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Mrs. Lovett the pie maker played by Helena Bonham Carter
Today spouse, son and I used our Loew's Christmas gift cards to go to the movies. We were following the guidance of the experts whose holiday advice was "Give cash." However, they continued, if you are "unfortunate enough" to be the recipient of a gift card use it tout de suite!
How better to celebrate the beginning of a new year than watching buckets of blood spurting, then cascading downward and finally pooling on the floor? And how often are you going to have a chance to see a film that is both a musical and a horror film?
I highly recommend Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet St. The blood is almost a cartoonish shade of red if you are weak of stomach. I've read that it was deliberately coloured lipstick red and thickened. It's truly not as hard to watch as it would've been if Burton had more realistically rendered the results of the throat slashing(s). And coming from me--a big wuss about stabby things--that's says a lot.
As far as the cannibalism--no one ever knew that they were eating humans save for one person near the end of the film so there weren't scenes of people getting grossed out by their meat pies. :p
Besides, Depp and Bonham Carter completely rock. As do some very good younger singers playing small in-scene-time, but pivotal roles.
Depp's voice was known prior to this because of his involvement in about a dozen rock bands but
I was a little surprised at how much I enjoyed Helena Bonham Carter's performance as I'd read a rather harsh criticism of a song she does (forgot title, sorry) and her voc
al delivery in general. The movie critic criticized Bonham Carter's vocal coach for not correcting her delivery of the song. I don't really get this because I was sort of looking out for a singing part where she was weak and there isn't one--though that could be partly attributed to her excellent rendition of the Mrs. Lovett character.
Sketches from Sweeney Todd (from the NYTimes online story)
Mrs. Lovett the pie maker is played by Helena Bonham Carter, a witchy fixture of (director Tim) Burton’s cinematic universe as well as the mother of his children. If the director has an alter ego, or at least an actor consistently able to embody his ideas on screen, it would have to be Johnny Depp. He was the hurt, misunderstood man-child in Edward Scissorhands, the cracked visionary in Ed Wood and the cold, creepy candy mogul in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in each case giving form to an emotional equation that had never quite been seen on film before. As Sweeney, his hair streaked with white and his eyes rimmed in black, he is an avatar of rage. NYTimes.com
Mrs. Lovett the pie maker played by Helena Bonham Carter
Today spouse, son and I used our Loew's Christmas gift cards to go to the movies. We were following the guidance of the experts whose holiday advice was "Give cash." However, they continued, if you are "unfortunate enough" to be the recipient of a gift card use it tout de suite!
How better to celebrate the beginning of a new year than watching buckets of blood spurting, then cascading downward and finally pooling on the floor? And how often are you going to have a chance to see a film that is both a musical and a horror film?
I highly recommend Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet St. The blood is almost a cartoonish shade of red if you are weak of stomach. I've read that it was deliberately coloured lipstick red and thickened. It's truly not as hard to watch as it would've been if Burton had more realistically rendered the results of the throat slashing(s). And coming from me--a big wuss about stabby things--that's says a lot.
As far as the cannibalism--no one ever knew that they were eating humans save for one person near the end of the film so there weren't scenes of people getting grossed out by their meat pies. :p
Besides, Depp and Bonham Carter completely rock. As do some very good younger singers playing small in-scene-time, but pivotal roles.
Depp's voice was known prior to this because of his involvement in about a dozen rock bands but
I was a little surprised at how much I enjoyed Helena Bonham Carter's performance as I'd read a rather harsh criticism of a song she does (forgot title, sorry) and her voc
al delivery in general. The movie critic criticized Bonham Carter's vocal coach for not correcting her delivery of the song. I don't really get this because I was sort of looking out for a singing part where she was weak and there isn't one--though that could be partly attributed to her excellent rendition of the Mrs. Lovett character.
Sketches from Sweeney Todd (from the NYTimes online story)
Mrs. Lovett the pie maker is played by Helena Bonham Carter, a witchy fixture of (director Tim) Burton’s cinematic universe as well as the mother of his children. If the director has an alter ego, or at least an actor consistently able to embody his ideas on screen, it would have to be Johnny Depp. He was the hurt, misunderstood man-child in Edward Scissorhands, the cracked visionary in Ed Wood and the cold, creepy candy mogul in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in each case giving form to an emotional equation that had never quite been seen on film before. As Sweeney, his hair streaked with white and his eyes rimmed in black, he is an avatar of rage. NYTimes.com
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