Revealing mistake: As the grating descends on Raoul, in two shots, large bubbles are flowing downwards. It's obvious, the film was reversed. (01:59:15)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson, Ciaran Hinds, Emmy Rossum, Jennifer Ellison
During the play, Don Juan, Christine unmasks the Phantom, revealing his horribly derranged face. In a fit of anger, the Phantom cuts the only rope supporting a huge chandelier, causing it to fall into the audience and set fire. The Phantom then drags Christine off to his lair, much to the horror of her lover, Raoul who, led by Madame Giry attempts to follow them.
On his way, Raoul falls into a flooding chamber, one of the many traps the Phantom has planted. He quickly escapes and then continues on his quest to find Chrisitine. Once he reaches Christine and the Phantom, locked in a struggle of wills, the Phantom realizes his presence, and opens the gate to his lair. When Raoul enters, Raoul turns when the gate closes, and the Phantom throws the punjab lasso around Raoul's neck, ties him up, and offers Christine a choice. She can either live with the Phantom, thereby allowing Raoul to live, or else choose a life of liberty, away from the Phantom, while leaving Raoul to death.
She tells the Phantom that he is not alone,and she and the Phantom then share a passionate kiss. The Phantom is overcome with emotion, because he has never before been touched by any motion of love, and he realizes that he wants Christine to be happy. He tells Christine to take Raoul and go, therefore condemning himself to a lifetime of misery and loneliness. Christine unties Raoul and we see the Phantom sitting in front of the monkey music box, crying and singing. Christine enters and the Phantom sings "Christine, I love you..." Christine then returns the ring which the Phantom had recently given to her.
Christine and Raoul leave, and the Phantom is left alone and unloved. He watches them leave in his gondola, and Christine looks back over Raoul's shoulder. The Phantom, overcome by sorrow and emotion, picks up a candle holder and smashes the numerous mirrors. Behind one is a passage, leading to who knows where. Upon hearing the mob coming for him, he flees in dispair, never to return. Meg Giry enters and finds the Phantom's half-mask lying next to the music box.
We then switch back to the old Raoul, we see him take the monkey music box to Christine's grave, where he places it carefully. Lying on the grave is a red rose with a black satin ribbon tied around it,like the roses the Phantom gave to Christine throughout the movie, and on the ribbon is the ring which Christine gave back to the Phantom, apparently meaning that the Phantom lived all those years.
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Question: What does the Phantom eat and what does he spend his salary on? Presumably he can't just go to the shops etc with his mask on. If he doesn't leave the opera house where does he learn his skills like driving a carriage, who does he practice sword fighting with? Wouldn't his health suffer if he spends decades living in this damp cold rat infested place wading through lakes all the time? He even complains about it being cold himself at one point. Surely if it snowing outside his lair can't be warm but he's not wearing much.
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Answer: First, it is established in the movie that he is dependant on Madame Giry and it is presumed she does his shopping for him. As for learning skills, it is established he is a genius and one can assume he is very well read. Additionally, for single handed skills, like driving a carriage, he can possibly go out at night to learn them. As for his living conditions, the human body adapts well to continuous conditions, it is how the people in Siberia can tolerate lower temperatures better than those who live close to the equator. Lastly, one can easily assume he has other (warmer) clothes that he wears off camera.
OneHappyHusky
There is a character simply known as 'the Persian' He has known the Phantom his whole life and would have taught him horse driving. In the book, the Phantom has a life before the opera house where he would have learned fencing and torture. Also, the phantom knows all the secret passages. When it's cold he leaves his lair and lives someplace warmer.
You're totally right but also, in addition to your mention of The Persian, in the book it is he that is the Phantom's only "friend" or whatever but in the movie there is no Persian exactly but the two Characters Madam Giry and The Persian from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston L. Are both combined as one, to be know as Madame Giry in the 2004 flim.
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