More film and music comments... Sweeney Todd from 30 years ago...

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2007)

30 years ago? This story is older than that. There's no place like London...
Somewhere along the line, the story made a quantum leap to LIFE... the characters became alive from their relatable drives and passions. It's probably the songs, but maybe something more from the ... poetics? Imagine a new movie delivering this level of musical intensity. (I probably wouldn't recognize it until 30 years later.) ..anyway...
The CONTEXT in which a standard song like Pretty Women is delivered adds to it another dimension, both hilarious and intense.
Following the what, the coitis interruptus at the barber chair between the barber and his customer, there's the rage, then the waltz, then the great montage, one of my favorite musical moments, which begins with a reprise of the song, Johanna, as an intro to a new song and a series of throat slicings, followed by the re-opening of the pie shop...
I'll bet Ms. Bonham Carter has a nasal Broadway vocal somewhere in her. Anyway, she's so cute and scary... the whole cast is that ...
The film is a great addition to the basic great score which includes a miraculous book. I am a fan of REAL TIME... Many shattering events follow from the song, "No One's Going to Harm You" to the ending credits, and they basically happen in REAL TIME...
Allan Rickman is remarkable, a great vulnerable foil for Johnny Depp, who appears as someone already familiar to many of us.
Sasha Borat Cohen still needs to play Saddam Hossain...
The film magnificently delivers the orchestral strains of the score.
The voices work well. Good sound blend! This film successfully layers a new level of creativity upon the other layers.
It's a good new film from Warner Brothers! Congratulations Mr. Burton and Mr. Sondheim!