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| Jim in Merced CA
Fri 1/4/2008 9:00a | <The one thing I am curious about is the background score...Does anyone have an opinion as to how well it plays out? To me, it seems so strange, a Tim Burton film without Danny Elfman involved...But I do understand......>
The score was fantastic. It's one of Sondheim's best, and it sounded lush, and full and beautiful.
I am not a fan of Danny Elfman in the least -- [he's borderline a one-trick pony to me], so for me it was a real treat not to hear Elfman's signature 'chucka-chucka-chucka-chucka' musical theme.
"We'll take a little 'Nightmare Before Christmas', add a little 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', some 'Batman', 'Pee-Wee's Big Adventure' and voila! -- it's my new movie score!" |
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| christiemarsh88
Fri 1/4/2008 9:19a | I actually thought the version of "Ballad of Sweeney Todd" that they used for the opening really reminded me of Danny Elfman.
I kept expecting to see an infant version of The Penguin floating down those sewers that we see in the opening credits. |
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| Jim in Merced CA
Fri 1/4/2008 9:36a | Perhaps Elfman stole some of his ideas from Sondheim.
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| BrnardM
Sat 1/5/2008 1:20p | I was concerned about the deletion of the ballad of sweeny todd (Especially since it was to be performed by Christopher Lee and others playing ghosts of those Todd had slain). After seeing the movie, I enjoyed the opening credits as a nice overature to the film. |
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| TheRedhead
Sat 1/5/2008 3:05p | I'm not sure I can express how much I loved this movie. I was enthralled from the first note to that last shot. Wow.
The only thing that wasn't perfect was the singing of the two leads, but their performances are so amazing and original and scary and funny...I didn't even notice after a while.
The art direction and cinematography are stunning. Costumes stunning. Sets sunning.
And this was a stage-to-screen process done correctly. They involved Sondheim (who is the reason why the material is so amazing to begin with), and there was nothing compromised. Instead of handing the scoring over to Hollywood folk (I shudder to think of a "Score Adapted by Danny Elfman" too). They picked two Broadway heavyweights to tackle the arrangements and the orchestrations. Bravo for trusting theatre people to do it right.
I have seen Sweeney many times, and while watching the film I never felt like they cut anything. I noticed missing verses of some songs, but it feels like they got everything in. And it was all so fluid.
I didn't miss the "Ballads" at all. Those are very much theatrical conventions anyway, and this movie knew it had to be a movie. After seeing the movie, a singing chorus would have been too weird.
And I loved the blood. Seriously. I thought it was just the right amount. He is a demon barber, and anything less would be fakey.
One last point: did anyone else think the guy playing Anthony looked EXACTLY like Claire Daines?
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| kennect
Sat 1/5/2008 7:58p | Ok,We are talking spoilers here...Is Lucy the Madwoman? |
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| Jim in Merced CA
Sat 1/5/2008 9:43p | Yes, Lucy is the madwoman who screams 'City on fire!' |
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| kennect
Wed 1/9/2008 9:35p | OK, got it....Is this film still planned for an expanded release? I get the idea that it isn't.....If not it seems a shame.... |
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| kennect
Fri 1/11/2008 8:35p | Much to my surprise I saw the film...How interesting...The only downside to me was the idea that I felt I had already seen portions of it before...To me it had Tim Burton written all over it... |
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| cstephens
Sun 1/13/2008 9:29a | kennect wrote:
> To me it had Tim Burton written all over it...
Umm, it was directed by Tim Burton. Why would you expect that he wouldn't leave his mark on it?
/cs
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