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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?

I hate about 92% of all musicals...

Should I watch it?

haven't caught it... but everyone tells me marla and capt. jack can't sing for shit.
true?

Um. Smokers have notoriously BAD singing voices.

I disagree with that on every level.

Yes. Sam Cooke is an awful singer.

ReverseEngineer";p="938489 wrote:Um. Smokers have notoriously BAD singing voices.

Eviltoastman";p="938490 wrote:I disagree with that on every level.

I was being sarcastic, Toby!

technical-bad
not necessarily quality-bad.

Sam Cooke could never do Pagliacci.

And Pagliacci could never do Siberian throat singing, what the fuck is your point?

ReverseEngineer";p="938489 wrote:Um. Smokers have notoriously BAD singing voices.

Eviltoastman";p="938504 wrote:And Pagliacci could never do Siberian throat singing, what the fuck is your point?

I don't really think I had one
I just hear Marla Singer talk and feel confident that that voice should not try to find varied pitch.

eh, I may very likely be wrong.
stranger things have happened.

Thunder Bear";p="938300 wrote:I hate about 92% of all musicals...

Should I watch it?

No

Rick Cave";p="938497 wrote:I was being sarcastic, Toby!

I know that, Richard. I just disagreed with Reverse and agreed with Toast, thats all.

Mary Hinge";p="938662 wrote:

Thunder Bear";p="938300 wrote:I hate about 92% of all musicals...

Should I watch it?

No

Good. I have a date on Sunday, and she wants to see Sweeney Todd. I want to see Juno.

Juno it is.

I want to see that too. REview pls

there's something ninny about this thread

Mary Hinge";p="938975 wrote:I want to see that too. REview pls

Good Film.

crotchgrabber";p="938302 wrote:haven't caught it... but everyone tells me marla and capt. jack can't sing for shit.
true?

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.

It's not necessarily going to convert anyone who doesn't like musicals though.

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?

Mary Hinge";p="938975 wrote:I want to see that too. REview pls

Good film.

ReverseEngineer";p="938489 wrote:Um. Smokers have notoriously BAD singing voices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wk9hPubD1Q

that's quite an exception.

ReverseEngineer";p="939124 wrote: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?

Probably?