New Sweeney Todd Trailer (Now With Blood!) — Page 3

Oh shut the heck up. It's been said the movie will follow the stage show quite closely.

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Updated On: 10/20/07 at 02:52 AM

I only want a film to be FAITHFUL! I don't know for certain, but I believe that the movie versions I have seen of South Pacific, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, Hello, Dolly!, Funny Girl.... regardless of how GOOD they might have been... the directors tried to be FAITHFUL to the PLAY versions. I feel that PHANTOM and RENT tried to be FAITHFUL to their STAGE versions. Yet they SUCKED at the box-office. It's CLEAR, don't you think? Persons who attend and LOVE musicals on the stage, do NOT support MUSICALS made into FILMS? They USED to - but now they don't! And THAT is what studios are starting to percieve. SOON (maybe even EARLIER than Sweeney) we are going to start seeing big "hit" musicals on STAGE being trunkated to something that is LESS than what was initially INTENDED. Hell, by the time Sunset Boulevard: the Musical actually makes it to the SCREEN, it might have been reduced to little more than the ORIGINAL film. Honest to God! What's the point? You either WANT to see a MUSICAL or you don't!

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From Variety...a bit off topic, not sure if it needed it's own thread ( i don't thnk it does )

"This year, DreamWorks can afford to lay low on Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," because the R-rated Stephen Sondheim musical has a strong curiosity factor going for it. The movie, which opens on 1,200 screens Dec. 21, stars Johnny Depp, who has been nominated twice and never won. DreamWorks will start running "for your consideration" trade ads after the movie has been screened in early December; DVDs will be mailed in December."

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Where did the Washington Post get a running time of 160 minutes? Could it be true? Is the guy just wrong?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR2007101900637.html

*bites tongue*

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I love this train of thought.

90 min= What a sucky movie, good god the skies are falling OMG!!1!11!

160 min= This film is a masterpiece that will be loved by everyone. Bow before genius Burton.

Yes, because the only thing that separates a good movie from a bad one is how long it is. And hmmm, if it were 160 min, then that would be 30 min longer than the stage version. Seems to me like that's not being faithful to the original either.

(ps. to use italics use the < i> & < /i> tags.)

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"The Nightmare Before Christmas is only 76 min and I consider that a masterpiece."

Agreed. It was never a 2 hour and 45 minute play, though.

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Orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick by the way, with Paul Gemignani conducting.

Chason, would you have the producers of Chicago give back their Academy Award because "A Little Bit of Good," "My Own Best Friend," "I Know a Girl," "Me And My Baby," "Class" and "When Velma Takes the Stand" are not in the film? (Actually, on that subject, I've never understood why they didn't try harder to include "My Own Best Friend" in the screenplay).

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"Chason, would you have the producers of Chicago give back their Academy Award because "A Little Bit of Good," "My Own Best Friend," "I Know a Girl," "Me And My Baby," "Class" and "When Velma Takes the Stand" are not in the film? (Actually, on that subject, I've never understood why they didn't try harder to include "My Own Best Friend" in the screenplay)".

I had seen Chicago twice on stage before I saw the movie. I don't think the movie "holds a candle" to the play. I even feel that the ending has a different feel to it. Don't you?

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Aint It Cool news reports that there will be a trailer focusing on the music:

Hey folks, Harry here with a very cool new trailer for SWEENEY TODD - THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. I've heard that we're to expect trailers of varying types... some that emphasize the musical nature of the film - other - like this one - that stress the suspense and revenge aspects of this film. There's nothing like a bit of ground meat and razor flourishing to perk me right up. I love what I see thus far...

Also, lovely furnace, Mrs. Lovett's death is confirmed right there.

True, but.... (SPOILER?) ...



Boq is correct.

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Based on the 2 trailers so far, I love the look of the film so far. It is pretty much as I had hoped it would look. And I knew Burton could pull that look off. Was wondering if that one flash of him viciously slicing a throat was the Judge. I hope he doesn't slash throats like this throughout the movie. If so, I think it would take something away from the story for me. But I can't wait to see it. It will be what it will be. Yes, I would love to see the movie with all of the music intact. I know it is another medium, but for me, I would like to hear it all. But the reality is that not all movie audiences would go for that. But with that being said, I think that not doing this was the downfall of "RENT" the movie. JMO

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