Sweeny Todd trailer

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http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834155/video/4367764

I think this film is just going to confound people -- I mean really, musicals confuse us enough, this musical has always been complicated and add to that Tim Burton's utter sincerity and Johnny Depp's unavoidable playfulness and woah, this is going to be one uncomfortable heightened reality.

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So excited. I'm dying here. I think Depp is an inspired choice, and it would be so nice to see a Burton movie that wasn't disappointingly slight, though I'm a little concerned about Helena Bonham Carter. She's Mrs. Lovett, right? Can she pull that off? I think of her as very much a dewy girlish mad scene type of actress, and Mrs. Lovett isn't mad. She's clear-eyed, pragmatic (if sentimental), and ruthless. I guess I just won't be able to think of anyone except Lansbury playing her until I see it. Fingers crossed. Hot damn I love that musical, and I'm still kicking myself for not wangling tickets to the one on Broadway last year. This could be a nice consolation prize. From the trailer, the thing looks sort of humorless, but I trust Burton (And Borat! Wut?) to get the laughs in.