Comments on: Sweeney Todd Movie Trailer

By: devin

devin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:34:14 +0000

best movie EVER!!!!

By: Sawyer

Sawyer — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:22:28 +0000

Ray, you need to lighten up man. I mean you don’t have to like it but you don’t have to be such a douchebag either.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:17:06 +0000

I loved it, espesially the part where that guy thinks he’s going for the best damned shave of his life and bedlam ensues :)

By: babahanush

babahanush — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:54:55 +0000

i already have the movie!!! fantastic

By: aimee

aimee — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:01:00 +0000

this film looks so amazing, it has a great cast and im a big johnny depp and tim burton fan, cant wait to see it.

By: Boomshiqua

Boomshiqua — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:04:43 +0000

Edward Scissorhands was kind of a weird movie, i just saw it saturday night, i thought that movie had killing in it, i was wayyyyy wrong about that dawg. Sweeney Todd was definetly a better movie. By miles. This movie wona few Golden Globe awards, and it’s nominated on alot of oher upcoming award shows. It just won BEST actor and BEST movie. Johnny Depp did a fantabulous job acting and singing in this fly movie. Him and Tim Burton make a GREAT movie making couple. They pretty much bring in millons for any movie that they are both “in”. Burton needs to keep getting Depp with himand they might make 6 more fantabulous films together. I hope they don’t stop now. I’m loving their movies. This one WAS no doubt by far one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, and their movies they both make together are some of the best movies. Scissorhands was actually a good movie. willy Wonka was kinda… you know. Tim burton is a great drector and Johnny Depp is a great actor and i hope they both keep winning alot of awards for this GREAT movie and other movies to come. :)

By: Boomshiqua

Boomshiqua — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:56:55 +0000

Especially in this fly movie. right dawgs? I could go see that shit 1,000,003 more times dawg. Word up homies

By: Boomshiqua

Boomshiqua — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:54:23 +0000

keith is my nigaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

By: mo

mo — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:52:42 +0000

um yo well i really love all the blode and when u see the people dead and i totily thout it was so cool i loveed it so much so ya

By: keith

keith — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:13:52 +0000

well i hate it too!!!!!!

By: Devin

Devin — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:02:29 +0000

movie was Fuc#ing awwsome!!! loved it, going to go see it again this weeknd. great stoyrline and point in the movie. GREAT acting and singing, especially by Depp.

By: nini

nini — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:21:53 +0000

ok ok look for the person that saii dat to tim burton please go away and buy a liife ok cuz first of all tim burton is the best director and jonny depp hes soo preettyyy and omggg love this moviie and love unrealistic thingssss
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By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:06:58 +0000

Saw the film opening day — holiday delayed comments. The film looks fantastic. Everybody really captures the spirit of the play. Sondheim admirers will respect the film. Those who don’t know the original will love it. I missed all the little details. Really annoyed that the stars “crooned.” Anything that required a vocal musician was cut. **sigh!** Who stole the show? Ed Sanders — perfect as Toby, and did absolute justice to the signature “Not While I’m Around.” Alan Rickman and Timothy Spall were wonderfully creepy — made me wonder what Rickman could’ve done with “Mea Culpa,” as his work in “Pretty Women” was very nicely performed. Heavy on the CGI, but fun to watch. Blood was fun and not too bad, but watching the bodies hit the pavement was, dare I say?, “overkill.” Jonathan Tunick did a terrific job of piecing the score together and making it sound fantastic with a full symphony. I’d listen to just the instrumental background — WOW! So, “Sweeney Todd” is an expensive, lush looking film to watch. As a musical masterpiece, well, I encourage everyone to go see it LIVE instead — and hope that future Sweeneys won’t emulate what they saw on the screen.

By: Milica

Milica — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:51:05 +0000

can’t wait to watch the movie, i’m a great fan of both Tim Burton and Johnny Depp!

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:13:28 +0000

Apparently, Follies is attempting to be brought to the big screen by Sam Mendes and Aaron Sorkin. No casting yet, but I agree about Streisand. And I too think into the Woods could be done brilliantly on screen. Sondheim apparently believes Company could transfer, I don’t see this but who knows what ideas he has for it!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:35:30 +0000

Since November, I’ve heard so-o-o many good things — Steve being involved, and approving, showing the film off to friends like Angela. Yadda-yadda! Now I’m REALLY looking forward to the premier next Friday. I wish I could’ve gotten a ticket for the preview.

I read a review today of the recording that was glowing. “…reveals how faithful Burton has been to S.S.’s luminous score…” “Burton’s movie has the ring of Sondheim authenticity.”

Hey! If this goes well, and it looks like it will, maybe other directors will make more films of other Sondheim shows! Wouldn’t “Into the Woods” be wonderful on the screen? or “Follies?” — with Streisand?

Saturday’s a big holiday party with rabid Sondheim fans — I’m positive “Sweeney” will be the main topic of conversation throughout evening! Ha!

Happy holidays, all!

By: Gina

Gina — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:10:36 +0000

To petrina: Burton didn’t drop the comical elements, they are just played off more dead-pan because of the subtle, dark environment. The wink-wink nudge-nudge jokes wouldn’t work well on screen in this adaptation, which is why he had to take out lines such as “with or without his privates”, which is my favorite but I didn’t even notice it missing! This kind of humor t would throw off the feel of the film. What’s really great is that Burton works the music so well into the film, just as Sondheim did on stage. You don’t even notice sometimes that they’ve started to sing. And it is indeed wall to wall singing, which keeps true to the musical being an “operetta”, even though the film didn’t have to do this. Burton felt it was important though. Burton and Sondheim claim it’s about 80% musical, but it felt more like 90% to me.

By: petrina

petrina — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:41:36 +0000

This may indeed be a perfect matching of talent for this musical masterpiece. I saw the original production with Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury. Lansbury was so magnificent, and her performance will be hard to top. I am anticipating that Burton may have dropped some of the darkly comic elements from the Sondheim theater production in favor of visual atmosphere and more violent thrills. I hope this is not the case, but if Burton and Depp can pull this off convincingly, I’ll give them both genius awards. (In my opinion, Sondheim has already won a genius award for Sweeney Todd.)

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:44:21 +0000

Everything that was cut was suggested by Sondheim - he was indeed included in this project. In fact, he approved of the cast and the main crew. Yes, Depp came with the film but Sondheim did approve of him as well.

And actually, from the looks of the original script, Burton ended up adding more songs in than what John Logan originally had in (and as I said, advised by Sondheim) But it’s not as if Burton overloaded it with music either. The film is shortened and all but two songs were shortened. And you obviously know of what was cut.

Sondheim has been showing this film off to his friends and past Sweeney cast members. He really loves it. It’s for the most part Sondheim’s show, but with a different approach which is necessary for it being in a different medium. (And naturally, the singing talent is not the same but it’s more fitting, again, for film.) Everyone has been saying this is a classic and what Sweeney fans have been waiting 30 years for. :)

By: Tamora

Tamora — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:17:30 +0000

Tim - I definately agree about the Sondheim-Burton-BackSeat deal. I was a little distressed by the emphasis put on Tim Burton. “From the mind of Tim Burton” or whatever…? Uh, no! Not so much from HIS mind, thankyouverymuch. Burton is positively lovely, but when is Sondheim himself gonna get the props he so desperately deserves?

I am a little sad that Alan Rickman doesn’t get to do the “Mea Culpa” number. Of course it’s deraged and disturbing and incredibly incredibly sick… but it’s ALAN RICKMAN, who is awesome. And the song, while squicky, is beautifully composed.

Additionally, I weep for the loss of “Kiss Me”. SUCH a great song! I mean, really! Just the… the…. EVERYTHING. It’s gorgeous! The duet… and then the quartet… and the LYRICS! They’re layered and layered upon each other and so damn QUICK! It’s incredible… I find “Ladies and their Sensitivities” to be a bit unimpressive for Sondheim’s standards, but when it was paired with “Kiss Me” it was incredible!

…Of course, it has some ridiculously high notes, so I understand somewhat.