> You know I always thought they could auto-correct pitches and lengthen
> sung notes, etc.
The funny thing is, I'm sure everything is pitch
> corrected, shifted, filled in, brightened, sustained, and just about
> anything else you can do, and it SUCKS!!!! If you're going to dub Minnie
> Driver, why not the rest of the cast?
I think it was when Rossum
> sings, "imagine me trying to hard to put you from my mind" and
> blatantly cracks on "my" that I turned off this wretched CD.
> alas, it only gets worse. I would have to say all of the leads lack the
> lung power required of the score.
Ummmm, I'm a classically trained
> vocalist, and let me tell you , none of these folks have ever sung opera.
> I doubt they could get through an entire musical either. With so many
> promising broadway actors who have both film and theater roles, you would
> think they could take the time to find actors who were a decent fit.

> By the way, did Emmy Rossum's age bother anyone else? I mean come on,
> Raoul looked like he was thirty, the Phantom , 35 or older, and there's
> this like 16 year old girl. Last time I heard that was five to ten.
> Ewww....

Did it ever occur to you that the movie is NOT an opera, it is a musical????

Have you ever seen the musical?? I didn't think so....>