Sweeney Todd

[AleksandarN]

Anyone going to see the movie? Man I am looking forward to this, being a Depp fan myself. The trailers look awesome. Some say Oscar worthy.


http://www.sweeneytoddmovie.com/

warning: movie is not for the younger crowd

 

[GoGoGadget]

Johnny Depp + Tim Burton + Sweeney Todd = Total Gadget fanboy meltdown.

I will be there. Drooling.

 

[Bricklayer]

Johnny Depp + Tim Burton + Sweeney Todd = Total Gadget fanboy meltdown.

I will be there. Drooling.

Yes, and for me that pairing is the stuiff of been there done that 20 times before old tired retread enough already nightmares.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Yes, and for me that pairing is the stuiff of been there done that 20 times before old tired retread enough already nightmares.

B... but... never as a musical.



Ya damned Burton kill-joy.

 

[Bricklayer]

Hey, I thought it was all fresh too...

In about 1988 or whenever Edward Scissorhands came out.

You'd think in 20 years you might be able to invent at least ONE different schtick. Or at least break your complete dependence on the roughly half a dozen actors in thw whole world who apprently share your drab colorwashed little vision.

 

[GoGoGadget]

Hey, I thought it was all fresh too...

In about 1988 or whenever Edward Scissorhands came out.

You'd think in 20 years you might be able to invent at least ONE different schtick. Or at least break your complete dependence on the roughly half a dozen actors in thw whole world who apprently share your drab colorwashed little vision.

Ultimately agree with your argument, but tend to give a free pass when the end result is actually good.

Yes, Tim Burton has made the same movie repeatedly. And, yes, Johnny Depp has played the same part over and over (both with and without Burton). But all of those times have been incalculably better than about 79% of other films released in a given year, so I can live with it.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Hey, I thought it was all fresh too...

In about 1988 or whenever Edward Scissorhands came out.

You'd think in 20 years you might be able to invent at least ONE different schtick. Or at least break your complete dependence on the roughly half a dozen actors in thw whole world who apprently share your drab colorwashed little vision.

To be fair Burton HAS steped out of his comfort zone a few times with mied results. Big Fish was a nice little pice of work that lost the studio plenty, while Planet of the Apes was just a pice. I can't blame him for going back o a formula that works but I also don't expect much either.