Sweeney Todd
Feb. 3rd, 2008 03:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
days_unfoldingI saw Sweeney Todd tonight.
Well, hmm. I had mixed feelings about it. You could tell who really knew how to sing and who didn't. (The boy who worked in Mrs. Lovett's shop has an awesome voice.) The roles were well acted. Alan Rickman had to display a range of emotions from hopeful lover to controlling asshole, and he did so quite well. (Come to think of it, Snape has the same range of emotions.) The movie was visually striking. My biggest problem, however, was that I didn't feel at all sympathetic to the lead character, Sweeney Todd. Johnny Depp did a good job, but still, something was missing.
I think the reason that the movie is closing so fast is that people like either gore or musicals, but not both. I shut my eyes at the more gory parts.
I'm not likely to see another movie in downtown San Jose any time soon because I had to pay $5 for parking. Ouch.
I want to see The Silence before Bach when it opens here. It's currently opening only in New York.
Well, hmm. I had mixed feelings about it. You could tell who really knew how to sing and who didn't. (The boy who worked in Mrs. Lovett's shop has an awesome voice.) The roles were well acted. Alan Rickman had to display a range of emotions from hopeful lover to controlling asshole, and he did so quite well. (Come to think of it, Snape has the same range of emotions.) The movie was visually striking. My biggest problem, however, was that I didn't feel at all sympathetic to the lead character, Sweeney Todd. Johnny Depp did a good job, but still, something was missing.
I think the reason that the movie is closing so fast is that people like either gore or musicals, but not both. I shut my eyes at the more gory parts.
I'm not likely to see another movie in downtown San Jose any time soon because I had to pay $5 for parking. Ouch.
I want to see The Silence before Bach when it opens here. It's currently opening only in New York.
