Sweeney Todd

[dalekboy]

Watched Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd tonight, based on the Stephen Sondheim musical. This is the sort of movie that is made just for me. Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter (who I'm pretty sure wants to have my babies), Timothy Spall, and Alan Rickman, working together on a dark musical.

As a film it was ok, but as a musical it didn't work. Which means essentially that as a film it didn't work. Now I'm left to wonder whether the musical was always bad, or whether Burton's adaptation of it is rubbish.

For me, if I don't come away humming a single song, or even remembering them, it's a failure. And if Sharon, who is a song-stuck-in-the-head magnet, isn't caught by any of them, then that's badness times two!

I just watched Deep Roy's songs from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to get the taste out of my mouth.

Comments

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

We saw it for our friday monthly movie thing. Yeah. It didn't overwhelm us either.

Maybe one song that I remember.

[dalekboy.livejournal.com]

One song, you're doing well. If you can call it that.

I almost want to see the musical to see if it's as bad.

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Bits of it anyway. The 'we'll serve anyone' bit.