[Nick-Ko-Las Enigma]

~Note not my reviews~
This televised verson of the horror/musical stage play "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" finally makes it to DVD. (Finally, I have a coaster ...)

When I heard about Sweeney Todd, I was thinking about something along the lines of Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Charles Dickens meets Jack The Ripper. I thought wrong. There is no doubt the lyrics are amazingly sharp and the actors are devilishly good, but this DVD is not really a movie; it's a statically filmed version of the 1982 stage play and every single line is delivered in trilling song. This gets really old, really fast.

Pros

* Good lyrics

Cons

* Bo-ring!

regional production review

I'd never seen Sweeney Todd before, or even gotten the full unhappy, bizarre, turgid, pseudo-Wagnerian weight of the plot dumped on my consciousness before. My guess is that, at two-and-a half hours, Sondheim has a real message to deliver, but I'm not sure what; I already knew not to trust judges, or barbers, or fast-food restaurants

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Your mission is to give a reasoned reply and not something that boils down to "The reviewers suck!"

[Salome]

uhm you you are referring to the brillaint 1982 dvd with lansbury and hearn..its one of the finest taped versions of a broadway shows put out on the market. the top notch cast...the music the sets, Sweeney Todd is a perfect musical. the only thing wrong with this version is the cutting of the Judge's Mea Culpa.

[Nick-Ko-Las Enigma]

Indeed, however I did neglect to mention that neither are my reviews. Course right now I am number 11 in line to get the dvd from my public library which has just acquired it.

[Salome]

just buy it at barnes and noble.

[Nick-Ko-Las Enigma]

NAAAAAAAAAA that would be too easy

[Brock07]

Or keep an eye on eBay...I got my copy there brand new and cheep. I think I payed $10 or so, including shipping. It may be more difficult now, with the movie out (I got mine in October), but check it out. It's well worth the price.

[mastachen]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Nick-Ko-Las Enigma has any intention of paying money for it.

If that's the case, just watch it on google videos.

[Brock07]

Oh, and I forgot...

That reviewer sucks.

That is all.

[Nick-Ko-Las Enigma]

[mastachen]

Oh
lol

Well I thought since you're waiting for it at the public library, you were just gonna borrow it.

But still, google videos is a very viable option.

[what_the_heck013]

I saw a review of the film that said something a long the lines of...
"While Sweeney Todd isn't one of Stephen Sondheim's best scores..."

WTF?

I will admit that watching a video recording of a musical can get a little boring... but that's not how it was intended to be seen.

And I'm sure that person wasn't a musical theatre person. Why they did the review, I have no idea, but could you imagine me doing a review of like the super bowl or something... "This is the most poorly acted and awfully choreographed musical in history. They keep bumping in to each other. And the costumes..."

[Kragey]