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I absolutely LOVED this movie but... I was so excited when I hear that "Phantom of the Opera" was being released as a movie. I have never seen the stage production but have been listening to the music for years. I found the movie to be very beautiful and beautifully made but I cringed every time there was a close up on the actors singing. The dubbing was HORRIBLY innacurate. It looked like a bad lip-sync. I do not know whether or not the actors actually sang their own music or if it was done by other people. The characters' faces were expressionless and dispassionate while they were singing, and they looked like they were uninvolved emotionally with what was happening to them. They ought to have looked frightened, in love, or at least concerned with their situations. I almost gave this movie 5 stars, but had to back down to 4 stars. I'm definitely buying this the day it comes out on DVD, but may watch it with one eye closed.