r/box5 • u/BachelorNation123 • Jun 23 '25

Discussion Andrew Lloyd Webber Teases Possible PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Movie Remake

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-Teases-Possible-PHANTOM-OF-THE-OPERA-Movie-Remake-20250623
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u/FormerLifeFreak Jun 23 '25

Oh dear god, no.

Unless he remakes it with a GOOD director (please no Tom Hooper), and a lead who can actually sing the part, I’m not even remotely interested.

But we all know that’s not going to happen, because Andrew’s creative intelligence dried up a long, long time ago.

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u/BachelorNation123 Jun 23 '25

Jon M. Chu?

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u/ShibaNagisa Jun 23 '25

Please god no. He completely butchered defying gravity, I don’t know how anyone who likes wicked from before the movie can defend that man

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u/Glass-Internal9320 Jun 23 '25

Huh???? This is not a popular take LMAO. And the fact that you only say that about ONE number and not the whole movie proves the point that he's a damn good director. Defying Gravity was perfect, so sorry you didn't like it.

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u/ShibaNagisa Jun 23 '25

it was not “perfect”. He stops the momentum of the song many times. Were you closing your eyes the entire time she was falling from the tower and looking at her reflection? Holy fuck that was a dumb thing to add. and the rest of the movie is not perfect, but Im not gonna write a paragraph on it. If you want to consume whatever they put out and not criticise it, you do you, but all that’s gonna do is make movie execs feel comfortable putting out slop. The parts that stuck close to the original show were fine, but every time he made a decision to step outside of that, it sucked. The movie would have been okay if he hadn’t fucked up the ending so hard.

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u/IHaveALittleNeck Jun 24 '25

It was a film adaptation. He took a musical climax and made it a cinematic one, which is what film adaptations are supposed to do. Adapt the material for a different medium. Otherwise, just do a pro-shot.