At last my arm is complete!9:37 PM
Saturday, February 02, 2008
just finished watching sweeney todd. I thought it was a rather good movie... but that may just be because im a tim burton/johnny depp fan. Well I liked it alot. Its definitely a million times better than charlie and the chocolate factory.
a very classical shakespearean revenge tragedy with song. my only gripe was that it was rather humorless. I liked tim burton's quirky sense of humor. the show just seemed so serious, though there were some funny moments (1 or 2 at most).
the gore is definitely shocking, cos the blood is such a striking bright red.
as for the singing... the guys outperformed the girls tenfold. depp can sing. i dont know why ong sor fern griped about his singing but it was definitely. not as good as ewan mcgregor, but there were some moments where i kept thinking back of moulin rouge. the sailor whatshisname is obviously a trained broadway singer so no problems there. toby was real good too. a promising young musical actor.
now the women sucked. helena bonham carter can just barely sing. the best thing i can say about her singing is that she can carry a tune. other than that her voice is weak and forgettable. acting wise, she's alright i guess. burton could do worse... but he could also do better. however singing wise... it just proves beyond a doubt that the only reason helena got the role was because she is sleeping with burton, as much as I like her as an actress (especially in fight club) I think her recent movies have all been her weakest performances yet.
joanna has an annoying whiny voice. her voice is well trained. but it is a constant mezzo soprano. when she sings, the pitch is so high that glass shatters and dogs start barking. its like fingers scratching on a blackboard... with a tune.
funnily enough the mad beggar woman was the best singer amongst them... and she intentionally sang out of tune too.
and then of course there was borat. with his outrageous accent... its hard to judge his singing.
o well overall good show. decent songs. engaging plot and excellent ending. I don't want to spoil it for everyone but... the ending was good let's just leave it at that.
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Why is there a picture of some boats here? It's because I'm too lazy to link another picture. First I'd have to find a pic which is the right size,
then I have to upload it. Then I have to hope the pic stays there and doesn't get deleted from the image hosting website. Bah leave it as a boat. I'm too lazy to change it.