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     What do the movies “300”, “The Phantom of the Opera (2004)”, “How to Train Your Dragon”, and “The Bounty Hunter” all have in common? If you guessed Gerard Butler being a main character in all of them, you are correct!

                                            

     The movie, “The Phantom of the Opera” starred Emmy Rossum playing Christine and Patrick Wilson playing Raoul. Gerard Butler starred by playing the mysterious Phantom who wreaks havoc at the “world renowned Opera Populaire”.

     I first saw “Phantom” with my sister a few months after it came out on DVD. I was too young to understand why Katrina enjoyed listening to the never ending songs.

I mean, really, what was so great about it? Some crazy masked man is trying to take over an opera house? What kind of story is that?!

     The next time I saw “Phantom” was about a year ago when Katrina had returned from New York City with her fiancé. We were shopping and she was on the prowl for the CD of “Phantom” (The Broadway Show). When she had found and bought it, she made me listen to it with her. When it was over, I was a changed girl. I was on the prowl for the movie so I could watch it and take in the awesomeness of The Phantom’s mischievous way and the romance that blooms between some of characters. It took me forever to find the movie. I spent most of my time, outside of school, listening to the CD and deciding who my favorite character was. I was sure that I would like Christine.

One day, while shopping at Target, my search ended. I found “The Phantom of the Opera” for about $10. What a steal!

I watched it and was shocked to find that I didn’t care for Christine, and love, love, LOVED Phantom. If I hadn’t hated Raoul before—which I did—I hated him now. To me, he was a controlling, snob that really needed to take a chill pill.

One of the many times I was watching it, Todd walked in and asked if I could believe that the glorious voice of The Phantom was Gerard Butler. I hadn’t even realized that it was him, he was so skinny. I asked Todd why he looked so buff now, to which he replied, “He had to do insane workouts for his role in ‘300’.”

     “The Phantom of the Opera” is rated PG-13 because there is a sword fight and some other violent acts. I recommend this movie for everyone above the age of 13. Anybody younger then that, really wouldn’t understand the epicness of “Phantom” because you’re not really matured enough at that age. For those of you, especially men, who may be watching this movie for the first time, I asked that you watch it with an open mind. Any closed mindedness will make you automatically hate the movie.