Hi everyone,
I know that many persons here think that Christine should have stayed with Erik and love him as he deserved and Raoul bothers you.
I haven't read the book yet so I can't say something about that but as I see in the film Raoul's love is real. is it a disadvantage to be handsome and to be grown up in good conditions. I think that his past is what made Erik's love warmer. ısn't there anyone who thinks like me
I Think chrisine should have stayed with Erik instead of running off with that rich-always-gets-his-way fop vicomte roul de changy.
(Can you see how much I hate Roul the Fop??!!??)
I am smarter than Christine Daae. When a hot man in a mask started to obsess over me I stayed with him instead of breaking his heart by running off with the fop Viscomte Roul de Changy! Now Erik is MY angel of music!!
In the movie Raoul was an Idiot. First of all, he doesn't stop and think that maybe the whole "caged and beaten and shown as a hideous demon worthy only of hell" thing might have been what unhinged him and that maybe it's understandable in some way what he did. It's "Clearly genius has turned to madness" (though, really, aren't all geniuses at least a bit mad?)- a rather cliche line.
Also, the ending bit of "I fought so hard to free you". WHO fought so hard to free her?! All he did was win a swordfight that should've been cake (Raoul being younger gave him the advantage of stamina, Erik probably didn't have much if any formal training with swords beyond crafting one), come up with an idea that any idiot could have said would've ended like that, and throw his "love" to the lions and hope it all worked out.
AND HOW HARD IS IT TO THINK TO JUMP DOWN THE PIT PHANTOM AND CHRISTINE PLUMMETED THROUGH INSTEAD OF ASKING MADAME GIRY?!
*coughs* My apologies. That sort of annoys me...
Also, there was no Chemistry between the two. Christine loved him as a childhood friend- not as a lover. It was extremely clear in the "all I as of you" scene compared with "music of the night". Christine was obviously hot for Erik but had no real desires or anything like that towards Raoul.
Although... he's alot better than little miss Christine "Raoul is getting choked/in a duel to the death so I'll just sit here and stare in horror" Daae.
I don't like either of them.
those lines made me laugh audibly during the film. I don't normally laugh at the second one during the show, but you're right rdraconis - what fighting? he just got a scratch in a fight he could have won (since erik didn't have his punjab lasso) and a bit wet in a stupid trap.Originally Posted by RDraconis
and the only way I knew emmy rossum was even alive during the movie in general was her heaving breaths. she just stood back and watched 'in horror'. I'm sure being in a (rather melodramatic and random) situation like that would be horrific, but even leroux christine got angry, threw fits and talked back. she just sat there with her mouth open.
for my feelings on raoul and erik in general, see below.
I don't hate raoul, I just like erik more.
Ah, right, ze punjab lasso. I hadn't read the book yet, so I was always wondering why he seemed to have rope on hand almost always (except the one time he needs it for anything useful). ^^;
Although, really, if I was dating a guy who constantly had a noose on hand- I think I'd go with the rich idiot as well.
The lines make me roll my eyes more than anything... Although the "nothing will harm you/my words will warm and calm you" makes me wince...
I hadn't thought of this before- but it actually is a disadvantage. Raoul has to worry about what his family will think of him marrying an orphaned Chorus Girl with no standing and whose only claim to fame is one Gala.
Class was pretty important, and still is now to a degree. That he was marrying down could easily cause a bit of scandal.
And Raoul's love might've been real, but I didn't see Christine showing much love & affection towards Raoul. The kiss in "All I Ask of You" seemed out of character to me...
Erik's past is what makes him a Kitten... It's his actions and Christine's response that make me think she wanted nothing more than to start making out with him in just about every scene they were in together.
And every time I wonder where the world went wrong,
End up lying on my face going ringy dingy ding dong
And every time I wonder if the world is right,
End up in some disco dancin all night & day.
ARE YOU MAD?!?!??!?!?! RAOUL IS A FREAKIN IDIOT! HES ALL PRETTY BOY GETS WHAT HE WANTS. I WOULD SOOOOO GO FOR THE PHANTOM CAUSE HES SOOO HOT AND EVEN IF HE DID LOOK LIKE A DEATH'S HEAD I WOULD STILL GO FOR HIM CAUSE he's sooo passionate about music and such a genius! i love music, btw. RAOUL SHOULD GO CHOKE ON A GRAPE AN DIE. i want to go back in time and explain to christine that she's being dumb and i want to stone raoul with lots of grapes. he'll be stupid enough to open his mouth till one goes whole down his throat and he chokes haaaaaaaaa oh gosh i don't like him at ALL. and THANK YOU to those who said he didn't fight at ALL to save her. and it absolutely PISSES ME OFF that they kiss infront of erik when he's already so heart broken! and then in the movie christine sings "say you'll share with me one love one lifetime" as they're going away...like WTF???
yes well...wow that felt good. phew i feel so much better nowwho agrees??
o.o;; um... Not me. First of all- "stone with grapes"?! Notice the word 'stone'? It means you throw rocks at the person to kill them. Grapes would be annoying, possibly messy, but not dangerous.ARE YOU MAD?!?!??!?!?! RAOUL IS A FREAKIN IDIOT! HES ALL PRETTY BOY GETS WHAT HE WANTS. I WOULD SOOOOO GO FOR THE PHANTOM CAUSE HES SOOO HOT AND EVEN IF HE DID LOOK LIKE A DEATH'S HEAD I WOULD STILL GO FOR HIM CAUSE he's sooo passionate about music and such a genius! i love music, btw. RAOUL SHOULD GO CHOKE ON A GRAPE AN DIE. i want to go back in time and explain to christine that she's being dumb and i want to stone raoul with lots of grapes. he'll be stupid enough to open his mouth till one goes whole down his throat and he chokes haaaaaaaaa oh gosh i don't like him at ALL. and THANK YOU to those who said he didn't fight at ALL to save her. and it absolutely PISSES ME OFF that they kiss infront of erik when he's already so heart broken! and then in the movie christine sings "say you'll share with me one love one lifetime" as they're going away...like WTF???
yes well...wow that felt good. phew i feel so much better now
Also, the kiss in front of Erik- do you mean the rooftop? HE WAS SPYING ON THEM! It's what you get for eavesdropping and invading someone's privacy. And at the end, the song was, in a way, a symbol. "Say you'll marry me and love me forever". Erik & Raoul sing it to Christine, but she only sings it to Raoul. It basically symbolizes that they love each other and plan to get married; and that Erik loves her- but she doesn't love him at least not that way. (although in the movie- She definitely lusted after Erik, even if she didn't really love him.)
And every time I wonder where the world went wrong,
End up lying on my face going ringy dingy ding dong
And every time I wonder if the world is right,
End up in some disco dancin all night & day.
Well... in the movie/musical version there is also the kiss that Raoul and Christine share after Erik lets Raoul and Christine go. She takes the lasso off of Raoul and kisses him right in front of Erik (poor unhappy Erik). Okay, so I love Erik's character and I still think if goodness is shown to him he can become good. If he only recieves ill-treatment and shunning and terrible roumors spread about him, no wonder he would kill to possess the woman he loves more than himself and no wonder he is as violent as he is. He was in a freak show as a child and he was beaten! Erik only has a desire to love and to be loved for himself. I also think that Erik could have come up with a WAY better tribute to Christine's memory than "Beloved wife and mother." Honestly, what was Raoul thinking?!?!
I agree with RDraconis. I mean Erik was unattainable to her. he was an angel, she couldn't see him, touch him she could only hear his voice that's the way she felt him. wouldn't that make her lust after him? but I don't think she loves him (in the movie, at least) I've read many of you say "I would stay with Eric" OK. life with Eric is good but as long as he's a ghost. what kind of relationship would be between he and Christine after all that happened, furthermore in that cave. if she had stayed with him a life of madness would have destroyed her and what was between them
On the 'Beloved Wife and Mother'- I agree. If Erik wrote it, it'd be like 'You alone can make my song take flight' or something terribly romantic and memorable like that.
Actually, I agree with everything you said. I'll be the first to say that every time he said that the world didn't accept him, his own mother didn't accept him, etc. someone should've been realizing that this means all he really needs is a hug (not literally). I mean 'Met With Hatred Everywhere...A Mother's fear and loathing' doesn't lead to 'It's in your soul the true distortion lies', it should lead to {look of realization} '... Oh.'
At least in the book she showed some compassion towards him, not wanting to leave until he'd heard her sing again so it might not hurt as much.
Definitely. In the book it was a house- and he'd said that he'd made a "human" mask so they could go out like a normal couple, but that still wasn't great. And it was underground... And any house that has a torture chamber isn't exactly "home sweet home".
In the movie, however, there was no future. They couldn't even stay in the cave because it was about to be discovered by a vengeful, angry mob. He had an escape route, but we don't know where it led or anything like that.
If they could've had it so things were more or less the same as before- he was the Opera Ghost, she was a singer/dancer, they both lived in the Opera House- things might've worked out. But that wasn't the way things were.
And every time I wonder where the world went wrong,
End up lying on my face going ringy dingy ding dong
And every time I wonder if the world is right,
End up in some disco dancin all night & day.
Okay! So I was reading this message board and even though I wasn't a member of the website, I had to join, just so I could join in on these discussions! After all, who doesn't like talking about Erik and all that jazz?
Anyway, here's my view on the whole deal (I'm a Leroux-lover and it's my fave version -- considering it's the original
Raoul really loved Christine. Yes, he was rather immature, but he was a young boy. A young, naive, sweet, rash boy. We all know how long it takes for males to mature! He had very... impulsive ways of showing his love, but like I said, he was young.
(p.s. Yes, I agree. Movie!Raoul was rather stupid. Although, I LOVE Patrick Wilson's voice)
But Leroux!Raoul showed so much love for the soprano. If he didn't love her, he wouldn't have gone on that insane search to find her when she had disappeared in the middle of a performance. He darted about everywhere, asking anyone in sight if they knew where Christine Daae was, and every time, he was laughed at! Yet he still subjected himself to the mockery and such and continued to look for her. And unlike Movie!Raoul, he did fight extreeeeeeeeeemely hard to free her. Torture chamber, anyone? ::shudders:: He and the Persian almost drowned trying to reach her!
And Christine did love him. They were childhood sweethearts! He made her feel safe and comforted. And I do believe she loved Erik -- but not in the romantic way she cared for Raoul. I think her love for Erik was that of a student's to her teacher; her love for Erik originated from pity and compassion. However, his intensity and passion frightened her -- of course, it did! How couldn't it frighten a young and innocently naive girl? She didn't understand the emotions that Erik made her feel.
But don't get me wrong. I do love Erik
And I think it was pretty obvious Erik loved Christine, lol. Yes, he showed everything in an insanely frightening way (kidnapping her in the middle of a performance, telling her he was the Angel of Music, etc), and he was terribly obsessive, but as someone else said previously in this forum (I think maybe in another discussion), that was all he knew. His mother had treated him horrificly during his childhood because of his deformity, and it is said that the first five years are the shaping of the child (that's what I've heard, anyway).
Soo... basic summary of my post: I believe that Raoul loved Christine romantically, Christine loved Raoul romantically and Erik out of pity and compassion.
Oh! And avari: I TOTALLY agree about Emmy's facial expressions. When I read what you had written, I laughed for a few minutes. Heehee, so true! I wouldn't be surprised if she swallowed a few flies!
Thank you, darlings, for letting me put my two cents in, and it's good to see that PoTO still sparks so much interest and conversation!
Much love,
Erica
I have written good things about Raoul and his relationship with Christine and I still haven't been killed that's something!:-)
Movie: Bah... Raoul loved her. She sorta felt like they were friends kind of love. She lusted after Erik. Erik loved her. w00t!I think her love for Erik was that of a student's to her teacher; her love for Erik originated from pity and compassion. However, his intensity and passion frightened her -- of course, it did! How couldn't it frighten a young and innocently naive girl? She didn't understand the emotions that Erik made her feel.
But don't get me wrong. I do love Erik
And I think it was pretty obvious Erik loved Christine, lol. Yes, he showed everything in an insanely frightening way (kidnapping her in the middle of a performance, telling her he was the Angel of Music, etc), and he was terribly obsessive, but as someone else said previously in this forum (I think maybe in another discussion), that was all he knew. His mother had treated him horrificly during his childhood because of his deformity, and it is said that the first five years are the shaping of the child (that's what I've heard, anyway).
Book: Haven't read it in awhile and I skim too much. But I definitely agree he frightened her. I mean, didn't the entire thing from she hears the voice for the first time to the end of the book happen over, like, 3-6 months? Definitely under a year. That's alot to happen. She also had to deal with Raoul and her feelings for him and what it meant in relation to her feelings towards Erik and how Erik would react to Raoul. That alone would cause her to be remarkably confused.
I mean, just the feeling of "I'm hearing a voice who's teaching me music and I'm falling in love with him but he's scary as heck and loves me and cares for me and wouldn't hurt me except for that one time..." that Erik undoubtibly conjures up would mess with anyone, especially with someone like Christine. It kind of kills any chance for "I love you". It's really more "I really care about him and don't want to make him suffer at all but please, please, please take me away quick" as she pointed out in Apollo's Lyre or whatever that chapter was. I mean... that's crazy scary.
And I don't deny Erik loved Christine. But he was really old, and I can't help but wonder what would happen if Chrissy ever reached the point where she can't excel further in her singing. If maybe after a bit of attempting he'd give up on her- find a new voice to try to cultivate to perfection.
Of course, it's mainly caused by the movie. Lyrics like "You're chains are still mine, you are bound to me" "You have come here for one purpose and one alone." "brave young suitor, sharing in my triumph!" Those make me think it's the music he loves, not the girl. And that he thought of her more as a tool.
In the book it wasn't so much- but that doesn't mean it wasn't still possible. I mean, he was pretty old and had been there since the Opera House was built. And supposedly he helped 6 dancers reach high social status- what's to say he didn't help improve the voices of other singers and loved them just as much?
Last edited by RDraconis; 08-05-2006 at 09:27 AM.
And every time I wonder where the world went wrong,
End up lying on my face going ringy dingy ding dong
And every time I wonder if the world is right,
End up in some disco dancin all night & day.
nice one.
Me, once again, posting on a Phantom thread!
This whole thread makes me sick. Seriously. Doesn't anyone have ANY sense or smarts at ALL? These are the worst "opinions" I've ever read. And I am a member on POTO.com, so I know bad opinions.
You all sound like, "Gerry phan gurls." These are their posts:
"OMG! LYKE GERARD IS SOOOOHAWTT!2!!!1! LYKE, RAUL IZ A FOP ND SHUD DIE!!! ND, LYKE< I HTE HIM SOOS BADDD!! LYKE< GERARD IZ HAWT!"
Ew. *eye twitches* I really am not exaggerating. And I'm not trying to totally degrade you all, but I have to say that some of these "facts" disgust me.
I'm sorry. I would not marry someone who had stalked me for years, tricked me into thinking he was an angel sent by my deceased father whom I loved with all my heart, taught me to sing, kidnapped me, tried to kill my new love interest, and nearly drove me insane. Not to mention his lack of a nose, bad teeth, yellow eyes, and sickly body. *sigh* Yes, what incredibly bad taste I have!
And I cannot take someone seriously if they don't even know how to spell Raoul's name correctly. RAOUL. R-A-O-U-L.
*sigh* Don't get me started on the fop thing...all right, you just did. Erik is more of a fop than Raoul. Just think about it. Fop: Dandy, someone who is vain and obsessed with their looks.
You don't see Raoul wearing a wig and mask for a bad sunburn, do you? Erik is totally all over his looks. Just take a minute to think about it, please.
All right, just because Raoul is rich and handsome means we all hate him, right? *bangs head on computer* And we all love Erik because he's an insane homicidal maniac who is rich and who should get Christine because apparently he loved her more and even though Christine didn't love him, it's all about Erik, right? So why SHOULDN'T Erik get Christine? UGH!
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