tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post2815852899304119173..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: Tim Burton and Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd"joe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-22476919878646676812007-12-31T02:36:00.000-05:002007-12-31T02:36:00.000-05:00Loved it. I'm no expert like you, Joe, having see...Loved it. I'm no expert like you, Joe, having seen only the taped version of the Hearn/Lansbury production and owning the LP of the original cast recording (also met Len Cariou at LAX once!), but I thought it was a superb adaptation.<BR/><BR/>It's great that Sondheim himself and lovers of the original such as you are enthusiastic about Burton's take. My only fear is that the studio's odd release schedule is hurting the film. Though the mix of Broadway and blood-letting was probably always going to be a hard sell to the average moviegoer, a more confident, wide release might have pulled more people in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-34711939006905535142007-12-30T12:08:00.000-05:002007-12-30T12:08:00.000-05:00I finally saw the movie and loved it. From Johnny...I finally saw the movie and loved it. From Johnny Depp's growls and Carter's baby voice to the body's entering the basement head first ( a very gruesome touch ).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-83935633009720086472007-12-26T22:24:00.000-05:002007-12-26T22:24:00.000-05:00I don't come close to your repeated exposure to th...I don't come close to your repeated exposure to the material, Joe, have owned the Lansbury/Cariou album and and I have seen it on stage (Hearn and Lansbury in Los Angeles).<BR/><BR/>I like the new film a lot, although there's stuff that I miss. The "Kiss Me" duet, f'rinstance, which was one of the first things on the album that I fell for. <BR/><BR/>The pallid nature of the new film's singing ... strikes me as, if nothing else, making dramatic sense because of the film's picture of a beaten-down and exhausted urban proletariat. Funny, though, that this wasn't thought necessary for the "Little Shop of Horrors" movie. If the trio in that movie can be vigorous, why can't the characters in "Sweeney"?<BR/><BR/>And has anyone mentioned, by the way, the similarity between Mrs. Lovett's "By The Sea" and Audrey's "Something Green"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-45219222303361842942007-12-25T20:02:00.002-05:002007-12-25T20:02:00.002-05:00"Sweeney" is the drop-dead hit of the year, if you..."Sweeney" is the drop-dead hit of the year, if you ask me. It explodes on screen with vigor and brightness even though it is dark and about death. Quite an achievement!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-8903462022471404312007-12-25T20:02:00.001-05:002007-12-25T20:02:00.001-05:00"Sweeney" is the drop-dead hit of the year, if you..."Sweeney" is the drop-dead hit of the year, if you ask me. It explodes on screen with vigor and brightness even though it is dark and about death. Quite an achievement!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com