Sweeney Todd

The new Tim Burton musical staring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman and Sacha Baron Cohen... is anyone as excited as I am about seeing it?

Here is the official website, with music and clips etc. A new tralier was just released, showing new clips from the movie.

The movie will be released this Friday in the USA, some other countries like Australia.. we'll have to wait until the end of January.

Here's the imdb release dates:

Canada 21 December 2007
USA 21 December 2007
Japan 25 December 2007 (Yurakucho) (premiere)
Japan 7 January 2008 (Kudanminami) (premiere)
UK 10 January 2008 (London) (premiere)
Argentina 17 January 2008
Japan 19 January 2008
France 23 January 2008
Australia 24 January 2008
Hungary 24 January 2008
Netherlands 24 January 2008
Iceland 25 January 2008
New Zealand 25 January 2008
Turkey 25 January 2008
UK 25 January 2008
Hong Kong 31 January 2008
Lebanon 31 January 2008
Portugal 31 January 2008
Denmark 1 February 2008
Singapore 7 February 2008
Brazil 8 February 2008
Egypt 13 February 2008
Estonia 15 February 2008
Spain 15 February 2008
Germany 21 February 2008
Switzerland 21 February 2008 (German speaking region)
Italy 22 February 2008
Norway 22 February 2008
Sweden 22 February 2008
Belgium 27 February 2008
Finland 29 February 2008

Aww cool :) I just know this is going to be amazing.. I uploaded a few of the clips from the movie on listal, mann... Johnny Depp can sing! I love his singing voice...

The whole theme of the movie looks very dark, and you can really tell even from the opening credits that it's Tim Burton's 'style'.. dark, mysterious, bright red blood. Everyone that I have spoke to about this has said that the film has a LOT of blood and gore. But I mean, Sweeney Todd is a murderer, the whole theme is cannibalism, it's hard not to.

I was very excited about this movie too, I love Tim Burton and the whole cast but it looks like I'll be waiting until the end of February, EGADS!!! :o

Maybe I should of flew home to the US for the holidays.

Johnny Depp's singing is amazing, seriously, he had no idea if he could even hit a note. But he pulled it off really well.. I even listen to some of the songs on my iPod ^_^

And I thought Australia had it bad, some people still have to wait until the end of February! =O Still, lucky people in USA and Canada get it tomorrow ='(

Chibiyusa - that's just what it says on imdb, I guess those two places will get it earlier than the rest of Japan, who will get it on the 19th of January?? Oh and yeah, meat pies, that is Mrs Lovett's (Helena Bonham Carter) idea of disposing of the bodies of Sweeney's victims... using them in meat pies. Pretty gruesome.. the opening credits show some of that, even the credits are very bloody.

Hmm, I don't come across too many males that admire Johnny Depp as an actor, probably jealous of his looks =P

According to Amazon, the Sweeney Todd Soundtrack was released on the 18th of December.. and yes, there's loads of clips from the movie on youtube.. various songs and lots of behind the scenes footage. Even on the official website they have released heaps of movie clips and you can listen to some of the songs from the soundtrack. All here.

Just to show how much blood we will be seeing.. here's Sweeney with blood splattered all over him..



=O

...why oh why do I have to live in Finland? D:

Well, actually I'm not a very impatient person so it's okay. :D I'm really looking forward to seeing the movie because it seems pretty amazing! Plus, Johnny and Helena and Alan are all fantastic imho.

Johnny Depp is an awesome actor. A lot of people (including Gene Wilder) were pissed that he took on the role of Willy Wonka but he nailed it outta the park. pretty much all roles he does he puts 150% into it and 'becomes' the character, not just an actor. Very few guys in Hollywood can do that.

I agree with Prelude, he does 'become' the character, and that's why for me he is the best actor ever. Sure, all of his characters are completely different to one another, but it just shows his versatility.. how he can go from someone like Edward Scissorhands, to Jack Sparrow, to Willy Wonka.. even the murdering and mysterious Sweeney Todd.
For me that is one of the greatest things about him, any role given to him he can ace =P

So now we're talking about books? Look.. I don't want to have a debate.. we both respect him as an actor, like you said before. So it's fine with me if you don't agree with me about every aspect of him..

=) Are we good now??

Okay. I'll settle with that :)

I would have no idea about what time they are released in Canada or the US.. I guess you'd just have to check with the cinema you wanted to see it at.. So, Thilian, will you be seeing it soon after it comes out??

Yes, still 25 more days and counting until it is released here in Australia. =( Lots of people are saying it is really good, also that it is very bloody. I think they've made it clear enough that this is a musical and 70% of it is singing.. so why would anyone bother seeing it if they can't stand musicals??

'Harry Potter people'? You mean like the actors? The only one I know of in Sweeney Todd is Timothy Spall.. =S
Who else is in it from Harry Potter?

Oh, my bad, I forgot about them being in Harry Potter =O I guess there are quite a few from HP.. strange :S

Just wondering, is it quite funny aswell? It's just most Depp/Burton films have quite a bit of humour aswell as serious parts to them..?

Oh, right-i-o :) I thought there might be..
Not that that would be one of the main aspects of it, the whole film is really about revenge, singing, and I guess you could call it a horror movie? Anyway.. I still can't wait to see it for myself. It's weird, I've been waiting for so long that it seems impossible for me not to like it.

=)

Hah oh yeah I noticed this before, though.. I like 70 :P
Hey, Chibiyusa, what did you think of Helena's singing?

Lucky Americans.. Yup, unfortunately only 3 countries have it released already..

Hey, what about Sacha Baron Cohen? I've heard that he was really good in Sweeney Todd..?

A magical moment.. Oooooh that just makes me more excited now =P I've seen the clip for 'The Contest', where Sacha is singing.. he's not half bad! =) But I guess it would turn the musical into a comedy if they had him hitting those high notes throughout the movie..

Umm.. actually I haven't seen the whole movie so I don't know about Sacha's singing, and I was asking your opinion, which could be completely different to mine.

Sorry chibiyusa, I'm #69 now ^_^

Thilian, do you mean add vidoes on here? I've already added a few scenes from the movie to listal, the official website has even posted them so you can view them in high quality. They're mostly singing clips, is that what you mean?

Brilliant movie! It was exquisite! :)