Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Started by ADarksideJedi18 pages

No way.I know the music and I hate the story line.There is also an old movie I saw of it.Horrible sick movie.So to answear your question this is one movie I w ould not go see for anyone!jm

Can you elaborate at all on the plot?
I'm actually not entirely sure, in detail...

The plot is just stupid and sick.Why waste your money going to see that sort of movie anyway?jm

Nice elaborating.
Why wouldn't you see that sort of movie? Is not gore part of every story, is it not reality? It is an unavoidable part of all things, but perhaps cannot be accepted if one is not, shall we say, attuned to it (and by the same means, reality, I suppose...).
Thanks for the help with understanding the tale's plot, in the least.

And if you don't like blood, we could remove it from your body.....Oh yeah! You live off of it. I suppose you don't like your life then?

A point. And an interesting one, indeed.

I think by 'blood', one such person often intends gore, however. Though it is just as illogical, really. With it an intertwined bloodline of all things, the Graphic Element is existence directly.
(On a different note [with this the 30th anniversary and all], is not a "Darkside Jedi" a contradiction?)

i can't wait to see this film. Great story, great cast.
I am happy that Anthony Stewart Head is in it as
one of the ghosts, that man can sing 🙂

This will be really interesting. They had the paly at my school in my freshmen year, quite hillarious 😛

that would of been good to have seen ^

It's probably gonna be great. I hope I can go see it at the movie theater though....

IN case anyone is unsure of what it is about...it's about a barber who decides he wants to take revenge on London (forget why exactly...) so he starts slitting people's throats in his barber shop...then the romantic female lead starts baking his victims into pies...if I remember correctly.

It's a musical thriller..which is rare. No one thought it would work but it did wonderfully and a recent revival was a huge success.

It's Stephen Sondheim...he's a genious.

It's not everyone's cup of tea but it's going to be beautiful in Tim Burton's twisted hands.

Originally posted by Andrew McLeod
IN case anyone is unsure of what it is about...it's about a barber who decides he wants to take revenge on London (forget why exactly...) so he starts slitting people's throats in his barber shop...then the romantic female lead starts baking his victims into pies...if I remember correctly.

It's a musical thriller..which is rare. No one thought it would work but it did wonderfully and a recent revival was a huge success.

It's Stephen Sondheim...he's a genious.

It's not everyone's cup of tea but it's going to be beautiful in Tim Burton's twisted hands.

Thanks much for an explanation. Oddly a rather vast majority of commentators thus far seem to be interested in blind sighted opinion, rather than any constructive or purposeful comment.

Yes, that was the main plot as I understand it as well. One thing I am not sure of as of yet, however, is the role of Alan Rickman's character, Judge Turpin, in the plot. Any idea as to the involvement, or degree of which, there?

Indeed, I agree. The stories supposed violence seems detested by many apparently, but the Grand Vision of Tim Burton is unfailing, and that violence is a, somewhat delicate, tool to craft, and be crafted into, the tale... considering it has never failed him before, after all.

The first poster is out

Oh boy the poster is out!. I heard a lot about this movie. I know it is a redintion of a brodway play I am not an idiot. I still don't have a straight idea of what it's about completly. but oh well.

*Remembers Sleepy Hollow*

I really can't wait for this film. I love Tim Burton. And Johnny Depp of course.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Saw the trailer to this new Tim Burton film. Looks interesting.

I was watching this trailer and at first it was kind of interesting, not great, then when Depp started singing I almost spit out my soda. Looks horrible, not gonna come near a theater that's showing it. I like Depp and I really liked Sleepy Hollow, which is stylistically similar to this, but this looks like crap. Sorry... just my opinion.

Yeah, I'm on the fence with this one, too -- not a huge musical fan, especially when Sondheim is involved. However, I sat through "Planet of the Apes," so I suppose I'll be sittin' through this at some point.

it would take some going to beat ray winstone's portrayal of sweeney todd...while this film will be visually richer...it probably wont be as intense