Sondheim wonders if Johnny Depp has the vocal chops for Sweeney Todd film - Page 9

mousepod · 11-28-2007, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

Just the cinematography alone would be worth the price of admission- it's gorgeous. I am not a musical fan, but I will definitely be seeing this!

Of course you're not a musical fan. This is a musical fan:

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Press the big red (sic) button to experience a cooling breeze accompanied by music.

wendybeth · 11-28-2007, 09:46 PM

Butthead.

I just loaded a Sweeney Todd screensaver- looks very cool!

Kevy Baby · 11-29-2007, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by the text in the ad that mousepod is showing in his post

Press the big red (sic) button to experience a cooling breeze accompanied by music.

They are simply advertising that the thing won't work: they tell you to push the red button to make it work. But since there is no red button, it won't!

flippyshark · 11-29-2007, 10:28 AM

Hmmph - I listened to "Priest" - and I'm a little more optimistic about Depp's vocal performance (not as muscular as I'd like, but better than I was expecting), but Carter's Mrs. Lovett leaves me worried. She's so slight on her delivery here, it sounds as though she doesn't even get her own jokes. Ugh. The gorgeous orchestration is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here, as well.

RStar · 12-15-2007, 12:20 PM

VH1 had a great 30 minute piece on ST. It looks to me like it will be very good, and surprisingly, Depp looks to pull off singing! Now, I have never seen ANY ST before (just the little mention of it in Jersy Girl

) so I hardly have an opinion. But as a stand alone movie this looks good!

mousepod · 12-15-2007, 04:52 PM

I just listened to the complete soundtrack. I'm still looking forward to the movie, but I now know where the edits lie and the deficiencies are...

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All that said, I'm still excited to see the movie, but at least I have a better idea of what to expect.

LSPoorEeyorick · 12-15-2007, 06:29 PM

Friday, Friday, Friday! Who's coming with me?

mousepod · 12-15-2007, 06:33 PM

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Friday, Friday, Friday! Who's coming with me?

me

innerSpaceman · 12-16-2007, 12:38 AM

Will it be playing in the Dome??

LSPoorEeyorick · 12-17-2007, 08:32 AM

We know it's in the Arclight - not sure about the dome.

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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Butthead. I just loaded a Sweeney Todd screensaver- looks very cool! __________________
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Hmmph - I listened to "Priest" - and I'm a little more optimistic about Depp's vocal performance (not as muscular as I'd like, but better than I was expecting), but Carter's Mrs. Lovett leaves me worried. She's so slight on her delivery here, it sounds as though she doesn't even get her own jokes. Ugh. The gorgeous orchestration is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here, as well.
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	VH1 had a great 30 minute piece on ST. It looks to me like it will be very good, and surprisingly, Depp looks to pull off singing! Now, I have never seen ANY ST before (just the little mention of it in Jersy Girl ) so I hardly have an opinion. But as a stand alone movie this looks good! __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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12-15-2007, 04:52 PM	#86
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I just listened to the complete soundtrack. I'm still looking forward to the movie, but I now know where the edits lie and the deficiencies are... Spoiler: OK, clearly HBC is no singer, but it's almost like she makes up for her lack of vocal talent with a lack of emotion... or something. I don't get it. As far as the edits go, it seems like Burton has made the movie I might have longed for when I was 13 years old. The love songs between Antony and Johanna are gone - as is the scene with Mrs. Lovett and the Beadle (and Toby, locked away). The self-flagellation scene with the Judge that was cut from the original Broadway production (but is on the original cast album) has been cut as well. The sad part about the cuts for me is that I've grown to appreciate these scenes as an adult, both from a dramatic and stylistic perspective. I can't help but admire Sondheim's acrobatic juxtaposition of the Antony/Johanna/Judge/Beadle sequence, and the fact that Burton cut it makes me miss it all the more. I also miss the scene where Sweeney tutors Antony on how to be a wigmaker, not only for the wonderful way we see how Sweeney might have been, but for the echoing musical theme of "Pretty Women"... All that said, I'm still excited to see the movie, but at least I have a better idea of what to expect. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	We know it's in the Arclight - not sure about the dome.
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