Studios should have listened better because sadly, the year after Phantom came out, we got the dreadful adaptations of RENT and The Producers. This film serves as a cautionary tale of how not to adapt popular musicals into film. With the exception of two or three songs, the show is pure melodramatic pretentious cheese. Let's be honest, was there anyway a movie could have improved the source material? It's not like the original musical is some sort of genius masterwork. The only reason I can think of to explain her casting is that someone though, "We need a stuck up, obnoxious, no talent, Diva, I know! Let's get Minnie Driver! She's not busy or anything! Because it's a movie version of The Phantom of the Opera Her career wasn't exactly on the upswing either, so casting her for "star power" makes little sense. She couldn't even master a decent Italian accent. She couldn't sing the role of Carlotta, so they had to dub her. Why was Minnie Driver in this movie? Seriously. Perfect recipe for a brilliant directing job. It was simply because Webber loved the The Lost Boys soundtrack, which I admit is pretty good. Was it because Schumacher had any previous experience directing musicals? Nope. So he made Schumacher his first choice to direct the film and the two started developing it over the next 15 years. The story is that Webber saw Schumacher's The Lost Boys and really liked the way he used music throughout the movie. Why? Because Schumacher was Andrew Lloyd Webber's first choice and attached him to the project.in 1989. You could argue that his best movie was A Time To Kill, which paled in comparison to the original novel.īut interestingly enough, his work on Batman and A Time To Kill actually didn't play a role in determining if Schumacher was right for Phantom. He's basically a non action movie version of Michael Bay. His movies always feel empty on character while full on style. But taking that out of the equation, I still never thought he was a master filmmaker. Look, as a Batman fan, I'll never forgive or forget what Schumacher did to the franchise.never. Why not cast him as the Phantom?!?!?! Blerg.
What I don't understand is that if they were going to cast unknowns, why not get unknowns who fit the roles and could sing them? To make matters worse, Ramin Karimloo, who is arguably the best actor to ever play Phantom on Broadway, was cast as Christine's songless-father in the movie. She was 16 when they starting filming, Christine Daae is in her 20's in the novel. This girl is supposed to be a diamond in the rough and her voice doesn't really make us believe that. While Rossum certainly could sing, her voice still sounded too small and underwhelming for Christine. Rossum was also unknown at the time, but unlike Butler, she actually had previous vocal training as a member of the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus.
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