I cannot emphasize more that I LOVE LOVE Phantom of the Opera! It's so sad at the end. I felt so much for the phantom that my tears just came out when he said so simply and painfully "I love you Christine." I could really feel his anguish, sadness and pain of having to let the one person he love so much go because he finally saw that despite everything he did and gave up for Christine, he could not force her to be with him. It was exceptionally heartbreaking when he keeps whispering I love with such pain while in the background Christine was so happy to be with her other love.

I somehow feel that all of us really do go through what the phantom did, just not so theatrical. All of us will do what it takes to keep our loved ones by our sides at all cost, whether our boyfriends, girlfriends, husband, wife, our children. We want to give them the best, want them to do well, like what he tried to help Christine, the female lead, to become a famous opera singer. He may threatened and even killed ppl so that he will not be separated from her. and yet it is because of her love for the other that made him let go.

I think the phantom is also a mirror of most of us. Sometimes we blame the way we look, the environment we were brought up in, the people that treated us poorly, as an excuse for our behaviour. As Christine said, " It's not your face that makes you ugly. It is what within you that makes u one."

I dunno why, but I just felt so affected by it. I could really feel the emotions projected by the singers. It was really so beautiful.

The disappointing part though was that the drop of the chandelier was so anti-climax. "drop" so slowly that it just doesn't go well with the scene. That is the sian part as compared with the first version of phantom of the opera I watched last time.

Other than that, the acting and the emotions that come thru the singing were very well done. Props were fantastic, made the settings very believable with timing of the change of scenes just rite. I really love it so much. Probably the sadness of it all made it more believable for me. I wanna watch it again!! :)