Sweeney Todd...
'It is billed as a gripping tale of betrayal, butchery and blood.
But for hardened horror film fans flocking to see the blockbuster movie 'Sweeney Todd' thee is one surprise they never saw coming- ITS A MUSICAL!!!!!!
So shocked have some cinemagoers been to see lead character Johnny Depp burst into song within the first few seconds that they have been walking out of the cinema.
They claim that adverts and trailers released to promote the Tim Burton directed movie about the Demon Barber Of Fleet Street have been edited to give no hint that its almost entirely sung.
Instead it shows the lead actors -Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and Sacha Baron Cohen- delivering the sparse handful of spoken lines that appear in the film.
Such is the strength of feeling there have been calls for Trading Standards and Advertising Standards Agency to investigate. Richard Brunton who runs the website Fiilmstalker, believes thestudio has played down the movies overwhelmingly musical content because of fears that it will put off the punters.
'When the UK trailer came out there was nothing in it that pointed it out as being a musical,' he said. 'I would say the advertising has been blatantly misleading and i assume that the feeling was that less people would pay to see a musical so it would be better to sell it as a horror movie.'
American movie magazine Entertainment Weekly added' The commercials that hide the singing are crafty enough that they might lure a good number unsuspecting folks. Most people dont take kindly to being tricked'
WHAT? Trailers....tricking people to believe a film is actually different to what it is??
I mean, Atonement's trailer made it look REALLY GREAT, but the film was crap... does that mean I can sue?
But for hardened horror film fans flocking to see the blockbuster movie 'Sweeney Todd' thee is one surprise they never saw coming- ITS A MUSICAL!!!!!!
So shocked have some cinemagoers been to see lead character Johnny Depp burst into song within the first few seconds that they have been walking out of the cinema.
They claim that adverts and trailers released to promote the Tim Burton directed movie about the Demon Barber Of Fleet Street have been edited to give no hint that its almost entirely sung.
Instead it shows the lead actors -Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and Sacha Baron Cohen- delivering the sparse handful of spoken lines that appear in the film.
Such is the strength of feeling there have been calls for Trading Standards and Advertising Standards Agency to investigate. Richard Brunton who runs the website Fiilmstalker, believes thestudio has played down the movies overwhelmingly musical content because of fears that it will put off the punters.
'When the UK trailer came out there was nothing in it that pointed it out as being a musical,' he said. 'I would say the advertising has been blatantly misleading and i assume that the feeling was that less people would pay to see a musical so it would be better to sell it as a horror movie.'
American movie magazine Entertainment Weekly added' The commercials that hide the singing are crafty enough that they might lure a good number unsuspecting folks. Most people dont take kindly to being tricked'
WHAT? Trailers....tricking people to believe a film is actually different to what it is??
I mean, Atonement's trailer made it look REALLY GREAT, but the film was crap... does that mean I can sue?