New Sweeney Todd Trailer (Now With Blood!) — Page 2

Are they ever going to release a ST trailer with some actual singing in it?


- Did you miss the first trailer?

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I'm sorry. I totally forgot about that one line from Epiphany. Oops.

Wow, this look amazing. I got so excited when I heard the orchestrations for the Ballad of Sweeney Todd. I can't wait.

There was singing in the first trailer and that wasn't good enough, so I can't say I'm shocked at the reaction.

I thought it was interesting (and relieving) that the dialogue was taken word-for-word from the show. But silly me for thinking that the actual movie was more important than the trailer.

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I adored this trailer, especially the blood.
As everyone has said, I wish they had included some singing, more so I could indulge myself than for the sake of the movie musical genre.

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Not necessarily. They didn't cut those lyrics from the revival when there was no chair delivery. When I saw the show, I thought it was referring to fresh meat coming up the stairs.

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^ I figured that. Is POOR THING still in it? And there are rumors that WAIT actually is not cut, like we expected. Do you know, Smaxie?

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Updated On: 10/19/07 at 10:58 PM

Wow! It looks like most of Lovett's music is staying. I know you probably can't say too much. But will there be any shocking cuts? And did they butcher PRIEST?

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No, most of "A Little Priest" is in, even ending with the rolling pin and knife flourish.

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"I'm sorry. I totally forgot about that one line from Epiphany. Oops."

20 solid seconds in a 2 minute trailer is kind of a lot of a musical number in a trailer. More than many others...

same here

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thanks dear :)

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What are we even TALKING about here? I've already heard that the FILM is 90 minutes or so (CLEARLY cut WAY back from the original 2 3/4 hour of the play). I hope I'm WRONG - but this MAY be the case in which we have to REJECT what the "studio" is willing to GIVE us! Let's not just give them the "okay" to take a great musical and turn into something "amazingly visual", while they CUT OUT a LOT of the music! Please JOIN ME in REFUSING that film musicals (based on Broadway versions) need to be cut-down and mainstreamed for some kind of IDIOT audience that the studios apparantly feel is TOO musical (Sweeney Todd is almost ALL music). OMG - I SWEAR to God - if they start making musical plays into films that (regardless of how elaboratly filmed) are cutting out the MUSIC part of it - I'm so TOTALLY out of here! They ALREADY cut out songs, no doubt - just look at some of the past ones. Are you guys seriously going to sit here and let this happen? I don't even know where to start voicing my complaints! Sweeny Todd is pretty much finished - so I guess there's nothing we can do about it! I'll ask those who have SEEN the show on STAGE... HOW, exactly do you feel about a MOVIE version that is CLAIMING to be BASED on the MUSICAL.... yet, reduces the screen time by about an hour (maybe more), and turns a LOT of the originally SUNG dialogue into SPOKEN dialogue? DAMNIT!

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