Sweeney Todd and Watchmen are the two upcoming screen adaptations that I'm most looking forward to. That said, I am much, much, much more excited about Sweeney Todd. What's my problem, you ask? Well, while Geeknerd deservedly focuses on comics, movies and games, the truly GREATEST popular art of our lifetime is the work of composer Stephen Sondheim, and Sweeney Todd is his masterpiece. And while this blog doesn't cover theater geekery, trust me, this movie is going to blow all the expectations of all non-belivers to ribbons. When Johnny Depp as Sweeney gets going, he'll show those torture-porn directors what blood-letting is really about.
Granted, Tim Burton hasn't made a great film in over a decade. But I have it on good authority that the Sweeney movie does justice to the genius of the source, and this poster sure strikes the right tone. Maybe Tim used up all his Brilliance Points on Ed Wood back in 1994, and it's taken till now to build them back up again. This poster from Comic Con strikes exactly the right tone.
Image via JustJared.
Check out the Watchmen teaser poster after the jump.
The Watchmen poster I'm less impressed by. While this poster also classes it up by using a new image from artist Dave Gibbons, at this point all I care about is seeing is what this cast of young'ins is going to look like in action. Nice of of them to align themselves with the source material for all to see, but it really is a teaser in the meanest sense of the word. Give us costumes!
Image via Newsarama via some cool dude's Flickr account.
2 comments:
Um.... did anybody notice that Sacha Baron Cohen is in Sweeney Todd? How did THAT slip by me?
Yeah, kinda weird...there was a persistent rumor that he'd be "rapping" Pirelli's song, but I think we all know that's bullshit. Someone probably just mischaracterized the talk-sing rhythm of the verses. Anyway, SBC looks the part, don't you think? I think he'll do fine.
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