Wow! Sorry that you didn't like it. The original musical is around 3 hours long and the characters get a little more leg room, but Burton pretty much captured one stream of the show. (There is a bit more humor in the musical.) Maybe I was in a more blood-thirsty mood. I went back last night.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I just got back in from watching Sweeney Todd with my girlfriend > and my kids. They all liked it pretty well. I was not too impressed. > It looked good. It was typically "Burton" dark. The costumes were > really nice and there are some truly funny moments throughout the > film. Overall, it's just a bore. It's way way way too long and > there's not enough plot or character to carry the length of the film. > Additionally there are no likeable, at least for me, characters. So > while there are some good bits, I just couldn't find enough good > things to bring me into the story. Frankly, if you take out the dark > parts and the gore, and there is a lot of blood, it's just another > generic two dimensional musical with an underdeveloped plot. > > I guess I'm also bummed that I don't go to that many movies at the > theater and I feel like I wasted my money on this one. > > Bosco > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
