Hurm

[kiffie]

Saw Sweeny Todd.

I think I would have liked it a lot more if I'd been in a surround-sound theatre. The Pacific I went to was a bit... lacking in the audio department.

On the one hand, I don't terribly like the stage musical, but still admit that it's good and most certainly takes a hell of a lot of talent. I'm happy they were able to translate it to screen without majorly fucking anything up. On the other, I'm dissapointed that Sweeny was chosen as one of the movies they hope will bring musicals back. Too many people are gonna go see it, scream out "WTF?", then leave, confused and annoyed.

My favorite part, and this contains no spoilers, folks, had to be when Sweeny sees the fops and says, "WHAT is THAT?" The look on Depp's face was PERFECT. No one else in the theatre laughed, but my god, I was rolling.

I think I now may go kill some braincells with the copy of Jekyll and Hyde Hissy lent me. Hooray for musicals. Even bad ones. :3


EDIT:

Re: Jekyll and Hyde -- Ahaha, I forgot how bad an actor Hasselhoff is. Thank god he can sing, or this would be a total lol-fest.

Comments

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think good sound would be kind of a necessity for a musical. Sheesh! Poor Kiffies!

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly adaptable to bad audio quality. It wasn't distracting, just dissapointing.

I think I'll wait 'til one of my friends gets the movie soundtrack and listen to it on my own time to accurately judge the singing. It was pretty good, but the theatre made all of the nuances vague or gone entirely. I need to hear it again.

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Okay, but picture watching 1776 without being able to catch any under-the-breath comments about Adams. Or made by Adams.

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Adams: *sad, sad kitteh* =^;_;^=

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

Are you sure Adams is a kitteh? I picture him as more of a ...terrier.

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

The entire movie was beautifully done. And I will admit to liking both Sweeny and Lovett (did I spell that right?) a lot more here than I had previously.

So yes, the movie rocked. :D

[lilblueunicorn.livejournal.com]

I am very very intrigued by this movie. I wanna see it. There's been a lot of good reviews, despite the WTFery.

-§parky

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

Go see it, but prepare for hilariously-done gore, if anything. :3