Phantom of the Opera: Like Lord of the Rings, in a way?

Tonight I saw Phantom of the Opera with a very good HS friend of mine who I will be calling M, because that's the first letter in Matt's name. It was a very pretty movie that starred some very pretty people. Like, really, some very pretty people. And there was MAN-ANGST! Tears and all!

My subject line refers to the fact that Raoul basically served the same function as Legolas--look pretty and don't screw anything up.

But that's not why I'm posting this. The real reason is because I wanted to quote part of our conversation afterward:

"What that movie needed was a wrought homosexual erotic scene."

Now, you probably belong to one of two camps. The first camp is those who look at the content of the sentence and say, "Ah, that silly slash-loving Diana." The second camp is those who say, "Wait a minute, Diana doesn't use words like 'wrought'. And even she's not tacky enough to make an enormous livejournal post to showcase one sentence she uttered in real life. Usually. Hey, and isn't M a gay man?"

The second camp, of course, is the correct one. And M isn't even in fandom. I tell him and tell him, he's missing out on a lot. Anyway, more thoughts on the movie:

( I suppose some might consider this spoilery. But honestly, it's nothing you couldn't predict. )

Dude, Christine is clearly one kinky bitch. I respect this.

And wow, I'm pretty tired. Sorry for the choppiness of this entry. I leave you now with the story of ( how this post came to be. )