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Smeghead 01:53 pm UTC 08/16/09 |
| In reply to: | re: rewatched sweeney todd tonight... - RadioMaster 12:55 pm UTC 08/16/09 |
| The best movie musicals have been more faithful. Typical movie goers don't like musicals period. And trying to trick them into seeing them has failed. Watch the trailers for Rent & Sweeney Todd. You'd never know they were musicals. They never ever show a character singing. And they both failed. You can't trick people who hate musicals into seeing one and expect them to be happy about it. If you aren't going to do it right, then don't do it.A Theatrical actor can still act for the screen and not take it over the top. > > > > Burton's changes ruined the show. He stripped out all the > > humor (stuck in a little Burton Humor) and replaced > > singers with people who couldn't sing. I can't stand the > > Burton movie but can watch the Broadway show endlessly... > > I assume youre not a typlical movie goer then. Face it, > the majority of audiences dont want to see a 3 hour > musical on screen. That's exactly the reason why most > msuical-dvds are financial failures. > You have to be brave and do some changes, which was my > initial point, otherwise it will bomb at the box office > just as DOTV did on broadway. > As for the casting: Musical actors and movie actors have > completely different qualities. If you woould cast > professionally trained stage actors, it would be totally > over the top and not suited the big screen. > I'd rather have a really good movie actor who goes through > a bit of musical training instead. That way we wont get > the best version ever, musically, but that's not the point > of it. If I wanted to see that I'd go to the theatre. In > the cinema I want to see a good adaption. > > my 2 cents: dont be afraid of changes! | |
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