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I have a list.
a] Johnny Depp's character in this is just a mix between Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands, with a little vengeance thrown in. Not ordinary men, agreed? Sweeney's supposed to be a regular guy who you could pass on the street, bump into and move on... He wouldn't have crazy hair or the like.
b] Mrs. Lovett is supposed to be warm and grandmotherly. Helena Bonham Carter is nonesuch character. All she's playing is Bellatrix all over again, minus the laughter.
c] I see no reference to the plot between Johanna and Anthony. I know it's only a preview, but that's still a major part of the musical, and I'll be very unhappy if I don't see it.
d] They focus too much on the past in this. Sweeney's supposed to be all about vengeance, not all about feeling remorse and regret about his past. Yes, there's a little bit of that in the original, but they move on after the first couple songs.
e] The set's all over the place! In the street, in a courtroom... I don't know about any of you, but I loved the fact that they did so much with the show on that little set they had.
Now, I know that it will still probably be an okay movie, but it just doesn't have the magic and thrill that the original Sweeney had. And I don't really appreciate the fact that tons of Tim Burton fans will see this and then say they are Sweeney Todd fanatics and then raid Hot Topic for buttons with pictures of old-fashioned razors on them.