SWEENEY TODD

GAFF -- What did you think of Sweeney Todd -I'm a fan of Johnny Depp, but not the Sweeney Todd story?
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JOHNNY IS A GENIUS -- JOHNNY WILL BE AS WELL REGARDED AS MARLON BRANDO, WHEN HE RETIRES IN 20 YEARS OR SO -- A GUY WHO CANNOT BE FITTED INTO ANY ONE ROLE -- HE IS SO GREAT IN SO MANY PICTURES - PICTURES THAT WOULD NOT WORK WITHOUT HIM IN THE CAST.

I HAD NEVER SEEN ANY VERSION OF SWEENEY TODD - I DID NOT KNOW WHAT DROVE HIM MAD -- SO THIS WAS ALL NEW TO ME.

I DON'T THINK THE STORY LINE IS GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE MOVIE THEATRE AS IT DID TO THE STAGE PLAYHOUSE AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS A SONG IN THE STORY THAT I WOULD WANT TO HEAR AGAIN - TO ME, THIS IS A SMALL AUDIENCE PICTURE - ALMOST A CULT FILM.

EVEN A LOVE FOR JOHNNY'S WORK, IS NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU FEEL YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE TO COME ON TV - I SAW JUNO AND THEN SAMPLED SWEENEY ON THE SAME TICKET - I NEVER FELT A NEED TO SEE SWEENEY TODD - IF ONE PICTURE HAD NOT STARTED AFTER THE OTHER - I WOULD HAVE SKIPPED THE LONDON MURDER PRESENTATION.

NOW, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, SLEPPY HOLLOW, WILLY WONKA AND THE PIRATES TRILOGY HAD SOME CHARM.

THERE IS NO CHARM IN THIS MOVIE AND WITHOUT KIDS BEING ABLE TO SEE IT -- I CAN'T FIND A REASON TO LEAVE THE HOUSE FOR IT - EVEN THOUGH IT IS WELL MADE, WHO IS HOT FOR THIS FILM ?
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I HAVE A QUESTION --->
DO YOU KNOW WHY THE MAIN CHARACTER, BENJAMIN BARKER, TAKES THE NAME, SWEENEY TODD ?

I ASSUME THERE IS A REASON HE PICKED THAT NAME.