I'll regret not seeing Sweeney Todd in theater. But still, it's one of the best movies and the best musical I have ever seen (and I generally hate musicals.)
And who else thinks Mrs. Lovette is awesome?
GhostontheNet wrote:I just watched through it. It was pretty good but it really made me angry, probably in the right ways. It was interesting to see how the typical Tim Burton themes of political corruption and class warfare played out in this film. It was like, in a world where the rich devour the poor to bolster themselves, Sweeney Todd and his accomplices discover that the road to economic success in the meatpie and barber business in industrialized capitalist London is to adopt tactics of cutthroat competition, corner novel and inexpensive sources of exotic meats, and industrialize the manufacturing process. I second what the others said, this movie is rather bloody, and besides which is filled with a good deal of macabre black humor. The whole thing is like The Barber of Seville gone horribly wrong and turned into a tragi-comedy of innocence lost.
Its interesting you would think of it that way, that was actually one of the parts of the movie I found most disturbing. The way the blood was produced seemed to me to be.... very dirty. Sweeney Todd's bedside manner with the gentlemen who sat in his chair waiting for a close shave seems to suggest that he is disposed to skip over the petite mort ("little death") in favor of of the grand mort ("grand death"), although he promised to be gentle and that it wouldn't hurt. Anyone who thinks I'm oversexualizing things should recall the scene from Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands where all the ladies of the town are pondering what "he could do.... or undo" with his scissorhands and looking just a little too excited about his haircuts. If anyone missed the point, later in the movie Edward's neighbor and employer, Joyce, attempts to seduce him on the barber's chair. The many parallels between Edward Scissorhands and Sweeney Todd make it likely these two are connected.ilikegir33 (post: 1216286) wrote:Ya, rent it. Like I said b4 in the original thread it's got a bit of violence with bloody results but the blood's like red paint! Still, it's a great movie that deserved its Best Picture Golden Globe win.
I can't really spell it out, putting it explicitly would probably get this thread closed in a jiffy. Run a search on Wikipedia for "la petite mort" and my meaning should become more clear. But in general, Horror directors and those influenced by them (i.e. Tim Burton, who grew up watching classic horror movies) have a sneaky tendency to eroticise certain death scenes, and Sweeney Todd is no exception.Shao Feng-Li (post: 1216373) wrote:I'm... Not even sure what you mean XD
Probably not. I only mentioned it because I thought it was one of the most iffy parts of the movie. If someone has good reasons why I'm misinterpreting things I would be glad to hear them, however.ShiroiHikari (post: 1216391) wrote:...Interesting. Though...should we be going down this road?
GhostontheNet (post: 1216384) wrote:I can't really spell it out, putting it explicitly would probably get this thread closed in a jiffy. Run a search on Wikipedia for "la petite mort" and my meaning should become more clear. But in general, Horror directors and those influenced by them (i.e. Tim Burton, who grew up watching classic horror movies) have a sneaky tendency to eroticise certain death scenes, and Sweeney Todd is no exception.
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