I'm Happy after buyingThis Andrew Lloyd Webbers Never Blu ray
Look, I won't go into what this beautiful music al is about since others have already said plenty . My biggest issue with some other reviewers, NOT all, is that too many are stuck on the original "Phantom of the Opera". POTO is wonderful but I don't consider any one music al to be a masterpiece. As a matter of fact, I judge them each on its own merits and some I like more than others. Personally, I like "Love Never Dies" better than "Phantom of the Opera". It would profit others to be more open-minded to the music al.
Furthermore, I am thoroughly impatient with snobs who are very nit picky and demand that events more closely resemble the original Gaston Leroux book. Grow up,already! So the sequel has nothing to do with Leroux's book but is based on "Phantom of Manhattan" which I never did read just the original. Just for your information, a sequel DOES NOT mean it should be a continuation of the same plot line. Sequels are meant to move the story along. So, LND takes place in America on Coney Island which is a place with which I am familiar. In the early 1900s it would be a perfect place to hide anonymously among people whom society deemed misfits and not fit to socialize among the rest of the population. Besides, Andrew LLoyd Webber mentioned in an interview that he always considered POTO to be a cliffhanger and he always wanted to do a follow-up music al for the past 20 years.
Also, some have issues with how the characters have changed from the original. Well, if anyone went through a traumatic experience such as the fire at the Opera Populaire then people
do change for the better or the worse. Some become weaker, some stronger depending how deeply those individuals are affected. Christine, Erik, Raoul, Madame Giry, and Meg Giry would not be the same people as before the fire. As for the continuation of the date line and other minor points not making sense to others I say: yada, yada, yada! The Australian version was reworked and for those who DO possess an imagination pretend that there is no continuation flow. I did and it works great! Again, that falls under nit picky, nit picky, nit picky! Please DO grow up!
Lastly, to each his own. If you've given this music al piece a chance and still don't like it, well, that's that. Nobody will like everything someone else does.
Ewa
Hi! I just saw the 25th Anniversary Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall on blu-ray with the london cast of Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess which were brilliant. I have now seen that they have both recurred their roles for "LOVE NEVER DIES", and it appears that it will be be released on blu-ray May 2012 but strangely NOT with the LONDON cast but with the AUSTRALIAN cast! :( I have searched everywhere to see if I can find LOVE NEVER DIES but ONLY with Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess! Does anyone know if the version starring both these actors will be released please? Where can I find a copy of their performance? Thank you so much for any info!!
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