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Sweeney Todd
Sanford 2022-03-21 09:01:19
Not as fantastical as other Tim Burton films, Sweeney Todd is still amazingly beautiful and artistic, although a little too gory for my tasting. Every frame of the film seems carefully coordinated, and every single shot could be made into a poster for the film. Unfortunately, the film loses out in its rather simplistic and one dimensional storyline. The story lack "punches" and depth, at times on the verge of being melodramatic. As a musical, the scores in the film are not as memorable as many other musicals we have seen over the years.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street quotes
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Sweeney Todd: [singing] For what's the sound of the world out there?
Mrs. Lovett: What, Mr. Todd? What, Mr. Todd? What is that sound?
Sweeney Todd: Those crunching noises pervading the air!
Mrs. Lovett: Yes, Mr. Todd! Yes, Mr. Todd! It's all around!
Sweeney Todd: It's man devouring man, my dear!
Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett: And/Then who are we to deny it in here?
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Sweeney Todd: What may I do for you today, sir? A stylish trimming of the hair? A soothing skin massage? Sit, sir, sit.
Judge Turpin: [singing] You see, sir, a man infatuate with love, her ardent and eager slave. So fetch the pomade and pumice stone and lend me a more seductive tone, a sprinkling perhaps of French cologne, but first, sir, I think... a shave.
Sweeney Todd: The closest I ever gave.