Sweeney Tood

[Nienor]

I thought it was crap :/ IMHO, the costuming sucked, the effects sucked, the lyrics sucked, the singing was cheesy, and while the plot was interesting they failed to execute it in an interesting manner. Y'all are free to disagree, but I thought it was a waste of time. Then again, I usually hate musicals. On the other hand, there are musicals I love, so it's not just that I'm biased.

What makes me sad is that the cast was so great. Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp....I love these actors, but it just didn't work here.

Perfume should be reason enough to not see a movie just because Alan Rickman's in it....

aw, I love that film. Then again, I love the book too

 

[TealTuesday]

Sweeney Tood?


i watched sweeney todd,it was too bloody for me. i like love films.it was anything but that but being a JD fan it was a must to see.

 

[Black_Ivy]

I finally watched the movie. If I were to rank it, I think I'd give it a B-minus.

I really loved something about the ambiance of it--not all of the blood, but other things about it had an really artistic nature and a lot of style. The singing was better than I expected it would be. There are a lot of things I liked about the film. I can't put my finger on why I think it's pretty good and not great. Maybe it's just that I didn't like the ending or think that the basic story had a little more potential than how it was realized by the movie. It was a few hairs below what I hoped it would be, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

 

[NearertoGod]

I loved the singing and the songs, and I think Johnny Depp is the only actor I really like in Hollywood...well, except that girl that was in Pirates with him...I know her name but I forgot it right now, lol.

There was a little but to much blood for me, and the whole people meat pies thing was kind of gross, lol. Though...what was it about again? I mean, I know it was about his wife, etc. etc. but I got kind of lost at that point.

 

[TealTuesday]

Tears fell from my eyes in the end. I didn't expect that. Still don't like this movie or ever want to see it again.

 

[Truffle]

you guys,it was meant to be violent as is the broadway story so i knew it would be and johhny was awesome and wow can he sing. the way this film was made is worth the time because it's done really well with the charahters,loved depp's look and heleana b. carter can really sing.

 

[HuntingMan]

Freddy Krueger meets Shakespeare

 

[wiggbuggie]

sweetney todd was a pretty good movie hehe im a fan of tim burton so yea it was good

 

[kandigurl]

It was atrocious

 

[Antigone]

I thought it was better on second viewing. To me it's always a little bit awkward when actors I haven't heard singing before burst into song, but I guess I got used to it.

It's really quite a masterfully executed movie and the casting is pretty much spot on - although I'm not a big fan of the girl playing Joanna.
Then again, that could just be the fact that Green Finch and Linnet Bird is such an annoying song.

 

[HuntingMan]

I thought it was better on second viewing. To me it's always a little bit awkward when actors I haven't heard singing before burst into song, but I guess I got used to it.

It's really quite a masterfully executed movie and the casting is pretty much spot on - although I'm not a big fan of the girl playing Joanna.
Then again, that could just be the fact that Green Finch and Linnet Bird is such an annoying song.

The first time we watched it it was enough that we didnt think we wanted to watch it again.
But after a couple more times and really starting to understand the storyline, which requires getting ones mind off the fake blood, it started to look more like a work of Shakespeare or something...a tragic love story gone horribly wrong.
I like how they did Sweeneys 'decent' into madness there in the one scene, I didnt catch onto it the first time around because the blood was too distracting.
Had they made the movies with less gore, Id have really loved it.
The ending is so horrible when he finds out that in his own madness he unwittingly killed his own wife that he loved.
Its like a chick flick with razors.

Id like to see a less gory 'made for TV' version and see if I liked it without the hack and slash distraction.

 

[Kaonashi]

I saw it a couple of weeks ago and still can't get Pretty Women out of my head.

 

[wiggbuggie]

I know that song was stuck in my head too lol they way they sing "pretty women"