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Don't listen to the Critics Every time that I speak with someone and say: "You have to see the 'Phantom of the Opera', it was wonderful"; I either hear one of three things: 1) "I've heard it was horrible and not worth seeing. All of the critics say so." (So, really, to borrow a line from many parents: 'If all the critics decided to jump off a cliff, would you?) 2) "I really don't want to see it. Michael Crawford isn't in it." (Excuse me; Gerard Butler more then makes up for the lack of Crawford. Wow, great voice, great acting, and what a hottie!) 3) "We saw it and it was the best movie we've seen in a long time. We're going to go see it again! Do you want to come with?" (This coming from a friend who said that he hated musicals and you couldn't force him to go to one. But apparently his girlfriend could!) Note that I've never heard anyone say: "I saw it and it was horrible", that seems to be reserved for the critics only! The movie is a spectacular bit of eye-candy with lavish sets, beautiful music, wonderful costumes, and wonderful acting (Well, mostly. I'm not really a big fan of Emmy Rossum). And best of all, you get to hear some wonderful music - for weeks and weeks and weeks. No kidding, I left the theatre humming the music over and over until I finally broke down and bought the soundtrack, which I then made copies of and kept one in the car, one at home, and yet another at work! It took two months to get the music out of my head! I truly believe that this is a 'must-not-miss-seeing' movie, even if you just break down and rent it from Blockbuster.