Lovecraft Country: Season 1 [Blu-ray] [2020] [Region Free]

Well I believe in reviewing honestly. So I shall explain my one star. I only gave it one star as I had to put a star rating to leave a review.I was much anticipating the arrival of this DVD as it is a favourite of mine. However, I was dumbstruck when I opened my package this morning. Why you ask? No it was not by the spell binding music nor the beautiful costuming. It was because I was face to face with a packet of red love heart stickers.Now had I been wanting these stickers this would be my review of them:- Overall a good generic love heart shape- Size probably a little bit big- Colour very nice and brightHowever as I am not a magician I’m afraid perhaps the seller should have given instructions on how to turn this into a DVD.I shall stare at these hearts and hope they magically transform ❤️

This filmed version of the Melbourne production of Love Never Dies is beautifully shot, making the most of the opportunity to apply different camera angles to create a high quality viewing experience. Sound quality is also excellent. A lot of effort has gone in to the stunning set and costume designs and it really shows.As for the show itself - if you saw the original London version you'll be pleased to know that this is very different. Director Simon Phillips has taken the soulless, turgid mess of the London production and delved around to find the heart of the piece, managing to weave a coherent piece of theatre from the wreckage, for which he should be highly commended. His direction brings a warmth and sympathy which was sadly lacking in its original form.If you are familiar with the London cast recording, the Melbourne version makes significant tweaks to song order which in my opinion make a lot more sense, plot wise. As someone who saw and LOATHED the London show and felt utterly let down by it, this version is a significantly better production and is actually worth seeing. Ben Lewis's version of 'Til I hear you Sing' is sublime, watching this version I found myself able to finally appreciate the beauty of some of the LND songs and music as I had not before. 'Coney Island Waltz' is another highlight. If you do enjoy this DVD and want the music I would highly recommend you buy the Australian cast recording (available as a download on Amazon) rather than the London cast recording as they are quite different.Ultimately, a show can only be as good as the book (ie the script) itself allows - and in this case LND is simply NOT a well written piece, the story is irritating and thin and the character development is disappointingly shallow. The fact it has been tweaked and changed and altered and re-jigged over and over is a symptom of this. It will never match the emotional impact of POTO, but this is probably the best version of LND you are going to get.

As a huge fan of Phantom of the Opera, I have been dying to see this since it hit the stage - sadly, being out of England means that this has so far escaped me. I was thus very excited to see that it had been released on DVD in a stage version.Despite some initial reservations (due in no small part to some of the negative reviews I had seen, both of the DVD and the show itself), I must say that overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The music is, as always for ALW, a triumph, and I thoroughly enjoyed the performances of both Christine and Phantom. I did find the portrayal of Meg Giry somewhat grating, however. Although I had some issues with the story (see below), I was truly gripped throughout. The occasional refrains of music from the original Phantom is also something that is likely to appeal to Phantom fans.SPOILER ALERT! While the story makes some attempt to explain the difficulties between Christine and Raoul, given the "happy ever after" nature in Phantom, I found the dramatic change in Raoul quite hard to understand. Similarly, the relationship between Phantom and Christine (despite excellent songs in the form of Beneath a Moonlit Sky and Once Upon Another Time) was never quite convincing, and occasionally feels somewhat creepy.

If you are "Phantom" team, you will like it (though the end is not happy ending), many people criticise the plot but ten years gap makes everything a possibility, so it needs to be taken as a possible future of the "Phantom of the Opera". Music is beautiful, songs carry a lot of meaning, performance is great, voices are amazing.

Bought this as I loved Phantom of the Opera (Stage version) but knowing little about this Australian movie sequel. Well this Melbourne production is a ripper! Fantastic and imaginative staging and direction (rather Baz Luhrmannesque), great songs performed brilliantly by Ben Lewis as The Phantom and Anna O'Byrne as Christine.These may not be household names but you will love their spell binding performances.This movie provides two hours of pure theatrical magic.

I saw this live and was great even though lots of people hated it. I would have been amazing if the Phantom was played by Ramin Karimloo, he also played the Phantom in the 25th Anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera but Ben Lewis does a really good and his performance is great. It has been changed from the live show I went to see, which happens with new shows of course, but they did take out some of the bits I kind of liked. Overall though, I love it.