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I love all of these so much for different reasons Angela Lansbury originated the role so obviously she's amazing. her mrs Lovett is very funny and scatterbrained and almost child like Patti Lupone and the guy who plays Todd have much good chemistry together and it seems darker but still a really funny show the movie version took out all of the funny parts and made it super dark which I also really love
Personally Angela is my favorite for the mere reason I love the idea that their having fun with the people's deaths happy from the fact their making business
The movies my favorite because the songs are incredibly well done and fun fact. The mechanical chair in the movie was actually built on set. And Johnny Dep was an incredible sweeny
Well, Sondheim himself played a big part in the making of the movie and he didn't want it to seem too theatrical so he wanted the actors to keep it as simple as possible.
Keep in mind when you're on stage you have to do everything large because if you don't people aren't going to see you but in a movie every little detail gets picked up so its understandable as to why they're a lot calmer in the movie. In the movie Burton was going for more of a calm, dead inside kind of appeal. Because that's just Tim Burton's style, calm, dark, yet sinister. If they were laughing and making jokes it just wouldn't seem like it belonged to Tim Burton.
Chickens8 I was responding to cheergirl chelsey who implied that all of the movie's decisions were acceptable just because Sondheim "played a big part in making the movie". Or were you so set on snarking at me that you didn't read that part?
many people get into musicals because of movies but I suggest everyone to see a staged production of the show at least once. the stage shows are usually MUCH better.
Everyone talks about which one is best and compare them all but honestly I love how all of them exist together at the same time I find that to be a beautiful thing even if you are partial to one over the other
I've owned all three of these DVD's for years. As a voice student I was told to study how Hearn had worked to solve the 'problems' of the role (which lies a bit low for him) in the almost 20 years between the performances. Fascinating to hear how he had worked it out.
When Sweeney realizes what Lovett is trying to explain, it’s hilarious in the musical. I like the movie the best but that’s just because it’s the first one I saw.
Obviously the movie version is gonna be diff from the overdramatic musicals. Ms Lovett from the movie portrayed a more calm, dark/goth psychopath who wasn't supposed to be seen as comical.
@@richardmayora1289 I've been listening to the original Broadway cast recording lately and...I can't agree. Of course, by just listening you're missing half of the performance, but Cariou's Sweeney just feels too subdued (although still miles better than Depp). For example, Hearn's raw and powerful "AT LAST MY ARM IS COMPLETE AGAIN" at the end of "My Friends" complements the huge musical crescendo leading up to it so much better than Cariou's quieter reading. Same with "Epiphany" - I think Hearn's more manic reading fits the material better. I also think Hearn and Lansbury made a better pairing than Cariou and Lansbury. No, to me Hearn is Sweeney, just barely keeping all that rage contained. My biggest issue with the movie is that it's a _musical_ , dammit, cast people who can freaking _sing_ . Depp and Bonham-Carter sing like "oh, yeah, that's right, this is a musical, we need to put these lines to some kind of a melody, I guess." Just ... _flaccid_ , boring. There's subdued, and then there's stoned.
@@johnbode5528 It sounds as though you did not actually SEE Cariou. I saw both...Several times. Hearn overacts and unfortunately sings like he's in a 1930s opera with that over the top style which compromises the acting. Hearn is also a ham. Cariou seethed and had many more layers.
Lansbury and caribou are the definitive version. Saw it the day the bridge came down. They had to bring the lights up and move it. Lupone was lupone, but she was with cervaris who helped, but nowhere near Hal prince’s staging. He was a genius.
mzmiller52 As a seventeen year old it’s kind of hard to imagine how Cariou would have performed but thankfully the national tour cast was recorded and we have plenty of Hearn to see. It’s truly a tragedy that there’s no official recording of Cariou. But we can all agree that Lansbury was the best Lovett.
I don't know why a lot of people don't like the movie version but I love it. I am a huge fan of Tim Burton films and the film I fell in love with. I personally like that the characters are more calm, it shows that while they are going bat shit crazy they are still human and damaged humans at that. While Helena might have been a little too calm and flat I think Johnny Depp's performance was pretty great.
1: They cut The Ballad of Sweeney Todd. I get why they did it, but the cut doesn't work for me one bit, particularly when they cannibalize one of the lyrics--"He'd seen how civilized men behave; he never forgot and he never forgave"--for the print advertisements--"Never forget. Never forgive." 2: This is just a personal issue, but Johnny Depp is one of the handful of actors I simply cannot watch without cringing. I'm sure he's a great guy, is kind to animals, and helps little old ladies across the street, but I just haven't been able to stand the man in anything I've seen him in.
Sabrina Deitrick 1) They cut the Ballad of Sweeney Todd, and all following reprises. Yeah, they were cut for time, but what it loses, is that this story is meant to be a cautionary tale, like Aesop's Fables. You shouldn't let revenge consume you, because it could literally kill you. You take that out, and it feels like a bad horror flick that someone decided to put songs in to. 2) Carter and Depp are terrible singers. Sure, they may have gotten brief vocal lessons, but they just fall flat in comparison to George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Angela Landsbury, Len Cariou, Bryn Terfel, or hell, even Emma Thompson. And Alan Rickman doesn't fare any better either. 3) Carter and Depp's subdued acting. Subdued is putting it nicely, they behave as though they just popped a bunch of Valium, and overall their performances feel very phoned in. Todd and Lovett are meant to be unhinged characters from the start, they're supposed to be loud, bonkers, *not* sedate and boring! The only time I've seen a reserved Todd done well, was Michael Cerveris in the 2005 revival. His Todd was quiet, but he had those bursts of aggression that made you believe he was courting a more violent, sinister side underneath the surface. Depp is just boring. He never seems to emote much, and like Carter, he just kinda seems to float from scene to scene, not offering much. Not just that, but as opposed to the movie, the stageplays all seem to understand the tongue-in-cheek nature of the play. It's about an unhinged barber, his senile landlady/partner in crime, slaughtering people and baking them into pies (hell, the extended lyrics of A Little Priest are meant to be ridiculous and funny, "How bout Rear Admiral?" "No no, too salty!"). Sure it has some unsettling moments, but you're meant to laugh too. With the movie? Nope! We gotta be serious and edgy ALL THE TIME, otherwise no one will take us seriosly! Take us seriously damn it, we're scary! It's like Tim Burton forgot dark comedy was a legitimate concept, and went head on into seriousness, no one can be funny ever!
I absolutely love how all of the actors demonstrate how they make their role totally their own, putting on it their personal stamp and artistic prowess.
Stop being rude to the movie. I believe it was a wonderful homage to the play and it wasn’t intended to be as theatrical as the play, rather a slightly more realistic version.
It's Proust, read a little Proust. Haven't you got Rowling or something like that? No you see the problem with Rowling is all of the plots come unloosed... Stick to Proust!
Stage and film are very different mediums. Movie actors don't have to project to the cheap seats. The camera is their audience. If you want to see what happens when the adjustment isn't made, watch the movie version of The Producers. Sweeney Todd is Tim Burtons finest film and his choice of Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter for the leads was a good one.
Did you see the original on Broadway? The original was so dark that when I went to see it for the forth time and sat very close, I was almost in tears with fear. The details of the design alone were VERY dark.
ver a Angela landsbury, cantando, es algo sublime. no creo que sea posible comparar la obra de teatro con el cine, si bien las interpretaciones de jonny deep y Helena bonhan-Carter, me parecen estupendas, la obra de teatro es exquisita.
Hearn and lansbury are the embodiment of characters, they just have that magic when they act and sing together. Many have tried non have ever been able to come close . I applaud Depp for attempting. I think when they made the movie they should have casted Hearn and lansbury again .a little make up and some cgi could made them look more youthful. At least the audience could have witnessed true theatrical greatness.
Yeah, but it’s so disappointing here because I love how George Hearn just breaks the awkward silence with “HA!!” I can kind of see how that would probably blow everyone’s ears off on the movie theater with how quiet the rest of the movie is XD
Aside from a few moments, your edits and timing plus the song itself gives this mixture some level of harmony strangely enough. The only exception is dropping from the brashness and loudness of the stage form or concert to Burton's decent but dreary adaptation
TJ Atkins This is the first time I’ve enjoyed a performance by Patty LuPone. I’ve seen her on Broadway multiple times but thought her to be overrated. I find her vocal ability technically perfect but lacking in emotion. Are there other videos you enjoy of her that you might suggest? I’d appreciate it. Thanks
To me I can't help but see the play versions just having fun making puns. Kinda wish the movie has a lighter tone after seeing the play but the movie was my introduction so it'll forever hold a special place.
let’s all agree that angela lansbury was BORN to play this part, she’s perrrfect in it. i love patti, and she’s terrific, but it kinda doesn’t suit her, she’s too perfect and this part requires one to let go a bit of that. helena was wonderful as mrs lovett as well tho she was lacking the punny bit. all them three are just BEASTS and i love em to bits, but mrs lansbury just kills it 🙌🏼💗
I think the reason they cut back on the humor in the film adaptation was because supposed to be watching the tale of Sweeney Todd firsthand. The stage version is very self-aware-!; basically tells you “we’re just actors telling you a horror story, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have any fun with it.”
@@margiedotlich4014 Not here. On the cast album it's Len, and there's an old bootleg video recording floating around with Len as Sweeney, but the Sweeney in the pro-shot featured here was George Hearn. The pro-shot had some original cast members in the roles they originally played (Angela, Ken Jennings, and Edmund Lyndeck), but not everyone.
this is such a showstopper with wit and fun: Angela and LuPone (and also Emma Thompson in a really great clip) did such great jobs with Mrs. Lovett - too bad Tim Burton took it to a different direction that took out all the energy and vim of the piece. This should have been a memorable scene in the movie but it’s so dull that I hardly remembered it.
Lansbury hands down. Period. Full Stop. Look at the musicalily, the nuances and slight comic pauses. She gets every drop our of this wonderful number that she possibly can. Lupone is always Lupone first and Bonham Carter is as interesting as roadkill.
The movie is very flat. Bonham-Carter and Depp make choices which was way too small. She is downright boring and the film lacks suspense. They should never have cut Kiss Me which adds a lot of tension. The juvenile leads were boring and on stage, they were very compelling.
Imelda Staunton's Mrs. Lovett and Michael Ball's Sweeney Todd are a dangerous combination of quick wit and charm but creepiness at the same time: (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ryF2rt0hQiM.html). They are my definitely favorite! :D
Mrs Lansbury’s all the way! Zany, demented and odd! Mrs Lupone’s is too... “singy” in my opinion, if that makes sense... too virtuoso for the part. Mrs Bonham Carter’s version is too meek for my taste...
No, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter aren´t trained singers. BUT in my opinion they both have nice, emotional voices which are very pleasant to listen to. It´s my favorite version of Sweeney Todd 🖤
as much as i love angela and helen, angela’s lovett is a bit too comical for my taste and helen’s is a bit too serious. patti’s is a perfect mix of both. edit: i also understand that angela often has more comical roles (ruth from pirates of penzance, mrs potts from beauty and the beast, etc.) and that the movie naturally wouldn’t have to be as dramatic as the plays, with the benefit of editing magic. i love all of their versions, but i don’t think anyone could top patti’s version in my opinion. they’re all incredible in their own ways! i really love this musical 💞
im sorry to piss off all the hipster theater kids but the tim burton version of this show is fucking fantastic and i truly believe better than the stage.
