Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
*IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Baron Hunyadi attempts this on Maria at the masked ball... only to be captured and taken to the Phantom alongside her. It also qualifies as a VillainousRescue, as Maria really isn't much better off with the Phantom.
Added DiffLines:
* MaskingTheDeformity: Inevitable, given the source material. Sándor is forced to cover face after the fire, and his former life ends as he takes up the mantle of the Phantom. While he doesn't bear this deformity from birth like the original, he still has a massive FreakOut when Maria unmasks him late into the film.
Added DiffLines:
* MenacingMask: A unusual twist in that this Phantom has two different masks.
** First, there's the one seen in the image above. It's a prop created by Sándor, that Lajos steals from the theater and gives back to the Phantom.
** Later, Sándor switches to a wax mask that bears a much closer resemblance to his original face. [[spoiler: Maria burns this one out of spite near the film's climax.]]
** First, there's the one seen in the image above. It's a prop created by Sándor, that Lajos steals from the theater and gives back to the Phantom.
** Later, Sándor switches to a wax mask that bears a much closer resemblance to his original face. [[spoiler: Maria burns this one out of spite near the film's climax.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* CreepyCrows: A flock of crows attacks Baron Hunyadi, [[spoiler:resulting in his death]].
to:
* CreepyCrows: A CreepyCrows:
**A flock of crows attacks Baron Hunyadi, [[spoiler:resulting in hisdeath]].death]].
** Elena also sees one flapping it's wings right before her suicide.
**A flock of crows attacks Baron Hunyadi, [[spoiler:resulting in his
** Elena also sees one flapping it's wings right before her suicide.
Added DiffLines:
* ExactEavesdropping: Michael just happens to overhear two washerwomen discussing what happened to the last poor woman who starred in Faust. Unlike most examples of this trope, Michael has no reason to hide from them. So he approaches them and questions them further. They happily gossip with him and reveal several key facts that point to the Phantom's true identity, and his current motives.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CompositeCharacter: Almost a prerequisite, considering it's an adaptation.
** Baron Hunyadi shares traits with the stage managers, the Count Philipe du Chagny, and Joseph Buquet. He is the patron/owner of the opera house, has a business partnership with Michael, [[spoiler: and meets his death at the Phantom's hands.]]
** Lajos shares characteristics with both the Persian and the rat-catcher of the novel.
** Baron Hunyadi shares traits with the stage managers, the Count Philipe du Chagny, and Joseph Buquet. He is the patron/owner of the opera house, has a business partnership with Michael, [[spoiler: and meets his death at the Phantom's hands.]]
** Lajos shares characteristics with both the Persian and the rat-catcher of the novel.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
*BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: This is implied to be the reason why Lajos, the rat catcher, assists the Phantom. Sándor was the head conductor at the opera house before his wife's death, and treated everyone there with a good deal of respect. Lajos is also shown to be appreciative of Elena's singing. This, coupled with the fact that no one really likes Baron Hunyadi, and it becomes easy to see why he'd help the Phantom with his revenge.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 26 (click to see context) from:
* FauxAffablyEvil: Oscar Krause, the critic hired by Hunyadi. When Sándor confronts him he appears horrified at learning of Elena’s suicide… only to pull a gun on Sándor when he tries to force him to write a confession. He even taunts Sándor, referring to his wife as a third rate prima Donna.
to:
* FauxAffablyEvil: Oscar Krause, the critic hired by Hunyadi. When Sándor confronts him he appears horrified at learning of Elena’s suicide… only to pull a gun on Sándor when he tries to force him to write a confession. He even taunts Sándor, referring to his wife as a third rate prima Prima Donna.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* HopeSpot:
** Maria very nearly escapes the Phantom’s lair on her own merit, fleeing through the sewers and ascending a staircase… Until she rounds a corner and is subdued by Sándor.
** [[spoiler: When captured, Hunyadi attempts to bargain for his life by claiming that he will redeem Elena’s name in the public eye. The Phantom initially appears to agree… before trapping him in a carriage and setting the crows upon him.]]
** Maria very nearly escapes the Phantom’s lair on her own merit, fleeing through the sewers and ascending a staircase… Until she rounds a corner and is subdued by Sándor.
** [[spoiler: When captured, Hunyadi attempts to bargain for his life by claiming that he will redeem Elena’s name in the public eye. The Phantom initially appears to agree… before trapping him in a carriage and setting the crows upon him.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* OhCrap: Baron Hunyadi is stunned to find out that not only does Sándor still lives on, he is the very Phantom that’s been committing the recent thefts and misfortunes around the opera house.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ThousandYardStare: Sándor understandably wears one after he sees Elena’s body in the morgue.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* FauxAffablyEvil: Oscar Krause, the critic hired by Hunyadi. When Sándor confronts him he appears horrified at learning of Elena’s suicide… only to pull a gun on Sándor when he tries to force him to write a confession. He even taunts Sándor, referring to his wife as a third rate prima Donna.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* RoaringRampageofRevenge: Sándor manages this against two of the three men who caused Elena’s death. However, when the results leave him permanently disfigured, [[BestServedCold he is forced to seek out a much more gradual revenge against Hunyadi.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ShrinkingViolet: Elena was this, in stark contrast to Maria’s PluckyGirl attitude.
