Sweeney Todd

[WampusCrandle]

i saw the movie and thought it was just great, anyone else see it? i havent seen the play, hopefully it was as good as the play. i now want to see it on Broadway. the best part, by far, was the random Sacha Baron Cohen being an actor.

[cougarjake13]

i saw the movie and thought it was just great, anyone else see it? i havent seen the play, hopefully it was as good as the play. i now want to see it on Broadway. the best part, by far, was the random Sacha Baron Cohen being an actor.

havent seen it yet but its on my weekend to do list

[AngelAmy]

My brother saw it and loved it.

[donnie_darko]

nothing like heaving bosom in a tight bodice.

[hedges]

There was a movie from the early 80s that was like a modern-day Sweeney Todd (without the music)? I think it was a foreign fllck but I can't remember the name of it.

[drusilla]

i loved the musical. i saw it a few years ago with michael cerveris & patti lupone. the version i saw was kind of different in that all the actors were playing the instruments for each song. it was very different, but very enjoyable. the story is really dark & twisted. right up my alley. i am looking forward to the movie, but have a feeling i'll have to wait till it hits dvd.

[mikeyboy]

There was a movie from the early 80s that was like a modern-day Sweeney Todd (without the music)? I think it was a foreign fllck but I can't remember the name of it.

Are you thinking of "Eating Raoul"?

[stinkbud]

I always loved the HBO production of the play. I am looking forward to this movie, especially the fact that Tim Burton is involved.

Plus, Helena Bonham Carter is a HELL of a lot sexier than Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett :)

[hedges]

Are you thinking of "Eating Raoul"?

THAT'S IT! Thanks Mikeyboy.

[Doctor Z]

Musicals affect me the same way sugar affects diabetics.

[Soupy_Dreck]

i saw the movie...thought it was pretty good but the ending was hack...

[grlNIN]

i loved the musical. i saw it a few years ago with michael cerveris & patti lupone. the version i saw was kind of different in that all the actors were playing the instruments for each song. it was very different, but very enjoyable. the story is really dark & twisted. right up my alley. i am looking forward to the movie, but have a feeling i'll have to wait till it hits dvd.

My professor talked about that specific production when we were studying S.T. and he said that it was one of the most unconventional approaches to the musical because Todd is usually produced on a very large scale with a huge set. While that oen was just a stage basically but whatever.

I saw it yesterday and thought it was great. I've seen the musical so knew the plot and i was fearing the renditions of the tunes but thought that they pulled it off very very well. Not too musical but not so little that there lacks purpose for songs being there.

The acting is what you would expect of the players and the entire theme of the Burton style films and once everything goes to shit in the plot the movie really gets gory and disturbingly hilarious.

Props to blood though, it should have been listed in the credits.

[drusilla]

My professor talked about that specific production when we were studying S.T. and he said that it was one of the most unconventional approaches to the musical because Todd is usually produced on a very large scale with a huge set. While that oen was just a stage basically but whatever.



i really thought it was great. i remember when it came out there were articles all over the place about the training that the actors had to go through. like patti lupone had to learn how to play the tuba & learn it well enough to perform it on broadway. & when an actor would die they would just put on a white coat splattered in blood so we'd know they were dead even though they were still on stage playing their instruments. it was a new way of looking at things. i was a fan.

[Marc with a c]

what a stupid last name he has.

[Soupy_Dreck]

what a stupid last name he has.

it'd be even stupider as a first name...

[Death Metal Moe]

I am SO FUCKING PISSED this is a motherfucking shit ass musical. It's got Jonny Depp in it who is usually a great actor, and it's got Tim Burton directing. This SHOULD have been a slam dunk movie I would have at least bought on DVD if I didn't get time to go see it in the movies.

But musicals are about the worst thing on the fucking planet, so now the movie is dead to me.

So unfortunate they had to ruin it with song.

[grlNIN]

Ruin it with song?

It was a musical in the first place.

[drusilla]

I am SO FUCKING PISSED this is a motherfucking shit ass musical. It's got Jonny Depp in it who is usually a great actor, and it's got Tim Burton directing. This SHOULD have been a slam dunk movie I would have at least bought on DVD if I didn't get time to go see it in the movies.

But musicals are about the worst thing on the fucking planet, so now the movie is dead to me.

So unfortunate they had to ruin it with song.

odd coming from a musician.

[TheMojoPin]

it's got Tim Burton directing. This SHOULD have been a slam dunk movie.

If you could erase his last decade+ of films, sure, I guess.

[grlNIN]

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Fixed.

[drusilla]

i just cackled

[Hottub]

I may be one of the few people in the galaxy who enjoyed Alan Parker's treatment of Evita. I generally prefer a musical to be live, but this one I did not hate.
Except for a couple of the crowd scenes that were too reminiscent of The Wall.

[grlNIN]

The boy who played Anthony also looked like Hilary Swank.

[Marc with a c]

that was hilary swank

[grlNIN]

She played a very convincing ugly boy.

[Marc with a c]

She played a very convincing ugly boy.

she's been typecast

[Death Metal Moe]

odd coming from a musician.

Yea, I always hated a musical and have little to no interest in broadway.

Singing with a song, OK. Singing monologue instead of delivering monologue normally, very bad and gives me douche chills everytime. Or the big musical number right before something big happens, ECH!

I can't watch those couple Simpson's episodes where they sing the entire thing because it's so bad. I fucking hate it.

[Furtherman]

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[thepaulo]

http://www.pbs.org/kqed/demonbarber/play/index.html
a little background on the demon barber of fleet street.