Oh, lord. Is Burton directing?

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42800

Oh my god. Can I please be sick of Johnny Depp already?

Trailer for Tim Brton's Sweeney Todd.  Yes, there is singing.

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834155/video/4367764

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

Hmm... I think that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was one of Depp's weakest performances. It was just weird and creepy; much closer to Michael Jackson than Willy Wonka. I thought that was going to be a great movie, but the whole thing was off, nothing was quite like it should have been. Bad special effects too. Thank god he released Corpse Bride the same year, which more than made up for it. I think that he's an excellent actor though. And yes, I actually am really excited about Sweeney Todd, I wasn't being sarcastic. I've been a huge Burton fan since I was 8 or 9, so I always look forward to anything he releases (even after the trio of disappointing films: "Planet of the Apes, "Big Fish", and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". The R rating is also a plus for me; Burton seems to have gone kind of soft ever since Batman Returns, and his cruel and wicked sense of humor has been kind of toned down, except for Sleepy Hollow. This film looks like it could bring back the edgy, almost cruel side of the director in his earlier days, in films like Beetlejuice and Batman, which is exactly what this kind of story needs. I think Johnny Depp's one of the best actors today, even if he isn't really stretching his boundaries right now; it's been a while since he made a film that wasn't "Pirates" or Tim Burton. I'm slightly more relaxed about the musical numbers now that I've heard that Sondheim auditioned the actors himself. However, I also heard that Depp didn't actually sing in Corpse Bride though, so if he's not even as good as the guy who dubbed him...

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

With the exceptions of the "pretty good" From Hell, Blow and Once Upon a Time in Mexico nothing could have redeemed Depp in my eyes after Man Who Cried and Chocolat. I endured Pirates I, but skipped everything else but The Libertine (for Wilmot's story, not Depp.)  Dude is just hard to avoid these days.

Likewise, I gave up on Burton with Planet of the Apes.

Gah!  How did Sweeney Todd end up in my Netflix queue and why in God's name did I watch it?!

It could have been a decently spooky/queer movie as a non-musical.  At least you could mute Cry Baby and still enjoy the view. 

I liked Sweeney Todd. The singing sometimes got annoying (Joanna), but overall the story was good (although I understand it was the same as the Sondheim musical) and it was fun enough.

I like Depp aswell, although the Pirates films got very boring very quickly.

And I'm looking forward to Burton's Alice In Wonderland. I like all of Burton's films. It's just that a lot of them (Mars Attacks, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, Planet of the Apes) don't really stand up to rewatching. Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood are far and away the best.

Fec, where can I pick up the Dark Shadows box set? (1200+ episodes, 5 per disk, what 240 discs?)

I remember it was one of the few things I was forbiden to watch when I was a kid so naturally the first chance I got on it went.  My reaction, predictably enough, was 'what's the big deal?'  Wonder if I'd have a different opinion now.

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

I almost spit my Coke Zero out everytime I read one of your posts, redbear.

Glad you are a member here.

Johnny Depp is an awesome actor, but he has become ridiculously overexposed and needs to go back to making small independent edgy films.
 

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

 No spit takes on the hardware please.

Wait, am I in the right thread?

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu