Sweeney Todd - 12/21

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Far worse.

Ooh does not bode well for me, I'm seeing it with the roomie this week.

I hated Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Depp was beyond creepy and I did not like the film at all.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Ooh does not bode well for me, I'm seeing it with the roomie this week.

I hated Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Depp was beyond creepy and I did not like the film at all.

Ok- before you take IsM's post as a portend of doom-please refer to his post above in this same thread-

I loved it.

I was most of all completely amazed that I loved Helena Bonham Carter. Well, I guess not completely ... since I tend to love her in everything. But I thought she was marvelous and, even though her singing was a bit weak, I did not think of Angela Lansbury once during the film.

The look of the movie was, as expected, fantastic. Johnny Depp didn't pull it off entirely in my opinion, but he was passable.

The piece seemed a tad too condensed for me ... and I'm not some kind of Sweeney purist or anything. I'm barely familiar with the show I saw once 20 years ago, but this version seemed a little rushed.

Leaving out 'The Ballad of Sweeney Todd' was a big mistake. I'm going to listen to it right now.

But overall, the movie version was swell. Though the songs were cut down, they were still good. It was by turns gruesome and funny, and entertaining throughout.


And it was the first Tim Burton film I didn't dislike in a long while.

I do not know why he is being negative now.

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Ooh does not bode well for me, I'm seeing it with the roomie this week.

I hated Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Depp was beyond creepy and I did not like the film at all.

Snowflake,
Its a totally different kind of creepy.

Sweeney is dark and brooding, and slightly unhinged, Wonka is ... creepy pedophile freakzoid. imo.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

I really would recommend the original cast recording to anyone who has seen the film but who hasn't seen the musical yet. It's truly brilliant.

[innerSpaceman]

And I only started to really dislike Depp's performance after the second viewing ... when I had time to reflect on why I disliked and was bored by the character of Sweeney Todd in the second act.

I put the blame as much on Burton for cutting too much of Sweeney's stuff as I do on Depp, who seemingly had nothing much left to do but seem catatonic.

[Not Afraid]

I liked Depp in this film. I liked this film overall!

As for bad Depp performances - I'm not sure if it was his performance or just a terrible film - but The Libertine was awful.

[innerSpaceman]

OMG, worst Depp movie EVER! Why did you have to remind me that I still want those 2 hours of my life back?!?

[wendybeth]

Heh heh- My MIL, who loves Johnny Depp, went to the theater with her (also Mormon) niece. I guess they exited the theater pretty quickly. She still likes Johnny, but if you mention that movie she turns a bit pale.

[Snowflake]

Oh, UGH, the Libertine was awful. What I do remember specifically, Johnny Depp at the begining saying, you will not liike me, he was 100% right.

iSm is right, I'd like that 2 hours and 10 minutes of my life back.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Just saw this. I agree with NA that the CGI opening credits were nice, but am equally glad it didn't continue. I liked Antony a lot. Gaydar? Maybe. He was younger than I think he should have been. I loved the first glimpse of Todd on the boat. I loved the visual look of London. I was impressed that the actors sang their own songs. Toby was amazing and I didn't mind that he was a child. I thought it was cute how he wanted to protect Mrs. Lovett. I liked HBC as (once again) crazy lady. I agree that SBC could have tamed Pirelli down some and really not lost anything. Granted the character was writ broad, and that's ok, but it didn't grate terribly.

The second half... ok we get it- he kills people. Stop it. I didn't remember the bit about the crazy woman until he killed her. I saw the stage play only once and a while ago; I'd like to see it again. I think they could have done more to develop the plot line of Lovett's crush on Todd. I'm not sure what, but it got started, and just kind of languished.

Not sure about the plot of Antony and Joanna. I liked the scene in Bedlam for some reason. It was wierd to have Antony be her hero since he's so young.

I'll leave it to the straight girls to comment about the hotness of the boys.