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11-24-2007, 10:36 AM
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There's a new TV spot that actually highlights the fact that it's a musical. Though they really try to play it off as a light Burtonian comedy rather than the black tragicomic musical it is.
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11-24-2007, 11:02 AM
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Here is the youtube link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-rsg1fTfQgI
Overly-cheerful-voice-over-man is kind of grating on my nerves though. But, eh. At least there's singing!  |
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11-27-2007, 05:06 PM
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Hey, I don't know anything about Sweeney Todd, but it sounds interesting. Besides, I like musicals, so I might watch out for this.
After all, there should be at least Johnny Depp doing something weird in it. |
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11-27-2007, 06:22 PM
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Diamond Duchess, is you like musicals, I highly recommend Sweeney Todd. I've seen many, many musicals, and in my opinion, Sweeney is the best one I've seen. It's not exactly your everyday, cliche, people-randomly-bursting-into-song-for-no-reason musical. It's so much more
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11-28-2007, 02:28 PM
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Cohen scared me with his high note! I really hope they do the tooth part of the contest. That's my favorite part of the entire song.
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12-13-2007, 12:40 PM
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Alright we have the opening title sequence of the movie for anyone interested.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.cfm?colid=23667 Wowser Gee! Looks incredible.
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12-27-2007, 09:53 AM
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I've seen this twice so far, and it is easily the best movie of the year. Johnny Depp brought so much to the character, and Helena Bontam Carter was spectacular.
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12-27-2007, 11:25 AM
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I saw this movie on opening day and I already recorded my gushing, incoherent thoughts in the "last movie you watched" thread, but now I guess it's time for me to write a...more coherent (I guess) review. Let's do it song by song, shall we? Yay!
*MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!* Opening: Okay, I was really sad to see the Ballads go way back when. Then I began to realize the just would not work on screen. The Ballads work onstage, because we can suspend our disbelief enough to accept some ghosts singing right to us about Sweeney. But on film? It just wouldn't cut it. And I think the instrumental Ballad they play during the credits kicks ass. As soon as the organ started playing, I was all  No Place Like London: As soon as the ship started coming into view, I was like, "Oh no. Please, for the love of EVERYTHING, please, do not let anyone make a Pirates reference" (I love POTC, but people have to let go of Johnny as Jack Sparrow). Thankfully, no one did (that I heard of, anyway). Anthony's voice is beautiful  When Sweeney sings the "and then she fell, so soft, so young, so lost, and oh so beautiful," I melted! I love that part of the song and Johnny's voice was like...*sigh* I also love love love the way thr camera takes you through the streets of London really quickly at the end of the song...it made me dizzy but in a good way.Worst Pies in London: Am I the only one who likes the way Helena performed this? Everyone always says it's so lackluster when compared to Angela Lansbury. Um, yeah, Lansbury was on stage; Bonham Carter is on film. You have to be more subtle on film. The roaches were gross, but I...liked how they added them. it just made the "worst pies in London" even grosser And I love how Johnny keeps trying to get a word in...just the subtle way he opens his mouth like, "Hey, I want to say something."  Poor Thing: This was awesome! The flashbacks were just...gorgeous. I loved the masquerade party! I want some of those dresses! And the contrast with Lucy being dressed in dull white with the vibrant colors of the costumes...awesome. And what Turpin does to Lucy (I'd rather not say since youger children may be looking at this) was conveyed just as slimy, if not slimier, than the the stage version. Aaaauuuggghhh, I love this movie! My Friends: Yay, Sweeney serenades his beloved razors! I loved the visuals they used during this song. The reflections in the razors were awesome! I love the wide shot at "well I've come home to find you waiting." Johnny's voice is much more rock-ish than any other Sweeney, but it works on film. And then when Lovett breaks in with "I'm your friend too, Mr. Todd," Helena just makes her look so pathetic, but that's GOOD. Finally, we're seeing some vulnerability with Lovett (no offense to Lansbury, LuPone, and other Lovetts...they're awesome as well, but it's nice to see new things brought to the characters). Green Finch and Linnet Bird: Jayne Wisener, I love your voice! I was not a fan of this song before at all, and when I heard it made the cut into the movie, I inwardly groaned. But this girl's voice is so nice and clear. I think I didn't like it so much before because when Betsy Joslyn performed it, her voice was so harsh and piercing. The only thing that bother me about Johanna in this movie though (and you can see it through the whole song) is that she is playing the part of the cliched ingenue. All she seems to be able to do is stare out her window and be pretty. That kind of rubbed me the wrong way. Alms! Alms!: Duuuude, I'm so angry they took out the "'Ow would you like a little muff dear..." rant out of this song. It's on the soundtrack and I love the way Laura Michelle Kelly performs it, and I've always loved it and laughed at it on the stage show. It shows just how crazy the beggar woman is But whatever. At least I still have it on the soundtrack.Johanna: Oh, Anthony. You little stalker You love Johanna so much after getting a little glimpse of her at her window, don't you? Then you get the royal snot beaten out of you by the lovely Judge Turpin and the slimp Beadle, yet you still keep singing about your love for Johanna Sorry, that part was kind of humorous to me. He's all bloody and yet he's all, "I feeeeeeeel you, Johanna! And one daaaaaaay, I'll steeeeaaaaal yoooouuuuu!"Pirelli's Miracle Elixir: OMG, ED SANDERS IS SOOOO ADORABLE! It was weird having Toby be played by an actual child, but I took to the idea much better than some people. His voice is awesome for a kid. He's going places. Oh, and "What is this? Smells like piss. Looks like piss. This is piss, piss with ink." Oh, Johnny, hahaha! The Contest: Sacha Baron Cohen is awesome. Awesome, I say! AWESOME! Although all the Borat comments going around the theater kind of got old. Wait: I love how Sweeney makes the comment about why the Beadle hasn't some to the shop yet when he said he;d come before the week is out, and Lovett says, "Who says the week's out yet? It's only Tuesday," and then Sweeney throws his razor against the wall. It kind of reminded me of a little kid for a second. And the use of mirrors in this movie is awesome. I love when we can only see Sweeney and Lovett through the cracked mirror. Ladies in Their Sensitivities: Um, Timothy Spall isn't the best singer, but whatever, because everyone laughed as soon as the man they all knew as Wormtail started to sing. Not much really to say on this part though. Pretty Women: Oh my gaaaawwd! This part was amazing! I've always loved the "and pretty as a rosebud," "pretty as her mother?" "what? what was that?" "nothing, sir! nothing," part. It's like "OMG, Sweeney, you didn't just let your identity slip and tuin everything, did you?" no matter HOW many times I see it. Epiphany: Oh. Em. GEE! After seeing so many scenes from this in previews and stuff, I thought, "Oh whatever. It'll be old." But it WASN'T! It was amazing! I love when Sweeney imagines himself on the streets of London, and no one is paying any attention to him, the madman, running around, offering people "shaves." A Little Priest: I'm happy a lot of the dialogue was cut from this song, because it would just be cheesey on film. I liked how the pose at the end paid homage to the stage production. The whole looking-out-the-window-at-potential-human-meat-for-the-pies concept worked here too. "Is that squire on the fire?" Johanna trio: I laughed so hard. Everybody did. Is that bad? Because what's so funny about Sweeney slicing multiple throats and sending them hurling backwards to the basement with a sickening thud on their heads, all while singing a song about his missing daughter? Yeah, I thought so. "A shooting staaaaaar..." THUD! I like the beggar woman's parts in this too. You finally start to see her face, and here I started to worry that people would find out she is Lucy. No one seemed to notice though. Hm. God, That's Good!: I don't really care anymore that the chorus was taken out, because it would be ridiculous to see everyone sing-shout "GOD, THAT'S GOOD!" all at the same time on film. I love the "Bless my eyes, fresh supplies," part when Lovett sees a customer going to Sweeney to get a "shave." Also, in the duet between Toby and Lovett...dude, Ed Sanders is just awesome. By the Sea: Best scene in the history of all cinema. Ever. I was crying because I was laughing so hard. I have the picture of Sweeney and Lovett on the beach in their dorky swimsuits as the wallpaper on my laptop. I love how they were able to transfer this song to the screen so different from the play. So much more was able to be done with it on film, and it was (okay, I've been using this word way too much but...) AWESOME! Not While I'm Around: How heartbreaking. Like, all you have to do is look into Helena's eyes and you can see how heartbroken she is when she realizes Toby knows way too much and Sweeney has to kill him. Oh my gosh...  Final Scene: EPIC! The five moments when my heart beats super loud: 1. When the beggar woman is looking for the beadle, and Sweeney appears in the doorway. "Hey, don't I know you, mistah?" SLASH! OMG! THUD! (Okay, enough with the sound effects ).2. "I suppose the face of a barber, the face of a prisoner in the dark, is not particularly memorable." "Benjamin Barker?" "BENJAMIN. BARKER!" *stab stab stab stab* SLASH! (does more even need to be said?) 3. "'Don't I know you,' she said." Sweeney finds out he killed his wife. Which leads into...4. "I was only thinking of you." "You lied to me." Wow. These peeps are great actors. Seriously! Mrs. Lovett sing-pleading with Todd, telling him she never said Lucy died, just poisoned herself, and Todd bending over his wife, singing "Ohhhh myyy GODDDDDD!" Mrs. Lovett: "Yes, I lied 'cause I LOOOOOVE YOOOUUU! I'd be twice the wife she was; I LOOOOVE YOU. Could that thing have cared for you like me?" And then Sweeney tricks her. Everything is happy, "what's dead is dead." I go CRAZY when Sweeney sings "and life is for the alive, my dear, so let's keep living it, just keep living it, REALLY LIVING IT!" and then he throws her into the furnace! And here, you see everything. Mrs. Lovett bruns to a fiery crisp. Now they really are Mrs. Lovett's meat pies, eh? Okay, that was terrible. 5. And TOBY! When Sweeney sings, "and he was..." and the just stops, it;s like he knows Toby is there. Then...sliiiiiit. Damn, Toby's mad. When Sweeney is dying, it's like he doesn't even care. All he wants is to be with Lucy, so why fight it? "We all deserve to die." (Sorry for any typos or anything, but I's just wrote a novel of a post, man.) |
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12-27-2007, 11:36 AM
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im taking my sister to see this. It sounds good
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