09-29-2008, 01:04 PM
Ok...I am sure there was discussion about Sweeney Todd on the forum. About it being a great xmas movie: lot's of pretty red. Either the search on the forum sucks, my memory fails me, or the previous posts disappeared into the ether.
In any case, I saw the stage production of Sweeney Todd with Angela Lansbury on Cinemax when I was a kid. I liked it. Fun, mildly disturbing, good music. Clever set design...
For Burton's film revision: This came out around Christmas?
It was long. It was dull. The singing was dull--Dull, DULL, DULL! I didn't recognize any songs from the original musical. Oh, and the gory parts were gory...extremely gory. :axe: Dull and gory. What more could you ask for?
I don't usually see movies where I wonder how much longer...
--tg
In any case, I saw the stage production of Sweeney Todd with Angela Lansbury on Cinemax when I was a kid. I liked it. Fun, mildly disturbing, good music. Clever set design...
For Burton's film revision: This came out around Christmas?
It was long. It was dull. The singing was dull--Dull, DULL, DULL! I didn't recognize any songs from the original musical. Oh, and the gory parts were gory...extremely gory. :axe: Dull and gory. What more could you ask for?
I don't usually see movies where I wonder how much longer...
--tg