Oh, I thought it was another adaptation of the A.S. Byatt novel.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
Trick ,'First Date'
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Polter-Cow - Dec 11, 2007 12:58:43 pm PST #2667 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jessica - Dec 11, 2007 2:14:12 pm PST #2668 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
O RLY? That should be news to the Sondheim fans who've been tracking what's been cut. Such as "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd," the opening/closing number.
Um, yeah. It's still a musical w/ very little spoken dialogue, but it's far from the entire stage show.
(In order to make it less stagey, they cut the chorus out entirely, so there's an instrumental overture & some nice gory animated opening credits where "Ballad of Sweeney Todd" would normally go. It gets the same point across, but sans words.)
megan walker - Dec 11, 2007 2:46:38 pm PST #2669 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
This is just so weird to me because, for fuck's sake, it's SWEENEY TODD. It's so odd to think about someone not knowing it's a musical.
Also, have those people look at any trailer for any foreign film.
They are all "bait and switch" since most of them show no dialogue at all and the stirring music generally implies they are all Sturm und Drang action films.
Volans - Dec 11, 2007 3:21:09 pm PST #2670 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Tim Burton to direct Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton to direct Alice in Wonderland: [link]
Aims - Dec 11, 2007 3:36:40 pm PST #2671 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Dear Tim Burton,
Johnny Depp is much too old and too brunette to play Alice. And so is Helena, for that matter. Expand your casting.
All my love and a comb,
Aimee
Cashmere - Dec 11, 2007 3:39:03 pm PST #2672 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
Tim Burton has to scouting for his next muse. There was Winona Rider, Christina Ricci and then HBC--besides JD, of course.
sumi - Dec 11, 2007 3:39:39 pm PST #2673 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Aimee - so exactly what I was thinking.
Perhaps he can be the Red Queen?
Atropa - Dec 11, 2007 3:40:24 pm PST #2674 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Tim Burton to direct Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton to direct Alice in Wonderland: [link]
runs around flailing
My goodness, that movie is going to be art-directed within an inch of its life. I approve.
Aimee, don't be silly. Johnny Depp will be the Mad Hatter or the White Rabbit, and HBC will probably be the Red Queen.
juliana - Dec 11, 2007 3:40:33 pm PST #2675 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
JD would make a decent Cheshire Cat, though. And I can see Tim casting HBC as the Red Queen.
curses the sudden yet inevitable x-post
Aims - Dec 11, 2007 3:41:07 pm PST #2676 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Make JD and HBC Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
ETA: Before Iget hung up by my toenails, I'm totally just kidding. Cheshire Cat and Red Queen were totally what I was thinking.
Jim Broadbent as The Walrus.
Dammit, my stupid is showing. They aren't in Adventures.
Very glad Adventures is on my reading list for my children's lit class!