Now that HAIRSPRAY is out...

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 10:57pm

...how shall SWEENEY TODD compare?

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 10:59pm

Two entirely different scenarios.

HAIRSPRAY is a very family friendly PG movie. Sweeney will most likely be R, and is a bloody thriller aimed at mature audiences.
Updated On: 7/20/07 at 10:59 PM

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:01pm

i don't think they're THAT different.

both were directed by a male.

both come out in 2007.

both star humans, as opposed to other films that star barnyard animals.

[pengwendolyn]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:03pm

^ That... made me fall out of my chair laughing. Maybe due to lack of sleep lately.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:03pm

I hope Sweeney Todd can find the same sucess as Hairspray.

I just want to see some promo pics goddamit!

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:05pm

I think I'm anticipating that movie more than any other 2007 film.

Okay, maybe not as much as THE DARJEELING LIMITED.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:10pm

both star a man in drag?

[vfd88]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:38pm

Can we at least have a trailer soon? Geez?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/20/07 at 11:39pm

Both have a caucasian in the lead role.

[jam_man]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:10am

Well, am I the only one that is kind of worried about Sweeney since the reaction to Hairspray has been so positive so far? I mean, we couldn't possibly be lucky enough to get TWO well made, successful, and well-received film adaptations of American musical classics in the same year, can we?

That said, I live in southern Illinois, just outside of St. Louis, but I'd be willing to drive almost anywhere in the continental US to see a midnight showing of Sweeney on December 21st, instead of waiting for a 12:50 PM showing on January 11th! Then again, December 21st is my mother's birthday, so while I would, I don't see that happening for real.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:12am

Wait, I thought Sweeney was opening nation wide on the 21st?

[jam_man]

Posted: 7/21/07 at 1:17am

Not according to IMDB (which is, granted, IMDB, so who knows?), but I certainly hope it's wrong!!!