Sweeney Todd 2007 - Impressions
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 - 4:43pm
Search didn't reveal anything and I was curious as to what you guys thought about it. The wife and I saw it Monday and enjoyed it quite a bit. I can definitely see it not being for everyone though. I think it takes a special type of creep to enjoy the music and the blood.
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Saw in on stage first, have the soundtrack, and still thought the movie was fantastic.
I thought it was fantastic. The best film nobody will see this year. I mean last year. I mean, aw forget it.
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It is okay. Depp and Carter lack the voices to really make it great, they fail to carry the emotional expressiveness in their singing required of a fully realized Sweeney Todd. Though I've been spoiled when it comes to stage productions of Sweeney Todd.
While it pales ever so slightly to the stage versions it manages quite well i thought in movie form. It was a treat.
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I loved it. It felt very Tim Burtonesque, but retained the feel of the original as well.
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I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
I'm a fan of Tim Burton and J. Depp, but musicals...not so much. In spite of my distaste for musicals, I'm amazed how well it all worked together.
I also applaud how unapologetic Tim Burton was with his dark and bloody portrayal of the source material, throwing buckets of blood all over the place with little abandon.
Definitely agree with Baba that this movie isn't for everyone. I walked out of it thinking, "Man, I've got to tell people to go see this!", but on further reflection, realized that there were only one or two people I know who would appreciate it.
It had a few moments, but not enough to make up for everything else. Depp's angry singing voice was good enough, but his forlorn singing voice was crap. The overall plot was very poor in an operatic, completely predictable way; but I guess that could be positive depending on how you look at it.
I found the combination of purposefully fake blood with an otherwise very graphic, realistic montage of throat slitting to be more upsetting than had the blood been realistic. I'm sure that was the intent, but why would anyone would ever intend to make throat-slitting more off-putting?
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I haven't gotten anyone to go, but the NYT review has me stocked for it. I don't think it's going to be my wife's sort of thing...
Ditto. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Depp's voice wasn't quite as strong as it needed to be in parts but kudos to the man for a valiant effort. His excellent acting, as expected, made up for the weaker parts.
The unknown young parts were masterfully sung. But of course a quick glance at IMDB displays their theatre chops.
All in all, my favorite Burton film. I especially liked that he decided that the creepiness of the subject matter was enough of a bent that he didn't feel the need to get corny with the art direction. (IMHO all Burton films have 95% outstanding art direction with a characteristic 5% of cheesy corn that is lost on me)
Heh, and thankfully, Danny Elfman (though I love him so for Oingo Boingo), did not do the musical score. And thus, of course, the music was wonderful.
The gore will lure in the masses. Half of them will be put off by the musical just because its a musical. The other half, hopefully, will help ressurect the stage.
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My girlfriend and I are quite put out by the fact that only two theaters in the entire state are playing this, and both are a good hour drive away. She's got an obsession with Johnny Depp, and I figure if she's got to have a crush on an actor, she could do a helluva lot worse.
As for his voice, I'm not expecting it to be great (but I don't expect it to be bad either). There was a reason he lip-synced the songs in Crybaby.
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Hint: Sweeney Todd has never been about subtlety.
I'm going to show my age here by saying that the first time I saw it on stage, Angela Lansbury played Mrs. Lovett. It's hard to follow an act like that.
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All I know about it is what I've seen in Jersey Girl, and since Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms I guess I'll give it a try.
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Nice.
It's rare to see a Boingo fan out in the wild. Their first three albums are pure gold (the band, not the fans).
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I've been told since I left L.A. that Oingo Boingo didn't spread much outside of southern California other than their mainstream hits. Its nice to see that they made it to Virginia =)
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Saw it last night. Just fabulous.
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Yeah, I was quite amazed to see how popular they still are in SoCal. My folks have been living just north of San Diego for about a decade and when I visit them I always see Oingo Boingo in the juke box at local ale houses and pizza joints.
Boingo toured pretty extensively on the East Coast during the latter half of their career. I saw them a number of times in Baltimore and DC (I even met Danny Elfman and company and chatted with them for quite a bit following a show they did at the 9:30 Club in DC some years back).