Occasional Notes: Best of the Latest
Jason Kuznicki on Apr 1st 2008
The Best:
Blog. Yes, they’re back.
April Fools Articles. At least, I think they are. I mean, I hope they are. I mean… oh just GIVE ME MY ENSLAVED DOG YOGA INSTRUCTOR ALREADY!1!!
Would be nice if he were a robot, too.
Dilemma: If I like Tim Burton but hate Stephen Sondheim, what do I do with the film version of Sweeney Todd?
Filed in The Barracks, The Biosphere, The Bistro, The Bookshelf
(Disclaimer: Haven’t seen the movie):
I’m not usually a fan of Tim Burton. As a director, he just has a tendency to make everything dark and creepy when he should be exercising restraint. (Example: Batman Returns sucks because Catwoman and the Penguin were made circus-freakish instead of film-noirish.)
Sometimes though, despite his total lack of understanding of the material he works with, he stumbles upon success by blind chance. (I thought Sleepy hollow was a decent monster flick). Sweeny Todd seems like the sort of thing that he might not suck too badly at.
And hey, Sacha Baron Cohen! Can’t go wrong there.