yeah the movie was pretty good, but not as great as people have been selling it. Very bloody and lots of dark humor.

Opening credits:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.cfm?colid=23667

zero desire to see this.

those opening credits have my already extreme anticipation going through the roof...just awesome.

Those of you like me, who only have Marcus Theater chains, will not being seeing this:

http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pb...712180323/1079


My wife is going to be very upset.

This is going to be alot like Brokeback Mountain in terms of the reception it gets in the media and awards circles--and possibly the public as well.

It has no shot to win its weekend--its big hope of being a success depends on becoming a gradual cultural/media sensation in the weeks and months *following* its release. It'll be driven by a cult audience that's been drooling over its exceptional artistic pedigree, but it also has particular ties into fangirl and gay commercial markets.

It'll be one of the best reviewed movies of the year, not to mention the holiday season, and it'll be nominated for more academy awards than any prior film by this director. Then, sadly, it'll lose everything due to the academy being too squeamish about its subject matter.

Those are my predictions in a nutshell: BBM round 2.

Especially if it's not playing on the Seventh largest theater chain in the country. Yeah, it's not that big of a chain, but 49 locations add up.

Big fan of the stage musical and thought the movie was great. Yeah, I miss some stuff (no chorus so no one says "God, that's good!' in the song "God, That's Good!"), but it's about as faithful as I could have realistically expected. For the record, I also liked Phantom, Rent, Hairspray, and Chicago.

I'm looking forward to this although I have to say, every time I see the trailer and Depp breaks into song, I think he sounds horrible and I've even heard people snickering in the theater.

Really constructive posting. We gained a lot from it.

Well he isn't really signing there so I wouldn't say his singing is bad. I guess just his voice sounds bad?

And people snicker at everything in theatres now a days.

Johnny's voice works surprisingly well. It's a bit too "early David Bowie." With an unfortunate touch of Anthony Newley. But all in all a great acting-while-singing performance. HBC's vocals are much weaker and crappier--but she makes up for it with a very strong characterization and "reworking" of the Lovett character. And she does more with "Nothing's Gonna Harm You" than any stage Lovett has ever managed. She's less goofy, less of a doddering crone, and they're both less funny. Then again, Sweeney hasn't ever been a "monster movie" before, and it works damn well.

Really dumb question, but is there dialogue in this film or is it a straight musical from start to finish like "Evita"?

I didn't much care for "Sweeney Todd", the singing was average (Depp was out of his depth on the singing, especially when the kid outsung him quite easily), and the story wasn't all that interesting to me. Now, it does pick up steam in the 3rd act, but overall, not a film I'll revisit in the future.

I give it 2 stars, or a grade of C.

Im kinda pissed off. I went home for christmas and it isnt playing here in Northern California. Guess Ill have to see it when I go back home to LA. Cant wait to see this.

I just got back from an afternoon show, yes there is dialogue but really not a lot, its mostly a musical the whole way through.

As someone who has enjoyed the various stage versions, including the original Broadway production, I was amazed at how well the movie captured the essence of the show. Sure, there have been some cuts, and the interpretations are not the ones that have been traditional - but the result is a breathtaking piece of filmmaking that does justice to Sondheim's masterpiece. I'm already looking forward to heading back for a second viewing.

same here, and I'd love to see a film version of 'Into the Woods'

as for the gore quotent - whoah! even though there's alot of grue, the blood looks like watered down tomato soup and less like total 'realistic' karo syrup film blood - that might have been a prob with the MPAA. Why is this a Dreamworks Warner Bros. collaboration and not a Dreamworks Paramount joint project? To bad the eventual HiDef release of this will be HD-DVD only.

Saw this tonight. I was already excited, as Sweeney Todd is one of my favorite musicals, and I love Burton and Depp. But this blew me away. This is a new Burton classic we have on our hands. He treated the material so respectfully, but without ever being slavish. The only problem I had was with Joanna, who looks like an alien that has made a poor attempt at imitating Christina Ricci.

For what it's worth, the stage version has some dialogue too, not entirely through-sung.

i thought Carter's singing was surprisingly good. Depp's vocals are the weakest in the picture, but the acting, story and visuals more than make up for any not so great singing efforts. i think he did his best for someone who prolly hasn't sung a day in his life. he didn't have powerful vocals, but it certainly was effective and worked for the entire movie. very good movie. not great mind you, but enjoyable nonetheless. a good holiday fare.

Just saw this and I have a new favorite movie.

(And I agree Into The Woods should be a movie as well. In the right hands it could be fantastic.)

Not familiar at all with the stage show, but I really liked the movie... The first few minutes I thought were a bit slow, and I was thinking this isn't going to end well, but then it got going and I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I don't know what it is, but I find HBC strangely attractive.

Why strangely? She's an attractive woman.

Probably has to do with my wife stating how hideous she finds her...