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I need to stop watching Sweeney Todd, I do.
This does not mean that I will not be there with bells on when my roomie wants to go. Because it was lovely and I finally got to see instead of listening to the soundtrack and making sad noises about how fast it left Broadway last time it was there.
I don't know about anyone else, really, but I kind of like having people who are somewhat unpracticed in the roles when I go to see a musical turned into a film. It gives it a certain, strange level of authenticity.
Mind you, I don't think there should be off-key caterwauling or anything - it is still meant to be a musical, but the human imperfection of the actor's voices kind of lends that humanity to the characters. When you go to Broadway, you go for the voices - but when you go to the movie theater, you go for the acting. The characters just happen to be people who live in a world where bursting into spontaneous song and dance is part of everyday life, and not everyone on the planet is going to be perfect at it.
But off of that - Mm, the colors. I'm such a sucker for pretty cinematography - the panning shots over the tiny, sooty little Burton-London (The camera going through the chimney smoke made me squeak like the dork I am.) and the winding shots through the alleyways and the sudden bursts of bright colors in 'By the Sea' and Johnny just being simply gorgeous. (Hey, I never said I wasn't petty too.)
Watching my dad visibly cringe every single time someones skull cracked on the floor made me giggle too. He's such a chicken.
In short: Mmm. Now if it would just come back to Broadway and stay there long enough for me to be able to afford tickets before it disappears on me again.
This does not mean that I will not be there with bells on when my roomie wants to go. Because it was lovely and I finally got to see instead of listening to the soundtrack and making sad noises about how fast it left Broadway last time it was there.
I don't know about anyone else, really, but I kind of like having people who are somewhat unpracticed in the roles when I go to see a musical turned into a film. It gives it a certain, strange level of authenticity.
Mind you, I don't think there should be off-key caterwauling or anything - it is still meant to be a musical, but the human imperfection of the actor's voices kind of lends that humanity to the characters. When you go to Broadway, you go for the voices - but when you go to the movie theater, you go for the acting. The characters just happen to be people who live in a world where bursting into spontaneous song and dance is part of everyday life, and not everyone on the planet is going to be perfect at it.
But off of that - Mm, the colors. I'm such a sucker for pretty cinematography - the panning shots over the tiny, sooty little Burton-London (The camera going through the chimney smoke made me squeak like the dork I am.) and the winding shots through the alleyways and the sudden bursts of bright colors in 'By the Sea' and Johnny just being simply gorgeous. (Hey, I never said I wasn't petty too.)
Watching my dad visibly cringe every single time someones skull cracked on the floor made me giggle too. He's such a chicken.
In short: Mmm. Now if it would just come back to Broadway and stay there long enough for me to be able to afford tickets before it disappears on me again.