I love the contrast of Christine's voice during the lines "The tears I might have shed for your dark fate/Grow cold, and turn to tears of hate." I think that really helps expand her character, and really divides her from the innocent girl she was in the beginning of the musical.
I need some love in this comment section for Patrick Wilson who absolutely KILLS IT in this scene! He plays his role so perfectly, the fear, the shaking voice, the tears, god what an actor. You guys don't give him enough love he's the perfect third party of this trio and smashes his role. Big love for him in this film.
He was the best in the trio in my opinion. I’m pretty confident Schumacher under-directed him because he wanted the focus to be on the Phantom/Christine. That being said, you’re right- Wilson brings his all here!
Justin M.D. Nelson Phantom: Holy crap this worked! How does this idiot not know how to fight the noose... Well Christine is going to hate me after this..
To be fair, the original character had a bizarre necrotic flesh condition; he didn't just look scary (when he left any skin uncovered), he smelled like death. So the rest of your life in a basement with only a psychologically deranged artistic genius living corpse ...
his line "I fought so hard to free you" with his facial expression gets me every time, in a way he is apologizing to Christine and realizing he could not succeed to keep the phantom away from her. He is so sad she is going through that cause he loves her. Ugh so many emotions.
Still listening to this in 2021, will always be one of my favourite musical moments as I love that at 4:36-4:56 how all 3 of there voices harmonize so perfect. Definitely one of my favourite musicals of all time
@ArbiterofTruth it actually benefits the role. It makes it feel more raw more real which perfectly fits the acting of gerard butler. Ik from the book Erik is suppose to be a musical genius but I don't think that has to mean he has a perfect voice. I think it makes it even more tragic that he possesses all the knowledge in the world yet can't sing perfectly which is another reason as to why he needs Christine in his life.
The line "Don't throw away your life for my sake." from Raoul was the best for me in this entire song. That single line just shows how much Raoul loves Christine and would rather die than have her end of with the Phantom who she doesn't love. His willing to sacrifice his life if that means Christine will be happy.
Is it only me or is there one point in the video where their harmony makes so many emotions rush through your head? I believe its 4:45-46 but its when all three of them start to sing. And my heart breaks when you listen to each part seperatley Raoul's part hurts me the most around that time segment when he says. "Christine dsay so, do not risk you love for my sake". The way he sang it and the expression on this face brought me to endless tears
I completely feel you. Its the top moment of the song for me. When the three voices armonize always gives me chills. Especially Raoul, even when I prefer the phantom I cant hate Raoul, at least the one from the movie version. I love how he sings that concrete line you mentioned and his expression about to cry, because whatever she chooses they cant be together anymore.
Yeah, that's one of the worst tragedies of the entire story. His own mother was afraid of him. He never understood what it actually felt like to be loved. I think that the Phantom, had Christine chosen him, would've been kind to her. You can see, when he's talking to her, that he wouldn't be harsh with her unless he had to be. If you saw your love interest french-kissing someone who then tries to kill you, and you had no reason to be kind, then you would probably want to kill them. The only difference is that he doesn't understand how wrong it is to kill someone, so he tries to kill Raoul.
+The Watcher - Rebekah Harris Wrong, completely wrong. He knew how bad killing someone is, it was the 19th century, it was everywhere that killing someone was bad, the difference was he thought getting rid of ppl to have what he wanted was justifiable which puts him firmly in the category of selfish and entitled to me. His mother was afraid of him, yes its sad but he's not the only one (it was the 19th century, most mothers didnt love their kids) and he had no kindness shown to him? False, The lady who rescued him from the circus was kind to him and loved him like family, going so far as to enabled him in his madness. Either way, his sad backstory doesn't justify murder. It just makes him creepy as hell (if you saw someone you loved kissing someone, is your reaction to kidnap them and threaten to murder the person they kissed if they didnt comply?) Her leaving him wasnt a tragedy, it was a happy ending (she got to leave, and everyone lived), no one wants to stay with their stalker, trust me.
+qwe6348 basically Christine told raoul to order his fine horses to protect her. The hand at the eye level is because it's the only way to stop the noose. Basically now the phantom is toying with raoul since raoul is basically defenseless and he's saying "wtf are you gonna now?!"
3:49 The moment where all three of them start singing is such an amazing scene, easily the most powerful moment in the musical. All three of them are pleading their cases, their wishes, their feelings in what is for all of them "the point of no return". Whatever decisions are made in this moment will change them all for the rest of their lives and we can feel the desperation exuded here.
I just want to take a moment to appreciate the absolute GENIUS cinematography at 3:24 when the Phantom is yelling at her to make her choice: Gerard's gorgeous face is completely hidden by shadows and all we see is the deformity of the phantom. And I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel complete fear at that exact moment! It's quite literally the Phantoms murderous nature come COMPLETELY to the surface with no sign of the Angel of Music we all fell in love with, only the demon is there. Any other time we've seen the phantom, we see both sides of his face with or without the mask which reminds us that while he is beautiful, he is also frightening. At 3:24, we only feel fear. But after Christine kisses him, we see the angel again and he realizes how monstrous he was, thus he lets her go. Again, absolute genius cinematography!
Yeah- i noticed that too how he was for the most oart of being maskless being show from the deformed side and after he was kissed the other side showed and so did his remorse. OTS SUCH A GOOD HECKING MOVIE
I am thinking ,a man can be so beautyful and gently , but watch his face if he is angry or hateful. I have seen it in real.Every man is an angel and a demon in one man.
"The tears I might have shed for your dark fate, grow cold and turn to tears of hate" My favorite line. this movie is so emotional and I'm only 16 and appreciate this music so much!
patrick wilsons performance in this scene just gives me chills everytime.....not only good looking but he can sing, the sincerity in his voice and his acting is just amazing...
I don’t know if many non-musically inclined people would be able to appreciate it to its fullest, but the part at 4:35 when all three sing different notes of different songs of different times at one time, it is truly the hardest and most masterful vocal performance I’ve ever seen in a musical. And I’ve seen many different musicals through the years. Absolutely magnificent and beautiful.
@@Rhewin oh absolutely - I’ve seen Phantom of the Opera 3 times in my city and twice on broadway. Nothing will ever touch the live performance in terms of quality.
You also have to think that he was warned to "Keep your hands at the level of your eyes". This meaning that his hand would stop the noose he throws at him from reaching his neck, if he were to head that warning he wouldn't have been caught. But that was indeed a really tearing moment.
Katherine Zanotti Yeah but how did he actually fight? Maybe like twice for a minute or so, but other than that he denied her concerns the entire damn movie.
While I pity the Phantom, once there was a hint of jealousy he wad prepared to kill to keep her. The abandonment issue was real. But she loved someone her own age. He was the same age as her friend (the ballerina's) mother, who helped him hide in the opera house. It wasn't his face. It was never his face. It was that he had killed needlessly. He tried to kill Raoul, as well, in front of her, forcing her to make a choice between giving her life to him or killing her fiance. He craved love. Just like any human being. And maybe the desperation drove him to this. But it doesn't make it right. He was cursed into darkness when he was only a child. He was consumed by it. He tried to bring a light with him, but she fled from him, and the poison there. It was a romantic tragedy.
When she says, “this haunted face holds no horror for me now. It’s in your soul that the true distortion lies” ... wow. I felt that. Such a beautifully crafted sentence to describe something so dark and deep.
but can we take a moment to appreciate the lighting in this movie? Masking the burnt half of his face when's he's playing the lover and then highlighting it while using his hair to hide the pretty parts when he's being a monster is pure genius.
Gerald Butler is ridiculously handsome for playing the phantom. Wasn't the point of the story, that the phantom was a horrifying creature with an angelic voice?
I think for movie, they do want to show a handsome face on one side so audiences would find it easier to empathise with him. It's not right, but I think that's how they decided.
Actually, what is considered to be one of the best performances of this of Phantom of the Opera ever, which was a Broadway production of it, also had a very handsome man playing Erik. Micheal Crawford was quite attractive, even with all the makeup for the deformity. It never said the Phantom was horrifying as a whole. Not anywhere did it say that he was absolutely disgusting. It just says he has a horrifying deformity. If you look up Micheal Crawford as the Phantom, you can see that he, too, was attractive. He wasn't SUPPOSED to be completely hideous. The part of his face that wasn't deformed was SUPPOSED to be attractive, so as to draw in Christine. Do you think that if the Phantom was an all around hideous person Christine would have even considered for one second the thought of loving him? He had a horrifying deformity, but his whole face isn't supposed to be hideous. He's actually meant to be handsome on the part of his face that isn't deformed. That's part of why Christine fell in love with him in the beginning of the movie in the first place.
NicoNekoChorus even so, in the original Phantom of the Opera novel by Gaston Leroux, the phantom is described as completely hideous, with not one, but both sides of his face being described as follows, "His eyes are so deep that you can hardly see the fixed pupils. You just see two big black holes, as in a dead man's skull. His skin, which is stretched across his bones like a drumhead, is not white, but a nasty yellow. His nose is so little worth talking about that you can't see it side face; and _the abscence_ of that nose is a horrible thing to look at." So while it makes sense that the musical and movie adaptations go with a half faced deformity, what is deformed should be deformed.
Many people want her to choose the phantom, and I see why. I mean, he loves her. But the thing is over years and years of being hated, being an object of fear, hiding, he's gone crazy. He is literally a murderer. When she says the line about "tears of hate" she realizes she can't love him, even if she tried. Keep in mind, she is a young girl. She loved Raul, and was more... intrigued I guess with the phantom.
She loved the phantom but since his personality is "uglier" than his looks (which she didn't care about the scars/burns) she ended up hating him .. Plus he ended too jealous and stalkerish
I wish this video went all the way to the part where Erik destroyed the mirrors. "You alone, can make my song take flight. It's all from now, the music of the night." Powerful stuff.
To me, there is something really beautiful and unique about the right side of his face!!!! =D Yes, it's Gerard Sexy Butler, but I mean it for all Phantoms.
After 3:48 I love the passion in their emotions, facial expressions, voices. I love everything about this scene. Especially when Raoul says "I fought so hard to free you" and "Don't throw your life away for my sake". Edit: Am I the only one who finds Raoul very good looking in this scene!?
so many raw lines in this bit i MEAN "that fate which condemns me to wallow in blood has also denied me the joys of the flesh" "this haunted face holds no horror for me now its in your soul that the true distortion lies" "the world showed no compassion to me" "why make her lie to you to save me" "the tears i might have shed for your dark fate grow cold and turn to tears of hate"
Here's my interpretation of Christine's position. You're a girl who has practically grown up an orphan, the only strong man in your life died when you were young. You grow up in an opera house, a world of beauty, art, and magic. You are faced with 2 men: Erik, a man of passion and artistic understanding but also a man of violence and mental instability based on a lifetime of emotional abuse because of something he had no control over; Raoul, a lover of beauty and art and a respectful man of societal character, but though he appreciated the arts he was never able to fully understand it the way Christine or the Phantom did. Christine was a young girl at the time, but she and the Phantom both knew she belonged in a world of light. She wanted to choose Erik, she even put the ring on her finger and chose him, not because he was threatening to kill Raoul but because her temporary hate subsided and she wanted to show him that dispite all he'd done he could still be loved by her, but he suddenly realized that the light her soul was made of would soon fade if he kept her in his world of darkness and she would no longer be the woman he loved. And once that light faded, she would no longer be happy and she would eventually grow to hate him. Suddenly realizing this, he was determined not to be that selfish, so he told her to go with Raoul. Yeah, Raoul fought for her, but Erik (finally learning his fault in his actions) let her go and promised to never interrupt her life again. Which one of them loved her the most in the end?
When I was 13 I was struck in the face by a mirror if a van moving 60 om/hr. The character's mistake was allowing the injury or deformity to define him and his fate. It is true as Christine says, "it's in your soul the true distortion lies." Even with such injuries to my face I am married for about 10 years now with two children. It takes compassion and understanding to overcome these things even from the so called victim.
Best scene of the entire movie in my opinion. The moment where every single characters puts love before fear and hatred. Gerard Butler perfectly portrays the demented mind of the Phantom, battling with his obsession and lust, trying to fight through his anger, wanting to put up a fight for what he so eagerly wishes were his, but knowing that he has to put himself second. The whole scene is amazing.
Gerard Butler as The Phantom Played his part fantastically, Pit he only had hate, never known to know love. Cruel was the world to such a poor and abused soul, Bravo Gerard Butler. Bravo
He played his part VERY well. Let me just point out how impressive his pronunciations of p's, b's, and other consonants that consist of making sounds with your lips are. This would prove to be a VERY difficult task due to the amount of makeup he's wearing on his face for the deformity. His face is 100% makeup. And to create the swollen flesh look, they had to put on SO MUCH makeup, including on his lips. So with how much makeup he's wearing, it would be very difficult to even get your lips to fully touch. Have you ever had a swollen lip? There are parts of your lips, close to where it's swollen, that aren't quite touching. So to work his way around the makeup and manage to have such powerful consonants is extremely impressive. He's even said that it was very hard to pronounce some words due to the massive amounts of makeup he's wearing. So not only is his performance perfect, his perfect pronunciation is rather amazing.
Now I never agreed with the people who said Christine ought to have gone with Erik. The man's a psycho! HOWEVER, I will admit that Raoul, in terms of the romantic hero the writer(s) intended him to be, falls a bit flat. I thought that way... until Patrick Wilson performed him in this movie. The emotion he puts into this scene makes you truly feel his love for Christine and that he couldn't bear to think of her as a hostage or in distress or pain.
I wanted Raoul to be like Phoebus. In the original novel the hunchback of notre dame by Victor Hugo, Phoebus is an antagonist. Despite being of noble birth and very handsome, he is also vain, untrustworthy, and a womanizer. In the end of the novel, he watches Esmeralda's execution with apparently little or no remorse. Raoul is a womanizer who is engaged to another woman, but wants to have sex with christine, but in the end he leaves her.
@@daviddirry-moir9255 I just don't get why people outright WANT Raoul to be a big evil monster, aside from the fact that "the phantom has a pretty voice and therefore is a saint in disguise who Christine should marry immediately". The phantom muders people simply for pissing him off. But I guess singing nicely means you can safely ignore that.
Savana Lorie also on stage it is more distorted as well Gerald got the better looking phantom a diferent look to what every one looks like as the Phantom on the west end
Woah. The part where the phantom, raoul and christine sing all together is so powerful and so so beautiful. i love the clashing of all of their voices together.
I know lots will disagree but I think these 3 voices blend almost perfectly, as if they were actually meant to be in the roles they're in. Its honestly better and cleaner sounding than the broadway musical.
Ugh I get chills when she says "The tears I may have shed for your dark fate have grown cold and turn to tears of HATE." She did that last part so well 😭
When I first listened to the song (without watching the movie and understanding it) I always thought Christine (Emmy) said "He's rather useless" or "it's rather useless" when she said "Please Raoul, it's uselsss" And then I realized... hahaha
He must've thought of putting it there as Christine was getting into that dress. "That boy will obviously be coming. What can I do? I know! I'll put this noose in the water and I'll just go from there!"
As much as I adore the phantom and ship Him with Christine, I truly believe She made the right choice, because of the lines 'Dont' throw your life away fro mine' and 'I fought so hard to free you' (Like I said, Erik and Christine are my OTP )
This scene is perfect in every way!!!!!!!!!! The harmony between everyone's voice is amazing. I love how when Christine kisses Erik just after this video ends, he realizes he never wanted Christine necessarily, just to be loved and someones first choice. Forcing Christine to be with him is never what he wanted. He hated how she and Raoul were happy, and he wasn't her first choice. He has never known love and just wanted to be cared about. It all went to his head and regretted every second of what he had done. He took it out on them because he was sad and jealous. The Phantom deserved better than Christine...
i don't think anyone could say that christine was a bad person for not choosing the phantom. just because his pain was completely yjustified in his pain doesn't mean his pretty much abusive behaviour was acceptable. if this is how he reacts to a possible threat to their 'relationship' i hate to think how that could grow over time. christine did what was right for her, and went with who she loved
Grace Patrick It totally creeps me out that people want Christine to end up with the Phantom. Sure, I sympathize with him, but he's a crazy kidnapping murderer. It's not exactly a great start to a healthy relationship.
+Grace Patrick i remember that in the end christine choose the phantom but he let her go because he realised that everything he did was wrong and that christine wasn't gonna be really happy with him
I think Christine loved both equally but the Phantom did terrible things so Christine and the Phantom could never have a future together after he commited those crimes. The whole point of this song is to say that Christine does like him, but she can't be with him after all of the murders and terrible things he did and that has nothing to do with his face.
The most heartbreaking scene in my life. I've never cried like here because of the musical, "The Phantom of the Opera" is THE MOST TRAGICAL STORY. These actors made me cry and die of pain in my heart. Especially: "You alone can make my song take flight.. It's over now - the Music of the Night!"💔
Oh wow I just realized when he said "raise up your hand to the level of your eyes. Nothing can save you now" he meant you can't save yourself from the Punjab Lasso which is his signature killing thingy that you can only protect yourself against by raising your hand up to your eyes which Raoul has been informed about in an earlier part of the book. Wow he just basically said its hopeless.
Ok, let's get something straight. Raoul didn't fall in love with her for her voice, in case you didn't pay attention to earlier songs, they were what Christine called "childhood sweethearts" so they had known each other before. Raoul knew Christine way before Erik did. I do love that Christine and Raoul ended up together, although I do feel bad for Erik. Just clearing some stuff up here, please no hate because of my opinions or corrections.
This entire cast was amazing. These three totally kill their roles, i didnt appreciate it when i was a kid, but rewatching this recently really enchanted me. Theres some problematic themes at times, but the music is just so enthralling i absolutely barely even notice it. Etched into my mind forever
In the movie the phantom's face looks way less distorted than in the both times I saw the musical live... One in Canada, one in England. I find it hard to believe he would have been a carnival freak with only the birth defects in this movie.
watercolorbylex Wat, why wouldn't there be anything like that in those times? Wouldn't they be more common? There were more battles in that time so many people would be disfigured.
Actually it was never a birth defect. He fell into a fire as a child and his mother left him on the street due to his ugliness and the gypsies picked him up as their show freak
I love this song. I like singing Christine's part. I would never do that to Phantom. What did he do to deserve that. He did not asked to be born like that. He taught Christine how to sing, and this is how she repays him, by playing with his feelings and emotions.
For most of the movie I saw it as a father/daughter relationship and I completely agree with you. But then, i found out it was romantic and it got kinda weird. It went from being an overprotective father to a mentor wanting to be with his student
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DAMN IT ROAUL RAISE UP YOUR HANDS TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES!
Natalie Lutz-Thompson to the level of your eyes, to the level of your eyes, to the level of your eyes.
Idiot. HE COMPLETELY IGNORED WHAT MADAME GIRY SAID. another reason why I cant stand him. Gotta admit tho, Erik's got some skill.
"Order your fine horses now! Raise up your hand to the level of your eyes! Nothing can save you now except, perhaps, Christine!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You had one job Raoul, just the one!
I love the contrast of Christine's voice during the lines "The tears I might have shed for your dark fate/Grow cold, and turn to tears of hate." I think that really helps expand her character, and really divides her from the innocent girl she was in the beginning of the musical.
And in the end, she still found the courage to feel pity
I need some love in this comment section for Patrick Wilson who absolutely KILLS IT in this scene! He plays his role so perfectly, the fear, the shaking voice, the tears, god what an actor. You guys don't give him enough love he's the perfect third party of this trio and smashes his role. Big love for him in this film.
He was the best in the trio in my opinion. I’m pretty confident Schumacher under-directed him because he wanted the focus to be on the Phantom/Christine. That being said, you’re right- Wilson brings his all here!
He is the best!! Patrick Wilson.
In this house we appreciate Patrick Wilson's work at all times
I apologize but this movie made me hate Patrick Wilson my whole life 😭 I sorta started liking him again with the conjuring movies
You're right, he's a definitely good actor.
“Angel of music... You deceived me” I will always fine this line heartbreaking and haunting🖤
Angel of music, who deserves this? Why do you curse mercy? Angel of music, you deceived me"
3:00
Christine: "Oh God, that was avoidable!"
Raoul: "Oh God, this was avoidable!"
Phantom: "Oh God, I can't believe this actually worked!"
Justin M.D. Nelson Phantom: Holy crap this worked! How does this idiot not know how to fight the noose... Well Christine is going to hate me after this..
It's like that line in one of the Pooh Bear episodes.
That's what it reminds me of. The "Blast him out" line.
Omg, the face Christine makes at that timestamp fits it *perfectly!* 😆
She is also thinking oh god I have 2 boyfriends at the same time
"an eternity of THIS before your eyes..." Oh no, it's a pretty man with some burn scarring on a third of his face. The horror.
You can almost feel the sarcasm in this comment...
i would have married him no hesitation. musical genius? i think yes.
I would have chosen the Phantom. I just cant stand Raoul, for the very same reason in Les Mis that I cant stand Cossette.
oh no....an eternity of Prince Zuko
To be fair, the original character had a bizarre necrotic flesh condition; he didn't just look scary (when he left any skin uncovered), he smelled like death. So the rest of your life in a basement with only a psychologically deranged artistic genius living corpse ...
I love Raoul’s face when he’s singing “I fought so hard to free you.” So much emotion in it 🥺🥺
his line "I fought so hard to free you" with his facial expression gets me every time, in a way he is apologizing to Christine and realizing he could not succeed to keep the phantom away from her. He is so sad she is going through that cause he loves her. Ugh so many emotions.
Still listening to this in 2021, will always be one of my favourite musical moments as I love that at 4:36-4:56 how all 3 of there voices harmonize so perfect. Definitely one of my favourite musicals of all time
It's my favorite part too. Though sadly, butler has the least musical talent between the three, and the music seems to hide it.
@ArbiterofTruth it actually benefits the role. It makes it feel more raw more real which perfectly fits the acting of gerard butler. Ik from the book Erik is suppose to be a musical genius but I don't think that has to mean he has a perfect voice. I think it makes it even more tragic that he possesses all the knowledge in the world yet can't sing perfectly which is another reason as to why he needs Christine in his life.
The line "Don't throw away your life for my sake." from Raoul was the best for me in this entire song. That single line just shows how much Raoul loves Christine and would rather die than have her end of with the Phantom who she doesn't love. His willing to sacrifice his life if that means Christine will be happy.
Is it only me or is there one point in the video where their harmony makes so many emotions rush through your head? I believe its 4:45-46 but its when all three of them start to sing. And my heart breaks when you listen to each part seperatley Raoul's part hurts me the most around that time segment when he says. "Christine dsay so, do not risk you love for my sake". The way he sang it and the expression on this face brought me to endless tears
"Don't throw your life away for my sake" are the actual words
Ehi Obanor Sorry, I think Raoul should chill. I'm all for the Phantom ;D
I completely feel you. Its the top moment of the song for me. When the three voices armonize always gives me chills. Especially Raoul, even when I prefer the phantom I cant hate Raoul, at least the one from the movie version. I love how he sings that concrete line you mentioned and his expression about to cry, because whatever she chooses they cant be together anymore.
Bandlover 26 same her we watched this in school. i cried when they kissed i was more than happy
+Ehi Obanor i cried too :( i loved that part
"Show some compassion!"
"The world showed no compassion to me!"
That got me, I feel bad for the Phantom for his past and his love for Christine.
Yeah, that's one of the worst tragedies of the entire story. His own mother was afraid of him. He never understood what it actually felt like to be loved. I think that the Phantom, had Christine chosen him, would've been kind to her. You can see, when he's talking to her, that he wouldn't be harsh with her unless he had to be. If you saw your love interest french-kissing someone who then tries to kill you, and you had no reason to be kind, then you would probably want to kill them. The only difference is that he doesn't understand how wrong it is to kill someone, so he tries to kill Raoul.
Very true.
He just pulls a Random lead of Rope out of the water
An underwater secret compartment.
+The Watcher - Rebekah Harris Wrong, completely wrong. He knew how bad killing someone is, it was the 19th century, it was everywhere that killing someone was bad, the difference was he thought getting rid of ppl to have what he wanted was justifiable which puts him firmly in the category of selfish and entitled to me.
His mother was afraid of him, yes its sad but he's not the only one (it was the 19th century, most mothers didnt love their kids) and he had no kindness shown to him? False, The lady who rescued him from the circus was kind to him and loved him like family, going so far as to enabled him in his madness.
Either way, his sad backstory doesn't justify murder. It just makes him creepy as hell (if you saw someone you loved kissing someone, is your reaction to kidnap them and threaten to murder the person they kissed if they didnt comply?)
Her leaving him wasnt a tragedy, it was a happy ending (she got to leave, and everyone lived), no one wants to stay with their stalker, trust me.
The way Raoul says “ I fought so hard to free you” is so broken... gets me every time 🥺🥺
Their little trio had me goin.. So much energy!! AMAZING
order your fine horses now raise your hand to the level of your eyes
best line
+colt grisham Ya, I don't get it. Did the phantom knew of Raoul's whereabouts or conversations with Christine?
In All I Ask of You he spys/stalks them.
Yeah
It sounds cool but can someone reiterate ?!
+qwe6348 basically Christine told raoul to order his fine horses to protect her. The hand at the eye level is because it's the only way to stop the noose. Basically now the phantom is toying with raoul since raoul is basically defenseless and he's saying "wtf are you gonna now?!"
3:49 The moment where all three of them start singing is such an amazing scene, easily the most powerful moment in the musical. All three of them are pleading their cases, their wishes, their feelings in what is for all of them "the point of no return". Whatever decisions are made in this moment will change them all for the rest of their lives and we can feel the desperation exuded here.
I just want to take a moment to appreciate the absolute GENIUS cinematography at 3:24 when the Phantom is yelling at her to make her choice: Gerard's gorgeous face is completely hidden by shadows and all we see is the deformity of the phantom. And I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel complete fear at that exact moment! It's quite literally the Phantoms murderous nature come COMPLETELY to the surface with no sign of the Angel of Music we all fell in love with, only the demon is there. Any other time we've seen the phantom, we see both sides of his face with or without the mask which reminds us that while he is beautiful, he is also frightening. At 3:24, we only feel fear. But after Christine kisses him, we see the angel again and he realizes how monstrous he was, thus he lets her go.
Again, absolute genius cinematography!
Yeah- i noticed that too how he was for the most oart of being maskless being show from the deformed side and after he was kissed the other side showed and so did his remorse. OTS SUCH A GOOD HECKING MOVIE
yes, i am a film student, and that’s exactly my interpretation of that shot.
I am thinking ,a man can be so beautyful and gently , but watch his face if he is angry or hateful. I have seen it in real.Every man is an angel and a demon in one man.
"The tears I might have shed for your dark fate, grow cold and turn to tears of hate"
My favorite line. this movie is so emotional and I'm only 16 and appreciate this music so much!
Well now you're 21, or something
@@katyswean7696 that’s weird to think abt
patrick wilsons performance in this scene just gives me chills everytime.....not only good looking but he can sing, the sincerity in his voice and his acting is just amazing...
I don’t know if many non-musically inclined people would be able to appreciate it to its fullest, but the part at 4:35 when all three sing different notes of different songs of different times at one time, it is truly the hardest and most masterful vocal performance I’ve ever seen in a musical. And I’ve seen many different musicals through the years. Absolutely magnificent and beautiful.
Very true that makes this one of my favorite scenes in the movie.
They are actually singing 3 different songs at each other.
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Your right,👇👇👇 look at my comment below this one.
You should see the actual live musical. While this isn't bad, the live versions leave this in the dust.
@@Rhewin oh absolutely - I’ve seen Phantom of the Opera 3 times in my city and twice on broadway. Nothing will ever touch the live performance in terms of quality.
When Raoul says "I fought so hard to free you," I get a little choked up...
You also have to think that he was warned to "Keep your hands at the level of your eyes". This meaning that his hand would stop the noose he throws at him from reaching his neck, if he were to head that warning he wouldn't have been caught. But that was indeed a really tearing moment.
Katherine Zanotti
Yeah but how did he actually fight? Maybe like twice for a minute or so, but other than that he denied her concerns the entire damn movie.
The one that always got me when I first got into Phantom was "Christine, forgive me, please forgive me" as he's preparing to die to save her.
He's like, *walks in* *phantom says no* raoul: I FOUGHT SO HARD ASKING
Katherine Zanotti if you really think hard he didnt really try all that much....
While I pity the Phantom, once there was a hint of jealousy he wad prepared to kill to keep her. The abandonment issue was real. But she loved someone her own age. He was the same age as her friend (the ballerina's) mother, who helped him hide in the opera house. It wasn't his face. It was never his face. It was that he had killed needlessly. He tried to kill Raoul, as well, in front of her, forcing her to make a choice between giving her life to him or killing her fiance. He craved love. Just like any human being. And maybe the desperation drove him to this. But it doesn't make it right. He was cursed into darkness when he was only a child. He was consumed by it. He tried to bring a light with him, but she fled from him, and the poison there. It was a romantic tragedy.
My heart says yes to singing Christines lines, my vocal range, and vocal cords say no
When she says, “this haunted face holds no horror for me now. It’s in your soul that the true distortion lies” ... wow. I felt that. Such a beautifully crafted sentence to describe something so dark and deep.
Damn it Raoul, just raise your hands to the levels of your eyes, you had one job!
Wouldn't have saved him even if he tried. Only Christine could save him at that point by choosing either him or the Phantom.
Seriously! The amount of time they said that line was getting on my nerves and he still managed to fail, when he was most likely to be strangled too.
Why isn’t anyone talking about how amazing Patrick Wilson is? A fantastic singer and actor! ♥️
If you don't think I'll try my damnest to sing everyones part in this reprise you are sorely mistaken.
Haha
Honestly I would do the same
but can we take a moment to appreciate the lighting in this movie? Masking the burnt half of his face when's he's playing the lover and then highlighting it while using his hair to hide the pretty parts when he's being a monster is pure genius.
Gerald Butler is ridiculously handsome for playing the phantom. Wasn't the point of the story, that the phantom was a horrifying creature with an angelic voice?
Flora M I couldn’t agree more
I think for movie, they do want to show a handsome face on one side so audiences would find it easier to empathise with him. It's not right, but I think that's how they decided.
Actually, what is considered to be one of the best performances of this of Phantom of the Opera ever, which was a Broadway production of it, also had a very handsome man playing Erik. Micheal Crawford was quite attractive, even with all the makeup for the deformity. It never said the Phantom was horrifying as a whole. Not anywhere did it say that he was absolutely disgusting. It just says he has a horrifying deformity. If you look up Micheal Crawford as the Phantom, you can see that he, too, was attractive. He wasn't SUPPOSED to be completely hideous. The part of his face that wasn't deformed was SUPPOSED to be attractive, so as to draw in Christine. Do you think that if the Phantom was an all around hideous person Christine would have even considered for one second the thought of loving him? He had a horrifying deformity, but his whole face isn't supposed to be hideous. He's actually meant to be handsome on the part of his face that isn't deformed. That's part of why Christine fell in love with him in the beginning of the movie in the first place.
NicoNekoChorus even so, in the original Phantom of the Opera novel by Gaston Leroux, the phantom is described as completely hideous, with not one, but both sides of his face being described as follows,
"His eyes are so deep that you can hardly see the fixed pupils. You just see two big black holes, as in a dead man's skull. His skin, which is stretched across his bones like a drumhead, is not white, but a nasty yellow. His nose is so little worth talking about that you can't see it side face; and _the abscence_ of that nose is a horrible thing to look at."
So while it makes sense that the musical and movie adaptations go with a half faced deformity, what is deformed should be deformed.
Meatloaf was busy.
Many people want her to choose the phantom, and I see why. I mean, he loves her. But the thing is over years and years of being hated, being an object of fear, hiding, he's gone crazy. He is literally a murderer. When she says the line about "tears of hate" she realizes she can't love him, even if she tried. Keep in mind, she is a young girl. She loved Raul, and was more... intrigued I guess with the phantom.
Well, she loved the phantom, but it was different.
She loved the phantom but since his personality is "uglier" than his looks (which she didn't care about the scars/burns) she ended up hating him .. Plus he ended too jealous and stalkerish
She probably cared about him as a parent beforehand or a teacher at most but the Phantom never knew true love took this as romantic love
It makes me mad either way. He could have changed.
N&S Hanson yes Bc if u loved someone and they tried to murder someone else u love u would give them a chance Bc “they can change”
I wish this video went all the way to the part where Erik destroyed the mirrors. "You alone, can make my song take flight. It's all from now, the music of the night." Powerful stuff.
It's over now, the music of the night***
Rbsanford that would have spoiled it for some people.
patrick definitely sung “i fought to so hard to free you” the best out of all roauls.
All I ask of you, angel of music and point of no return all at once WHAT AN EPIC MASTER PEICE!!!!
Is it just me . . . . I still think the Phantom is good looking, even with a "distorted face".
Me too haha ❤
Well, his other side is cute, and I can just ignore the other side :)
He is all cute ❤❤❤
To me, there is something really beautiful and unique about the right side of his face!!!! =D Yes, it's Gerard Sexy Butler, but I mean it for all Phantoms.
+Erin F Yes, all he has is a large birth mark. Nothing hideous.
After 3:48 I love the passion in their emotions, facial expressions, voices. I love everything about this scene. Especially when Raoul says "I fought so hard to free you" and "Don't throw your life away for my sake".
Edit: Am I the only one who finds Raoul very good looking in this scene!?
thanks someone said it
so many raw lines in this bit i MEAN
"that fate which condemns me to wallow in blood has also denied me the joys of the flesh"
"this haunted face holds no horror for me now its in your soul that the true distortion lies"
"the world showed no compassion to me"
"why make her lie to you to save me"
"the tears i might have shed for your dark fate grow cold and turn to tears of hate"
'for either way you choose you cannot win'/'but either way you choose he has to win' absolute perfection
Here's my interpretation of Christine's position. You're a girl who has practically grown up an orphan, the only strong man in your life died when you were young. You grow up in an opera house, a world of beauty, art, and magic. You are faced with 2 men: Erik, a man of passion and artistic understanding but also a man of violence and mental instability based on a lifetime of emotional abuse because of something he had no control over; Raoul, a lover of beauty and art and a respectful man of societal character, but though he appreciated the arts he was never able to fully understand it the way Christine or the Phantom did. Christine was a young girl at the time, but she and the Phantom both knew she belonged in a world of light. She wanted to choose Erik, she even put the ring on her finger and chose him, not because he was threatening to kill Raoul but because her temporary hate subsided and she wanted to show him that dispite all he'd done he could still be loved by her, but he suddenly realized that the light her soul was made of would soon fade if he kept her in his world of darkness and she would no longer be the woman he loved. And once that light faded, she would no longer be happy and she would eventually grow to hate him. Suddenly realizing this, he was determined not to be that selfish, so he told her to go with Raoul. Yeah, Raoul fought for her, but Erik (finally learning his fault in his actions) let her go and promised to never interrupt her life again. Which one of them loved her the most in the end?
Dana Henrickson holy cow, that was well put
Dana Henrickson That made me cry!!! Such a beautiful explanation!!! 10/10 Bueno
Dana Henrickson You my friend have opened my eyes
Wow. Im speechless ( in a good way)
Am I the only one who read this like a song..? Guess that's one of the side-effects of watching that movie..
if you notice before 1:50, like when she says your face holds nothing to me now and he had hope on his face. then she broke his heart again..
Abigail Absity sjkaajbjna
No It says "that face has no horror for me now"
I read that Emmy Rossum was sixteen while filming Phantom of the Opera! She looked and acted like she was in her 20s.
Emily Gary 19.
+Ygritte nope 16
I think you guys are right after all. :P
Sorry ^_^
On Imdb it's says she was eighteen. But her birth year and another website are pointing towards her being 16
Emily Gary she auditioned 16, filmed 17, in the interviews, she is 18
When I was 13 I was struck in the face by a mirror if a van moving 60 om/hr. The character's mistake was allowing the injury or deformity to define him and his fate. It is true as Christine says, "it's in your soul the true distortion lies." Even with such injuries to my face I am married for about 10 years now with two children. It takes compassion and understanding to overcome these things even from the so called victim.
Wow, me alegro mucho por ti. ✨
Hey Phantom you might want to try a more romantic and less frightening proposal next time lol
Legit same tho
Watch love never dies then you get one
🤭
Well if you think about it, being alone for most of his life he probably has no idea how to properly communicate to people lol.
Amber Summer 😂😂😂, just yells at everyone
Best scene of the entire movie in my opinion. The moment where every single characters puts love before fear and hatred. Gerard Butler perfectly portrays the demented mind of the Phantom, battling with his obsession and lust, trying to fight through his anger, wanting to put up a fight for what he so eagerly wishes were his, but knowing that he has to put himself second. The whole scene is amazing.
You know is a masterpiece when the three of them sing different words and they fit perfectly ❤
Can we PLEASE talk about how amazing roul looks and HIS VOICE IS SO GOOD 😩 4:43
"don't throw your life away for my sake" -chills
Gerard Butler as The Phantom Played his part fantastically, Pit he only had hate, never known to know love. Cruel was the world to such a poor and abused soul, Bravo Gerard Butler. Bravo
Did you know when he first read the script he cried?? Thats how much he loved the story
I agree Gerard did awesome!! He was really into the story line.
He played his part VERY well. Let me just point out how impressive his pronunciations of p's, b's, and other consonants that consist of making sounds with your lips are. This would prove to be a VERY difficult task due to the amount of makeup he's wearing on his face for the deformity. His face is 100% makeup. And to create the swollen flesh look, they had to put on SO MUCH makeup, including on his lips. So with how much makeup he's wearing, it would be very difficult to even get your lips to fully touch. Have you ever had a swollen lip? There are parts of your lips, close to where it's swollen, that aren't quite touching. So to work his way around the makeup and manage to have such powerful consonants is extremely impressive. He's even said that it was very hard to pronounce some words due to the massive amounts of makeup he's wearing. So not only is his performance perfect, his perfect pronunciation is rather amazing.
Now I never agreed with the people who said Christine ought to have gone with Erik. The man's a psycho! HOWEVER, I will admit that Raoul, in terms of the romantic hero the writer(s) intended him to be, falls a bit flat. I thought that way... until Patrick Wilson performed him in this movie. The emotion he puts into this scene makes you truly feel his love for Christine and that he couldn't bear to think of her as a hostage or in distress or pain.
I wanted Raoul to be like Phoebus.
In the original novel the hunchback of notre dame by Victor Hugo, Phoebus is an antagonist. Despite being of noble birth and very handsome, he is also vain, untrustworthy, and a womanizer. In the end of the novel, he watches Esmeralda's execution with apparently little or no remorse.
Raoul is a womanizer who is engaged to another woman, but wants to have sex with christine, but in the end he leaves her.
@@daviddirry-moir9255 I just don't get why people outright WANT Raoul to be a big evil monster, aside from the fact that "the phantom has a pretty voice and therefore is a saint in disguise who Christine should marry immediately". The phantom muders people simply for pissing him off. But I guess singing nicely means you can safely ignore that.
I keep coming back to this video even years later. That harmony at 4:46 always gives me goosebumps! I love it!
It just hit me that the Phantom tugging on the noose to choke Raoul while singing Point of no Return is actually terrifying when you think about it
wonder how it would have happened if she just turned around and said "can't I just I have you both?"
Yes, a threesome!
AND I OOP-
Ok, if people think that Eriks face is distorted in this movie, than clearly they've never seen Quasimodo.
Savana Lorie also on stage it is more distorted as well Gerald got the better looking phantom a diferent look to what every one looks like as the Phantom on the west end
Or the original film with Lon Chaney
Woah. The part where the phantom, raoul and christine sing all together is so powerful and so so beautiful. i love the clashing of all of their voices together.
I know lots will disagree but I think these 3 voices blend almost perfectly, as if they were actually meant to be in the roles they're in. Its honestly better and cleaner sounding than the broadway musical.
i can't get over the sound Raoul makes at 2:59 when the Phantom throws the rope around his neck
Bella Taylor OMG I thought I was the only one!
Bella Taylor I couldn't help but laughing after I saw your comment and went back to that part 😂😂
Raoul: HLUH
Christine: *distressed gasp*
I CANT STOP LAUGHING AT THAT HOLY SHIT
oh my god that's amazing
4:15-4:19 is just incredible! 😍
4:37-5:11 too
0:00-5:19 was great
Sandra Henriksson Oh yeas definitely! ;)
+Wazowski's Apprentice this is my favorite scene in the movie
Acristea 2000 Same here ;)
Ugh I get chills when she says "The tears I may have shed for your dark fate have grown cold and turn to tears of HATE." She did that last part so well 😭
Fun fact: the actor who plays Roul is the same as the main character in the insidious and conjuring movies
Which explains why I thought he was so hot when I saw those movies
He’s also Daniel driberg: Night owl from watchmen he agreed to put on like 50lbs for that role
Totally didn’t realize that
Fun Fact Two: The actress who plays his wife in the Conjuring is really good friends with his actually wife. So that's weird.
What for me feeling sympathy for the Phantom was the part where he says "this face which earned, a mother's fear and loathing"
Good line
0:38
“Are you serous, you literally kidnapped me, your face did not ruin this”
I don’t know why her face then made me chuckle
Raoul: "why make her lie to you to save me?" Me:"sick burn dude, sick burn."
When I first listened to the song (without watching the movie and understanding it) I always thought Christine (Emmy) said "He's rather useless" or "it's rather useless" when she said "Please Raoul, it's uselsss" And then I realized... hahaha
just keep a random noose around in that water, huh phantom?
Maybe he wants it there for decoration.
He must've thought of putting it there as Christine was getting into that dress.
"That boy will obviously be coming. What can I do? I know! I'll put this noose in the water and I'll just go from there!"
ly hol right like awww then ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Just in case he ever wants to end it all
I mean you’ve got to have one just incase :)
"THIS IS THE CHOICE. THIS IS THE POINT OF NO RETURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRN"
you can pinpoint the exact moment my ovaries exploded.
You can pinpoint the exact moment that I visibly wince every time I listen to this version of that lyric.
Ha true 😂😂😂
Grace Elizabeth you fucker you made me spit water XD
There’s the voice of king Leonidas :D
_"Angel of Music, you deceived me."_
Lon Chaney would be so proud that his performance allowed so many great actors to take on the role that he brought to life
“The joys of the flesh”
Phantoms looking for some action
I watched the phantom of the opera live and IT WAS THE BEST THING IVE EVER SEEN
This film is a masterpiece. The writing is unparalleled.
Watching Patrick Wilson in the conjuring series after seeing his fantastic performance as Raoul....omg shivers. He's a fantastic actor.
As much as I adore the phantom and ship Him with Christine, I truly believe She made the right choice, because of the lines 'Dont' throw your life away fro mine' and 'I fought so hard to free you' (Like I said, Erik and Christine are my OTP )
This scene is perfect in every way!!!!!!!!!! The harmony between everyone's voice is amazing. I love how when Christine kisses Erik just after this video ends, he realizes he never wanted Christine necessarily, just to be loved and someones first choice. Forcing Christine to be with him is never what he wanted. He hated how she and Raoul were happy, and he wasn't her first choice. He has never known love and just wanted to be cared about. It all went to his head and regretted every second of what he had done. He took it out on them because he was sad and jealous. The Phantom deserved better than Christine...
I love that Raoul still sings pretty well even though he has a noose around his neck! 😂😂
i don't think anyone could say that christine was a bad person for not choosing the phantom. just because his pain was completely yjustified in his pain doesn't mean his pretty much abusive behaviour was acceptable. if this is how he reacts to a possible threat to their 'relationship' i hate to think how that could grow over time. christine did what was right for her, and went with who she loved
Grace Patrick It totally creeps me out that people want Christine to end up with the Phantom. Sure, I sympathize with him, but he's a crazy kidnapping murderer. It's not exactly a great start to a healthy relationship.
+Grace Patrick I think the Phantom is a badass, no matter how big of a moral-less freak.
+Grace Patrick i remember that in the end christine choose the phantom but he let her go because he realised that everything he did was wrong and that christine wasn't gonna be really happy with him
+Grace Patrick But he...gave her his music.
I think Christine loved both equally but the Phantom did terrible things so Christine and the Phantom could never have a future together after he commited those crimes. The whole point of this song is to say that Christine does like him, but she can't be with him after all of the murders and terrible things he did and that has nothing to do with his face.
this is the saddest scene of the whole movie, it always gives me feels TT^TT
pinkfeiry I feel like the saddest is all i ask of you reprise, the phantom just sounds so heartbroken..
The way Emmy says, “You deceived me. I gave you my mind blindly.” Just...wow.
The most heartbreaking scene in my life. I've never cried like here because of the musical, "The Phantom of the Opera" is THE MOST TRAGICAL STORY. These actors made me cry and die of pain in my heart.
Especially:
"You alone can make my song take flight..
It's over now - the Music of the Night!"💔
Oh wow I just realized when he said "raise up your hand to the level of your eyes. Nothing can save you now" he meant you can't save yourself from the Punjab Lasso which is his signature killing thingy that you can only protect yourself against by raising your hand up to your eyes which Raoul has been informed about in an earlier part of the book. Wow he just basically said its hopeless.
For me, Emmy perfectly captured Christine's innocence, emotionally confused and emphathetic personality the best.
Ok, let's get something straight. Raoul didn't fall in love with her for her voice, in case you didn't pay attention to earlier songs, they were what Christine called "childhood sweethearts" so they had known each other before. Raoul knew Christine way before Erik did. I do love that Christine and Raoul ended up together, although I do feel bad for Erik. Just clearing some stuff up here, please no hate because of my opinions or corrections.
The little “please Raul it’s useless”, I can’t help but giggle 😁
Someone needs anger management.
Hell yeah.
I'd say so. He just needs to chill, and I just hope he finds euphoria.
till this day i still get chills watching their harmony mixing together
-sobs violently- the emotion in this scene. Its utter perfection.
My god....that part where their voices all build up into one big climax. I get chills every damn time
Why did Christine just kind of stand there while the Phantom tried to hang her fiancé? I mean she at least could have tried to stop him!
She's scared of him.
The dress probably cost a thousand dollars that she couldn't have it wet.
Mun craft I mean he's killed a couple people and she's unarmed, soooo....
Mun craft because music
@@DracoMalfoyisWorthIt She went into the water when she kissed him....
The phantom is handsome once u get over the skin
Maybe cos it's Gerard Butler? 😂
They couldn't bear to make him ugly.
You mean "used to the skin".
This entire cast was amazing. These three totally kill their roles, i didnt appreciate it when i was a kid, but rewatching this recently really enchanted me. Theres some problematic themes at times, but the music is just so enthralling i absolutely barely even notice it. Etched into my mind forever
I get chills whenever i listen to this song, the amount of emotions each actor puts into this one piece is amazing
When Erik says “the world showed no compassion for me” my heart broke ❤️
" an eternity of THIS before your eyes"
Me: were do I sign up??
In the movie the phantom's face looks way less distorted than in the both times I saw the musical live... One in Canada, one in England.
I find it hard to believe he would have been a carnival freak with only the birth defects in this movie.
watercolorbylex Wat, why wouldn't there be anything like that in those times? Wouldn't they be more common? There were more battles in that time so many people would be disfigured.
Actually it was never a birth defect. He fell into a fire as a child and his mother left him on the street due to his ugliness and the gypsies picked him up as their show freak
but isn't the lyrics said the first garment or fabric he felt was the mask tho? so I also thought he was born like that.
@@meganhoward576 I remember, that in book Erik was born with that face.
man that "ORDER YOUR FINE HORSES NOW! RAISE UP YOUR HANDS TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR EYES!" that was completely AWESOME!!!!!!!!
When Raol said "I tried so hard to free you" I honest to god cried , he cares so much for Christine it hurts me
Gerard Butler....that's it. He's perfect.
He can’t sing
@@mrcrabskachow3373 acting was great tho.
@@mrcrabskachow3373 bro wtf do you mean
He is the best phantom ever
@@mrcrabskachow3373 yeah he can very well he should have been the phantom on broadway
dat 3 part harmony. Kill mehhhh
"This face the infection which poisons our love"
*turns shocked*
I think it was the murdering and not the burn scars that killed the vibe Mr. Phantom
The DRAMA!!! this is my favorite scene in the whole thing!!! I love this
I love this song. I like singing Christine's part. I would never do that to Phantom. What did he do to deserve that. He did not asked to be born like that. He taught Christine how to sing, and this is how she repays him, by playing with his feelings and emotions.
For most of the movie I saw it as a father/daughter relationship and I completely agree with you. But then, i found out it was romantic and it got kinda weird.
It went from being an overprotective father to a mentor wanting to be with his student
i love this movie i cry every time
I would also choose Raoul. "Why make her lie to you save me?", "Don't throw your life away for my sake. I fought so hard to free you." Ohh😭
Oh, yes.
That harmony in 4:13 is just so perfect