The Opera was a very cold film, a hopeless and dark film, no hope, no love.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
I've never been to the opera; I've only seen opera on DVD.
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
For years, I wasn't in the least bit interested in opera.
No studio in Hollywood wanted 'Cold Mountain.' None. No one wanted 'Ripley,' no one wanted 'The English Patient.' That tells you there isn't really an appetite for ambitious movie-making out there.
Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about. That's not love, it's just rubbish.
What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't.
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there.
'The Phantom of the Opera' is about love. It's as simple as that.