Phantom of the Opera. Misunderstood tortured artist or misanthropic douche who liked living in sewer

[Amerigo Vespucci]

[dimbear]

1. The book is way different from all the other versions.

Kind of a strange superhero type in the book. Maybe a little on the criminal superhero side.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Other than the opera part, I don't think any two movie versions are remotely similar

I grew up with the Universal / Claude Rains version. As one critic aptly put it, "too much opera, not enough phantom."

The Herbert Lom / Hammer Films version was basically just like any other Hammer film...atmosphere, killings, the end.

There was a ridiculous "Freddy Kreuger" (Robert Englund) version that sucked.

I don;t know how close the Lon Chaney Sr. version is to the book but it is still my all-time favorite.

And the Andrew Lloyd Weber version wasn't half bad when I saw it live in San Francisco, but I didn't care for the DVD at all.

There are other versions, not worth mentioning...I guess the powers that be must consider a version faithful to the book to not be "marketable."