> Neither of them created the story or the characters. Gaston Leroux did.
> This movie destroys enough of his story for him to be spinning in his
> grave by now, and yes, an informed opinion from someone who knows and
> loves the show and novel has rather greater weight than the opinion of
> someone who doesn't, or a pair of sell-outs like JS and ALW.

dead on. i've noticed that many people (maybe not here) have been complaining about erik taking christine one a horse down a few flights of steps. its in the book...yes it might have been better if they had explained how caeser (cesar in my version) was stolen from the stables but honestly don't go bashing a story if you havn't read the original