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Sweeney Todd
BoutASouffle:
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--- Quote from: Drill King on 16 Dec 2007, 10:50 ---Personally I love Johnny Depp, however I agree with whoever said that the fangirl teenager ladies make me embarrassed to say I like his work.
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Okay, I agree, but, I wonder if they've seen Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas or Donnie Brasco.
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I actually find my inner 14-year-old fangirl and my more prominent film geek persona at odds with each other. This led to me being strangely attracted to both Depp's performance in Fear and Loathing as well as his balding head... which has led to an even stranger attraction to all balding heads.
Anyway... back to Sweeney. I saw this flick at the midnight showing in Boston last night. I was definitely impressed. Depp's performance was reliably imaginative - like Burton he manages to achieve a high level of stylization without sacrificing genuine emotion. Carter's performance was great, especially towards the end, but I wish they had dubbed over her singing... I'm sorry, but it was distractingly boring (oxymoron?).
However, I think Alan Rickman, Sasha Baron Cohen, and that little kid who played Toby really stole the show. Rickman got me to actually sympathize with Turpin on some level, Cohen went from hilarious to terrifying in seconds flat, and the Toby kid (I'm too lazy for IMDB) made me want to get a little singing boy of my own.
Ignore the creepiness of that last statement. My roommate did. ("No, it would be like the puppy... Who is going to take care of it?")
StMonkey:
I agree with the post above me. Depp may not be the big man usually cast in the plays, so he isn't as booming, but he still conveys the sense of joy that the jollier men show well. As for Carter, she admitted in an interview that she wasn't exactly the greatest singer, so I went in ready or her. She plays the character very well, though, even if she isn't the most brilliant. She too is a lot more soft spoken then I've heard, and so seems much sadder about everything, but it's understandable. Cohen plays his character very well, the Pirelli is a strange man, and comes across as so. For Alan Rickman and Ed Sanders(the boy who played Toby) I couldn't be happier. Brilliant all around, and I particularly like the cinematography at the beginning. A lot of cleavage shots I noticed, but in a time period of corsets, I suppose that's to be expected. The blood is plentiful, and much more theatrical than real, a nice touch I thought. Being a musical lover, I have to give this at least and 8.5 outta 10, if not a nice round 9.
bryanthelion:
I REALLY enjoyed this movie!
I just wish the songs didnt sound all the same though
jeef:
I loved the music, however... Johanna's, Anthony's, and Toby's voices were really "meh" to me. Also, Toby's supposed to be a little bit older, unless that kid's hitting puberty early. XD All in all though, a very good movie IMO.
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: BoutASouffle on 21 Dec 2007, 22:13 ---I saw this flick at the midnight showing in Boston last night.
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It seems like you quite possibly just missed Rachel (pen) and I. We caught a showing at 7 at Boston Common.
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