So many December movies to look forward to! I'm getting ready for Sweeney Todd. BB, Anthony and I discuss it all the time. BB likes Len Cariou, who first held the title role, because he's such a lyric baritone. I prefer George Hearn because he was so damn frightening. He played in the award-winning Showtime version of ST. Rent it from Netflix, but to be fair, wait to order it until after you see the Johnny Depp version.
No ruddy pirates here!
Random Sweeney finds around the 'nets:
ST as directed by Ivan Reitman ("Ghostbusters"). Yes, it's a parody. Yes, I wrote it. Shut up.
Two other ST parodies, each more weird than the last!
ST Featuring Bryan Adams? WTF? Surely they don't mean this Bryan Adams.
ST: The Website. Never forget. Never forgive. Never turn down your speakers.
ST movie trailer done in the style of Harry Potter. Anthony, I'll just tell you since you don't watch You Tube videos - Sirius Black finally seems evil.
Johnny Depp is reunited with his razor. Voice-wise, the jury is still out ... we may yet be sorry they didn't cast Bryan Adams.
I seem to recall a number of OTHER ST parodies which, oddly, did not get plugged on a certain person's website. Hmmm.
Having worked with George Hearn, and can with some assurance say that he is a fine actor in both musicals and "straght" plays, I still must maintain (based on accumulated evidence from trusted observers) that NO ONE on earth was as scary as Len Cariou waving a razor around during "Epiphany" (Steven Sondheim himself was quoted as saying that "I was glad there was a six foor moat between me and Len").
As for Le Depp: we'll see. I suspect the film will belong far more to Tim Burton and the visual flair he will undoubtedly bring to the screen. And let's not forget the (likely) wonderful presence of Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin!
So I'm willing to give Tim the benefit of the doubt. Until he pisses me off.
Posted by: Anthony | November 29, 2007 at 08:42 AM
I heard the clips and only occasionally cringed when Johnny swallowed his tongue. "I will have vengence". His voice seems pleasant but not powerful or rough enough. This will be mostly moot if his acting can overcome the limitations of his voice.
Posted by: BB | November 29, 2007 at 07:34 PM