Corrected entry: Christine's Swedish father's name is seen spelled Gustav. Although pronounced with a V at the end, that name was in Sweden spelled with an F, Gustaf, until some time during the 20th century, when some people have begun to spell it with a V.
Sereenie
5th Jan 2005
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
7th Mar 2005
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Corrected entry: As the two new owners arrive at the opera house you can see in the background Paris. The view is from the Opera Garnier towards the Seine river (the south). We see in the far background a hill with a monument on top which never existed on the south side of Paris, and we also see that the opera is itself on top of a hill (because of the sort of balcony with street lights). In real life, facing south of the Opera, everything is totally flat. It seems that they relocated the opera house towards Montmartre for the movie. Also, at the very very beginning you see a postcard like picture of the opera house, behind you also see bridges. From the point of view of the picture taken (facing north, slightly west) the Seine river can not be on the postcard (as mentioned the Seine is south of the Opera). (00:05:30)
Correction: The movie doesn't take place at the Opéra Garnier, but at the fictional "Opéra populaire" (you can see its name at various times on the building, posters, etc.). It can be located anywhere the movie makers want it to be.
27th Dec 2004
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Corrected entry: There is a ten-to-fifteen year difference between Raoul and Madame Giry's ages, yet in the "future" scenes, Patrick Wilson and Miranda Richardson have been aged the same amount. She should look much older than him.
Correction: According to "The Phantom of the Opera Companion" book, the old lady indeed is Madame Giry: in spite of her being 15 years older than Raoul, she looks this way because she aged better thanks to her good health due to her being a dancer for so long. Raoul didn't have such good health, plus was ravaged by Christine's death two years before.
10th Feb 2005
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Corrected entry: Raoul left the Opera House not long after Christine did, and he knew where she was going. Despite the speed at which he was riding his horse, it takes him a very long time to get to the cemetery.
Correction: It's snowing, so the ground is frozen. He's on horseback. She's in a carriage. The carriage will have better adherance to the road than horseshoes would, so Raoul would have to go slower. If he didn't, then his horse could have slipped and he would have fallen down, thus slowing him down.
5th Jan 2005
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Corrected entry: When Christine is singing "Think of me" and the camera view changes to show her in full costume later that night, it is quite obvious that there are stage lights (aka spotlights) shining on her. However, at the beginning of the film, we are told that the chandelier has been fitted with the "new electric light." If electric lights were new in the early 1900's, then they could not have been in use in 1870.
Correction: As could be seen during the transformation scene earlier (old to new), those aren't spotlights, but theatre lights, using candles/gaslight and reflectors.
25th Dec 2004
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Corrected entry: Raoul buys the little music box to lay at Christine's grave - but in the film, he never had occasion to see it.
21st Dec 2004
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Corrected entry: We first see Carlotta in a rehearsal for the opera "Hannibal," that is supposed to open that same night. The directors request her to sing the aria from the third act, then the accident occurs, and Carlotta storms out. Christine takes over the aria, and it is decided she will perform on the first night. Then there is a cut to that first night, Christine singing the aria in question, but in a costume and in sets that have obviously nothing whatsoever to do with "Hannibal."
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Correction: Actually, his name is spelled 'Gustave' (as can be seen on his picture frame, for example), which is the French spelling for the name. Until the XXth century, it was common to adapt foreign names for each language, so a Swedish violinist in France (where the picture was taken and where he and Christine were living) would have his named spelled the French way. It's like Josef Strauss becoming Joseph Strauss, or Guillaume le Conquérant becoming William the Conqueror.
Sereenie