Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
this on imdb (LOL the board is so funny. mostly they talk by quoting the lyrics. the boards CONTAINS SPOILER!)
Okay this movie turned out to be a lot better than I expected. It consists a lot of my favorite stuff. Crime, good music and dark comedy to name a few. So lets try to break it down.
Not usual musical
Be warned. Most musicals tend to stop the plot for the singing part(and dancing Bollywood style). This movie is like opera or broadway musical, injecting the songs cleanly through the dialog. Characters start to sing suddenly but it timed perfectly with subtle background music.
Directing
Well I dont know much of directing. I can only say I love the camera works. It makes a simple scene looks beautiful. Tim decided to make this a lot more realistic so some people said it has less comedy than its original version.
Casts
Just great. Oh before I forget, today is one of the actor’s birthday! The actors are the reason why I wanted to watch this movie. Depp, Rickman, Bonham-Carter, Spall ( three of them also play Harry Potter characters. What will happen if Thompson or Staunton got the part and played as Ms Lovett. Both are good actress, but I prefer Thompson), Borat, a kid with a good voice, old woman, and a young couple. Theres nothing much to say about most of them (known actors). They show their usual quality. I read on IMDB that Borat(yeah Im lazy to write his full name) sang an entire score on audition, and hired his barber as his coach. Bonham-Carter also took an extensive vocal lessons. If I have to choose my favorite character, It will be Ms Lovett by Bonham-Carter (the corpse-on-the-chest reaction was soo funny). All characters can sing pretty well (IMO).
Music and Lyric
Ah the one that made this ride excellent. So many great lyrics. Either it’s funny as hell, so witty , or both! Maybe theres alot more comedy on the lyrics that I dont get. I should watch this again. The movie used the original Sondheim music. Some songs didnt make it to the movie. Some got cut down. Now I am looking for these songs on the internet…they are must have. Memorable funny songs are The worst pies in London (syncophated singing while baking), miracle elixir(good voice by the kid), and meat-discussion song(the funniest and wittiest of all).
Plot
The plot is very simple but the conflicts were good. And since the lyrics was part of dialog, you dont have to wait for the song to finish to continue the plot since it never stops. I like the ending. I dont like put to much detail. It will ruin your experience.
Conclusion
If you like, or try to like opera/broadway this can be a good watch. Good music and good actors. I cant wait to watch Borat playing as Freddy Mercury.
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October 14th, 2008 at 11:31 am using Firefox 3.0.1 on Windows XP
yay, you just watch it? Cool yaaaa =D Yang paling keren pas lagu meat-baking itu, mein gott alur ceritanya so gokil.. hahahahha.. aga jijay sih..