Jesus Christ on a crutch@all the comments re: my secret. So, here's a news flash:
I did not go into the movie expecting the stage version. I went in expecting a movie that was based on a musical. I got that. I went in expecting the actors to make me believe they were the characters they were portraying.
And thus is where my disappointment lies.
Yes, Burton works well with Johnny and Helena, but enough already. Johnny is capable of singing. He just didn't seem assed to do it, though. Same with Helena... although I guess if you're the director's domestic partner you can get away with a lot. But they both can do better, and they didn't. I couldn't even enjoy Alan Rickman, whom I fucking adore, because the leads should set the tone and they just didn't.
Johnny, to me, sounded like Jack Sparrow, and with the over-goth look Burton used, he looked a hell of a lot like Edward. So, yeah, disappointed in a good bit but still did enjoy it for what it was: $4 and the price of popcorn for a morning viewing, and no plans to pick it up when it hits DVD.
I mean, fuck it all, people, this is F_S, not Wank-On-The-Posters comm. You can go to JournelFen and get that on Fandom_Wank if you like though....
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I did not go into the movie expecting the stage version. I went in expecting a movie that was based on a musical. I got that. I went in expecting the actors to make me believe they were the characters they were portraying.
And thus is where my disappointment lies.
Yes, Burton works well with Johnny and Helena, but enough already. Johnny is capable of singing. He just didn't seem assed to do it, though. Same with Helena... although I guess if you're the director's domestic partner you can get away with a lot. But they both can do better, and they didn't. I couldn't even enjoy Alan Rickman, whom I fucking adore, because the leads should set the tone and they just didn't.
Johnny, to me, sounded like Jack Sparrow, and with the over-goth look Burton used, he looked a hell of a lot like Edward. So, yeah, disappointed in a good bit but still did enjoy it for what it was: $4 and the price of popcorn for a morning viewing, and no plans to pick it up when it hits DVD.
I mean, fuck it all, people, this is F_S, not Wank-On-The-Posters comm. You can go to JournelFen and get that on Fandom_Wank if you like though....