnerability and loneliness of the Phantom. His red tuxedo worn to crash the masquerade had me weak in the knees, and so did the change of the music's key playing upon his wake. The movie shows us how timeless and beautiful the story of Phantom of the Opera truly is. A man traumatized by the experiences in his childhood, with a disfigured face to prove, only seeks acceptance and the best for the Opera house in which he resides. The acting is almost just as theatrical and overbearing than if you saw it on Broadway, and I don't mean that as necessarily a bad thing. It is great to see how Hollywood transfers musicals into movies and gives those of us who can't see these live shows a chance to watch the story. Now, "All I Ask Of You" is to go watch and enjoy it for yourself.

jordanpitock-33254 I loved how the music flowed as well as the quality of the movie it left you with many feelings and wishing to be the main character :) If you haven't seen this movie I recommend you see it in play format or movie format so good! You'll have a hard time deciding who to ship who with who.

Myriam Nys Imagine a cake. The cake was made with the richest, rarest ingredients, including seventeen different types of biscuit, brandy-soaked cherries, shards of sugared ginger and nuggets of Belgian chocolate. Afterwards it was covered in icing and piping, sprinkled with edible gold leaf and decorated from top to bottom with pink roses made out of sugar and smiling cherubs made out of marzipan. On top of the cake there's a neoclassical "Temple of Love" made from spun sugar. Now translate the image to the world of movie-making. If you're thinking : "That sounds nice, I'd like a slice", then this is the movie for you.Other viewers, more mindful of the risks to human sanity, might want to make a detour. The movie contains moments of real charm and beauty, but these moments get lost in the mix. There is too much of everything - too much melodrama, too much spectacle, too much gilding, too much heaving bosoms and fainting maidens. There is even too much singing.The movie is further torpedoed by the inexplicable decision to include a Phantom who looks handsome, normal and yes, sexy. This is the equivalent of staging a "Richard III" with a male model protagonist who suffers from the very slightest of limps, as if recovering from a light strain. The Phantom is supposed to be so hideously disfigured that strong men run away in terror ; this Phantom could find work as a gardener, a dentist, a priest, a kindergarten teacher or a federal prosecutor. It's completely unclear why such a man should want to shun human society or lock himself up in a secret lair.Talking about lairs, this is one very luxurious lair, provided with all modern conveniences and embellished with flourishes such as waterproof and inexhaustible candelabras. It would take the fortune of a particularly rapacious third world dictator to erect such a place - but then, the movie does not particularly care for plausibility.A handsome and passionate young man living in an exclusive pad near the Opera - Christ, he sounds quite the catch...