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Sweeney Todd
I need to upgrade my mates - it was a shock to mine that this was a musical.
Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter are fantastic.
Sacha Baron Cohen is the show-stealer.
the rest of the cast are fab.
After the initial squirmy "oh Christ, they might sing every fucking line" phase, this settles down into a superbly filmed (the London shots, the sets, the lighting/background swapping), very funny rendition, particularly considering the constraints that the soppy sub-plot places on the overall story. Very 'stage musical' feel about it with all the luxuries of special effects, plenty of gore and Tim Burton magic.
Great stuff. Anyone else seen it?
Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter are fantastic.
Sacha Baron Cohen is the show-stealer.
the rest of the cast are fab.
After the initial squirmy "oh Christ, they might sing every fucking line" phase, this settles down into a superbly filmed (the London shots, the sets, the lighting/background swapping), very funny rendition, particularly considering the constraints that the soppy sub-plot places on the overall story. Very 'stage musical' feel about it with all the luxuries of special effects, plenty of gore and Tim Burton magic.
Great stuff. Anyone else seen it?
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Um. Smokers have notoriously BAD singing voices.
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technical-bad
not necessarily quality-bad.
Sam Cooke could never do Pagliacci.
not necessarily quality-bad.
Sam Cooke could never do Pagliacci.
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I don't really think I had oneEviltoastman";p="938504 wrote:And Pagliacci could never do Siberian throat singing, what the fuck is your point?
I just hear Marla Singer talk and feel confident that that voice should not try to find varied pitch.
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eh, I may very likely be wrong.
stranger things have happened.
stranger things have happened.
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They all sing just fine. Some better than others. Helena Bonham Burton is pleasantly spot on. Depp does a bit of a Bowie. Fair to say that singing is not the strong point of most of the main characters put they pull it off really well.crotchgrabber";p="938302 wrote:haven't caught it... but everyone tells me marla and capt. jack can't sing for shit.
true?
It's not necessarily going to convert anyone who doesn't like musicals though.
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Hey, this movie is playing at the second-run theater a block from my house
is it worth my three dollars and five-minute walk?
is it worth my three dollars and five-minute walk?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wk9hPubD1QReverseEngineer";p="938489 wrote:Um. Smokers have notoriously BAD singing voices.
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that's quite an exception.
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