Sweeney Todd trailer = PRETTY
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
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Gris - Oct 04, 2007 5:13:52 pm PDT #1573 of 10000
Hey. New board.
Scrappy - Oct 04, 2007 5:41:37 pm PDT #1574 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Depp's got the right crazed/haunted/driven look in his eye. I am more worried about Helena B-C as Mrs. Lovett than I am about Depp, but I hope they can boith rise to the demands of the score.
Jessica - Oct 05, 2007 3:41:11 am PDT #1575 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I am more worried about Helena B-C as Mrs. Lovett than I am about Depp
Robin is me. I like HBC, I just wish she'd been cast as Lucy instead. (I also wish Meryl Streep hadn't turned down Mrs Lovett to be in the movie version of Mama Mia instead. WTF was she thinking???)
I was worried until the last line in the trailer that they'd forgotten ST is a comedy. (They do seem to have forgotten it's a musical, but I suspect that's largely just the way the trailer is cut.)
Cashmere - Oct 05, 2007 3:49:22 am PDT #1576 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Depp has singing experience, though, doesn't he? He dropped out of high school and was in a band for a while before becoming an actor. I don't doubt that he can pull it off.
I don't know if I've heard HBC sing. There may have been a little bit in A Room with a View but I don't know if that was her.
I'm so looking forward to this!
Jessica - Oct 05, 2007 4:04:59 am PDT #1577 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Mrs Lovett doesn't require a great singing voice - Angela Landsbury certainly didn't have one, and she was perfection. I just think HBC is the wrong kind of crazy for that role. (In addition to being way the hell too young.)
Dana - Oct 05, 2007 4:09:48 am PDT #1578 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Angela Landsbury certainly didn't have one
Oh, I disagree. Or maybe I don't. She doesn't have the prettiest voice, but she's got technique out the wazoo, which most of Mrs. Lovett's songs require.
Of course, I still have not seen the trailer, since I have no sound at work, and was out to dinner with Jesse last night.
Jessica - Oct 05, 2007 4:14:15 am PDT #1579 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
technique out the wazoo, which most of Mrs. Lovett's songs require.
Yes, you're absolutely right about that. Hm. I guess that makes me doubly dubious about HBC.
And as much as I love Johnny Depp, I love Sweeney Todd more. So he'll have to prove himself. I'm not entirely convinced that either of them can play old and bitter to the extent that the text requires.
Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin is also problematic. Judge Turpin really should not be hot. Really.
Aims - Oct 05, 2007 5:09:05 am PDT #1580 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin is also problematic. Judge Turpin really should not be hot. Really.
He does do that to unattractive characters, doesn't he? Make them all hot and stuff? See also: Severus Snape.
Oi! Alan Rickman! Stop being hot!
So glad that doesn't work
DavidS - Oct 05, 2007 5:54:50 am PDT #1581 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Depp has singing experience, though, doesn't he? He dropped out of high school and was in a band for a while before becoming an actor.
As somebody who regularly saw teenage Johnny Depp's band, I'll note that he was the guitar player and did not usually sing. I'm not saying he can't sing, just he wasn't the lead singer.
bon bon - Oct 05, 2007 7:04:40 am PDT #1582 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I kind of love this interview with a lawyer named Michael Clayton: [link]