Menolly wrote:I had to laugh at the placement of "props" whenever Beowulf stripped down.
The manager mentioned that scene specifically. He said he saw a woman actually leaning to the side to see around the 'props'!
As for Sweeney Todd, I really don't want to say too much, but I'll say a little. I haven't seen the play, so I don't know how true the film was to that, but I liked it. A lot. I'm not a fan of musicals, but this one worked for me. There was a lady sitting behind me that thought it was the worst movie she ever saw, but bofore it started, I overheard her talking about
The Notebook, and she thought that was the best movie ever, which is insane.
The Notebook was incredibly lame and predictible, and the heavy-handed use of every cliche from every romance movie ever made....well, it made me want to puke, and I'm a guy that does not shy away from romantic chick-flicks; hell, I love stuff like
Moonstruck and
Lost In Translation. Anyway, my point here is is you're a fan of most musicals, or really love
The Notebook, or are squeamish about blood (this is a Tim Burton film, after all), then there's a chance you won't like this. On the other hand, if you enjoy dark comedy with Shakespherian overtones (is that redundant?), you're going to love this film.
And yes, Angelina Jolies' twins got three thumbs up from me.
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Meh, that's another topic entirely.
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