This movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webbers Phantom of the opera is truly amazing! To be honest with you I was a bit dubious about how the transfer from stage to screen would work as the stage show itself is fabulous.

Well there was no cause for concern as the story loses none of it’s magic in this movie and being a movie there is more scope for special effects and more elaborate scenery (although the stage scenery is quite amazing in itself)

The movie is pretty much like the stage show from the auction at the beginning to the grand finale! The back in time chandelier sequence at the beginning of the movie is quite amazing and all the songs from the show are there and are still powerful and moving. The performance of the actors is excellent and the songs are performed spot on! There are very few differences in the movie to the stage show so fans of the show will not be disappointed.

Lloyd Webber was one of the producers on this film so it would have met his satisfaction.

All in all this is a great opportunity for fans to see this story over and over again without paying out upto £40 for a theatre ticket.

But the true magic of The Phantom is in the theatre and if you haven’t seen it there try and do so you wont be disappointed!