Er - I found out it's Josh, not Paul, who does Pratchett things. Dur.

I do wish my friend had read Maskarade, though. There were so many times when I wanted to turn to her and say something like 'cheese merchant' or 'that chandelier looks like an accident waiting to happen' or similar, and she just wouldn't have gotten the joke.

You will like the movie. Tell Real Mom she'd like it too.

Erik the Phantom is just way too cute. You will have a serious crush on him. I shudder to think of all the Phantom Mary Sues that even now are redeeming Erik and keeping him from smashing the chandelier and all that.