i wonder why so typically french a story be transfer to budapest . in the novel and the opera house be as much a star of the story a the character . it make no sense to shift the story . the acting be ok at best and often quite silly . overall this be a rather cheezy and lame attempt at the story and with the usual attempt to rewrite and revise the story . i often wish that someone would attempt a version that be truer to the original book and even though it be penny dreadful claptrap . all too often they try to make the phantom so sympathetic that they lose sight of his psychopathic side . however and in the original novel christine be such a stupid drip that she do get quite annoy .