The Phantom of the Opera was written by french guy named Gaston Leroux (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) and was addapted to musicals (even in Broadway) and to movies, and the best of them, in my opinion, the last one is the best of them and had three Oscar's indications.
It's starred by Gerard Butler (as the Phantom), Emmy Rossum (as Christine Daae) and Patrick Wilson (as Raoul) and directed by Joel Schumacher.
It manages o combine romance, horror, fiction, mistery and tragedy. And as a huge fan of all this things, I couldn't love more the movie.
It happens in the century XIX, in a theatre believed to be haunted by a phantom, that always causes weird accidents, but it's actually THE Phantom, who was a guy that lived above he theatre, in an underground way, where he had he most unwaited stuff, such as boats, horses and others. He lived hiding because he had a side of his face mangled, and that's also why he wore a mask. The "accidents" happened when the owners of the theatre denied something he had asked, as money and the best chair of the theatre in every presentation.
In the same theatre lives Christine Daae, a young lady who lost his parents while her chidhood and became a ballerina, and believes that his father sent her an "Angel of Music" (that actually is the Phantom, who is in love with her) and she has to replace a singer, because her voice is really charming.
When Christine, meets an old friend named Raoul, the Phantom feels really betrayed and takes her to his "house" and amazes her with his own voice, but then she takes his mask off and sees his face. After that, she decides she doesn't like the Phantom anymore and she would prefer Raoul, breaking the Phantom's heart and letting he down.
The best thing are the songs. They lyrics are really cute, and the characters sing beautifully...
And this is my favourite scene of the whole movie:
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