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Sweeney Todd
0bsessions:
What the fuck, guys?
This movie, which is getting an aggregate 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, has yet to even break even on production budget.
Given, there are some buts: But it's in relatively limited release, but it's yet to premiere outside the US, but musicals historically do poorly anyway (Sweeney Todd is actually just barely behind Annie in terms of box office gross), etc. It's still rather sad.
Dimmukane:
I'm gonna go with option three. The majority of movie-goers in America aren't exactly members of the Leonard Bernstein Fan Club (or in this case Sondheim). Hell, I'm not seeing the movie, either.
Trillian:
--- Quote from: captain zoe on 15 Jan 2008, 20:49 ---
--- Quote from: Trillian on 14 Jan 2008, 22:32 ---Plus Ben Kingsley played Todd in a non-musical version of the story, and I thought he did quite a wonderful job. Kingsley is not exactly a big dude, but he IS a fantastic actor.
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Did he really? On stage or on film? If it's the latter I really need to check that out.
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It is a film, so I am sure you can find it somewhere. And hey, if you have Comcast Digital Cable, it is free on demand right now. :-D
Dasota:
I saw this around the week it came out, and my first reaction was "Is this some weird twisted Harry Potter flim in an alternate universe? I was pleasantly surprised by Depp singing abilities at times, mostly when he belted out that line about vengence. Other than that, I didn't really like the movie so much, mostly because Mrs. Lovett's character bothered me for some reason, and I really wanted to see more of Turpin.
Also, Rickman and Depp's duet? <3's for them.
Liz:
All I could picture while listening to that was Professor Snape dancing around the dungeons of Hogwarts and singing.
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