I rarely get excited about a movie, but this year I was lucky to get excited about two, and have them both turn out well (the other was The Simpsons). I LOVE Sweeney, Tim Burton, and Johnny Depp, so I had pretty high expectations going in. So to spare a lengthy review, here's just a few things that stood out, without giving anything away...
Oh, and for people that might not know....A. it's a musical, 2. it's not for small children, III. it doesn't have a happy ending. Apparently there's been a lot of surprised people when it comes to that, like the woman in the theatre that immediately said "why is he singing?"...
-I was a little worried when I saw Sasha Baron Cohen in the opening credits, but he was fantastic as Pirelli.
-By the Sea was definitely the best song that translated to film. Just, wonderful, go see it.
-It wasn't like most movie versions of musicals where people pop out of nowhere to do dance numbers. Thank god.
-The only thing that bothered me was the cartoony looking blood/deaths. The blood looked like paint, and there was nothing realistic about how it spurted out everywhere. I got the point of it being so red and standing out, but it looked like paint.
-Alan Rickman. Awesome.
-Production design as a a whole. One of my favorite things about Tim Burton are the worlds that are so damn depressing and sad, but still make you smile.
-Johnny Depp can sing?! Yeah.
I'll probably be seeing it again when I'm back in NY, since it's strangely not playing at the bigger theatres with good sound around here.
Also saw I Am Legend. I liked it. I usually don't like futuristic/zombie/one guy in the whole thing movies, but this one was alright. Not go out of your way to see it good, but definitely worth seeing on the big screen.
What else, what else..... been doing a lot of thinking since back in the barren midwest. It's, eh, interesting. But I think good. More on that later...when I'm back home...
And Happy Festivus to all...
Oh, and for people that might not know....A. it's a musical, 2. it's not for small children, III. it doesn't have a happy ending. Apparently there's been a lot of surprised people when it comes to that, like the woman in the theatre that immediately said "why is he singing?"...
-I was a little worried when I saw Sasha Baron Cohen in the opening credits, but he was fantastic as Pirelli.
-By the Sea was definitely the best song that translated to film. Just, wonderful, go see it.
-It wasn't like most movie versions of musicals where people pop out of nowhere to do dance numbers. Thank god.
-The only thing that bothered me was the cartoony looking blood/deaths. The blood looked like paint, and there was nothing realistic about how it spurted out everywhere. I got the point of it being so red and standing out, but it looked like paint.
-Alan Rickman. Awesome.
-Production design as a a whole. One of my favorite things about Tim Burton are the worlds that are so damn depressing and sad, but still make you smile.
-Johnny Depp can sing?! Yeah.
I'll probably be seeing it again when I'm back in NY, since it's strangely not playing at the bigger theatres with good sound around here.
Also saw I Am Legend. I liked it. I usually don't like futuristic/zombie/one guy in the whole thing movies, but this one was alright. Not go out of your way to see it good, but definitely worth seeing on the big screen.
What else, what else..... been doing a lot of thinking since back in the barren midwest. It's, eh, interesting. But I think good. More on that later...when I'm back home...
And Happy Festivus to all...
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