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Holly fuck, this looks awesome :o .

The first time I was exposed to Sweeney Todd was last year when I saw it on Broadway. It was done VERY well, with a minimalistic idea toward the entire production. The actors were all on stage at the same time and each one played an instrument. If they weren't singing they were playing. The set never changed and everyone wore dark, ominous costumes.

It is deffinately one of my favorites (my families big into the arts, so we see a lot of shows).

Anyway, Tim Burton (one of my favorite movie makers) is doing it... and I couldn't have asked for anyone better. And Jhonny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett respectfully will make the entire movie.

If you don't know anything about Sweeney Todd, then I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe the preview will make you interested.

A weird, dark movie directed by Tim Burton with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter? What an amazing, originial idea!

I bet you $100 that Danny Elfman did the music.

I know it looks like Tim Burton's movies... but I like Tim Burton's movie.

And hell, I like Elfman's music, but the score and lyrics were from the original, by Sondheim.

Damn, Elfman would've been the only selling point for me. My girlfriend is obsessed with Burton/Depp, so I'm sure I'll see it at some point.

Elfman may have contributed to the songs from the broadway musical specifically for Burton. We all sure as hell know that he wasn't busy with Spiderman 3.

I am really looking forward to this movie as well.  I have never seen it on stage, but I know the story and have listened to the music.  Besides, I think they did perfect with the casting for this one.

I don't feel comfortable with musicals. 

You're not the kinda person who thinks gay people see musicals, are you? Hugh Jackman was in one. "Oklahoma", of all shows. You wanna call him gay?

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Just look at the story for "Sweeney Todd". It's about a barbor who slits the throats of his customers. The bodies are then baked into meat pies by the lady downstairs.

This isn't "Cats" by any stretch of the imagination.

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Oh no no.   Nothing to do with the characterization of my manhood.

I just can't seem to make the connection between the emotion put through the songs being sung in the context of some of the stories.  It just for some reason makes me feel uncomfortable. 

I guess it is something I just don't understand considering I have never been to one.  But when singing starts happening during movies I usually don't feel well no matter what context.

I take it you don't like hugh jackman...

He was good in "The Fountain" as well as "The Prestige." 

Can't really think of anything else.

Nah, I just like Scrubs. (http://kcsr.org/images/smiles/thumb.gif)

 
AHH!  I'm so stoked about the movie!  I love Tim Burton!  Not so keen on Depp, but i have confidence he'll deliver!

Ok... that was pretty funny.

*applaud for finding it*

I love "Scrubs" but never know when it's on. I catch it if I can, though.


Sorry. I didn't mean to be a jerk.

My family is a big fan of the arts, and Broadway is just an extension of it. My dad is an art teacher at an arts high school, so I always see the shows they put on (WAY better than any high school production because the level of talent is FAR beyond that of regular high school students) and we see at least 1 or 2 Broadway shows a year.

There's that nasty preconception that people who like Broadway are gay... and I was afraid you had fallen for it.

Sorry again. I shouldn't have ignorantly assessed you like that.

Its OK. I am a huge fan of the arts.  In fact I love theater.  But musical theater is when I get uncomfortable.  I dunno why.

I have a huge appreciation for opera after studying it and most plebeian theater has sung stanzas and I actually enjoy that.  It could be the fact that musicals puts on a superficial tone that ruins the context of what a good story could be.  I guess I am more into the dreary so maybe Sweeney Todd is a good transition.

However, I think it might just be that the actual music in musicals...is crappy music.  No offense.

None taken.

I saw the 1998 Tale of Sweeney Todd starring Ben Kingsley. I don't know how old the real Sweeney Todd was when the events occurred, but I like Kingsley he was pretty convincing. I am not sure how I feel about Depp playing the role I might wait for DVD to see it.

I saw this movie a few days ago, and I was rather impressed.  I thought they did a great job of recreating the play in movie form.  And, per Tim Burton and the story line, it was a dark movie.  I really don't know who to give the most credit to, the original writers of the play or the cast who did such a good job bringing the play to life.  The song after they decided to bake the victims into meat pies was hilarious.  All in all, I am glad I saw this on the big screen and would recommend it to others.

Excellent film. Tim Burton is the man, and Depp is a fantastic actor. Great dark visual style as well.