The Sweeney movie was okay but the music was not the strong point.
Yeah.
Well, assuming Disney pushes forward with it, I guess we'll see.
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Bella Heathcote - what an excellent name for a gothic heroine.
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Whoooo. I want Pfeiffer's necklace, and Depp's entire outfit.
they messed with the original fairy tale to such an extent that many of the original themes were lost.
Fair enough. But I'm with Amy in that I assume Disney will do that to any movie they base off of a fairy tale.
The Sweeney movie was okay but the music was not the strong point.
No, the music was not the strong point. But oh! The visuals. I need all of Mrs. Lovette's wardrobe.
Amy - Jan 12, 2012 4:25:41 pm PST #17533 of 30000
Because books.
The Sweeney music grew on me with second and third watchings, even though I still find it hard to understand most of what HBC is singing. I just love the visuals. It's so perfectly gloomy and Victorian and gritty and lush.
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I had never heard the music to Sweeney Todd before the movie, so I didn't have any expectations for it. However, I loved the film. It was so visually stunning.
Dana - Jan 12, 2012 4:32:07 pm PST #17535 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
The voices are generally just so thin. It's a bad choice for an operatic score. Also, they cut everything sung by the chorus, which is a lot of my favorite stuff, including the ACTUAL SONG "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd."
askye - Jan 12, 2012 4:42:07 pm PST #17536 of 30000
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I still haven't seen the movie Sweeney Todd, mostly out of laziness.
The performance with Angela Lansbury when I was in middle school - maybe 9th grade and it was one of those things that just blew me away. I love it.
Jessica - Jan 12, 2012 6:11:02 pm PST #17537 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sweeney Todd was the movie where I realized my fierce irrational love of Sondheim trumps my fierce irrational love of Tim Burton by an order of magnitude. Seeing what he'd done to my favorite musical was just...depressing.