Films in Review

Saw #PhantomoftheOpera. Lon Chaney! Make that Lon Chaney!! Further, the production is very handsome, very lushly & tastelessly designed …

… I’m meaning that in a good way. Further, more, somewhat & even significantly, ZZZ.

#PhantomoftheOpera. Genre films, some stars, get too easily dismissed. Then, to compensate, afficionados get over-enthusiastic …

… That might sort of be the history of this film’s critical reputation. For me, though, a thoroughly mediocre source novel …

… has only & always & exclusively led to pretty mediocre dramatizations, regardless of time or place or medium.