Quick Take On Sweeney Todd
Quick Take On Sweeney ToddTalk about some unfinished business.
I completely neglected to even mention that I caught the silver screen version of "Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street" the day it opened widely on December 21. "Sweeney Todd" is, of course, based upon the Stephen Sondheim stage musical masterpiece on the overextension of revenge.
To put it simply -- and at the risk of sounding like a cliché -- Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd" is truly a ripping, bloody good film that left a surprising lump in my throat.
But what's with the androgynous Anthony Hope as portrayed by Jamie Campbell Bower? He was far creepier than Johnny Depp's excellent turn as the title character or Helena Bonham Carter's downright delicious take on Mrs. Lovett.
This flick deserves all the accolades that it's receiving. Hopefully that can turn into a little box office gold. The movie has already taken in approximately $30,609,858 during its first two weeks in release, but it's only showing on about a third of the screens as the top films of the week (1249 to be exact).
This is Steve On Broadway (SOB).
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Labels: Film, Helena Bonham Carter, Jamie Campbell Bower, Johnny Depp, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, Tim Burton
posted by Steve On Broadway (SOB) @ Thursday, January 03, 2008
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