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Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9547

It wouldn't surprise me either Morph...I wonder does he know him?

I finally got to see Sweeny Todd over the weekend aswell and I have to say I really enjoyed it. I love Tim Burton films anyway and even though a musical was a shift away from the normal for Burton he still managed to produce a top notch Flick...
It is the usual dark gothic experience you expect that has become almost Burton's signature throughout his career and I particularly loved the scenes he incorporated were the camera would pan out quickly from a shot or close in....I thought it particularly looked good when the character was standing at a window. As for Depp I thought he was a class act again, not only does he do the accent extremely well but the guy can sing too....of course he also manages to bring alot of emotion into his character from heartbroken sadness to vengeful anger. Helena Botham Carter also plays her part very well too and I absolutely loved the scene at the beginning when Depp first enters her pie shop and she's there baking with loads of cockroaches running all around

. Thinking of that moment there was quite a few funny moments in the film...I also really liked the sequence with Sacha Baron Cohen where he and Depp end up in a shaving face off and yep Cat definitely someone was pulling at that mankini he was obviously wearing underneath to get to that high note

. Both Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall are also great as the two villains though at this stage I reckon both actors can do the bad guy role with their eyes shut

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It does however take a while to actually see the traditional Todd killing 'The Throat Cut' but when you do... they come thick and fast...almost like the blood really...I actually really liked these parts in a sadistic bloodlusting kind of way as the crimson stuff projected from throats like fountains and Depp unremorsely activating a foot pedal to rid himself of the bodies in a specially designed barber's chair that utilised an escape hatch leading to Mrs Lovett's ovens.
I was also quite surprised by the ending too Cat it wasn't what I expected either and is actually quite a morbid and sad end really though there is lots of different endings to many of the Todd adaptations with most having the young lad Tobias Ragg (Toby in Burton's film) with something to do with his downfall by either unmasking his crimes or by other means.
A real enjoyable experience which is completely different...a definite must see!!
Oh and I have to say this too You didn't tell me Cat Hilary Swank was back playing a man again and was playing the daughter's love interest in this

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9/10

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Catnapper · Site Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 6132

Yeah he could almost be her twin

What about the courtroom scene when Alan Rickman's judge sentences someone to be executed

just shows how evil he was!

Glad you liked the film so much Luc

musicals aren't to everyone's liking but all the actors pull it off and it's a very good film.

Lucifer_666 · Site Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 9547

I thought it was her Babe particularly in the scene where the daughter is singing at the window and he's looking up....the absolute spit of her

Yeah the poor kid....though I did sort of laugh too.

..it really was all about making him so bad that you almost want him killed by the end

I did really like it ...then again I do kind of like musicals ...well a few anyway.....well they don't put me off a film as they might others

I actually liked that Yellow hair song

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