Watching Sweeney Todd (2007) FOR THE FIRST TIME!! || Movie Reaction!
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- Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction! This movie definitely had an impact on me, didn't talk nearly as much as most movie reactions, but Sweeney Todd was really disturbing to me haha.
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Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction! See you next for a surprise movie!!
I wonder what it is
Nice
Can't wait for the surprise
Hoping it's James and the Giant Peach
So the knives Sweeney Todd uses are called straight-edge razors and they were very popular 50 plus years ago, however they are extremely dangerous to use without proper training, I’m sure you noticed that while watching.
“She can’t be putting cats into pies, I must have missed something”
People familiar with Sweeney Todd: “Trust me, it gets worse.”
Lovett actually wasn't, she thought it was revolting. Lol. Ironic
@@fightingfaerie yes but Mrs. Mooney was, and that was the point.. and actually Ms. Lovett DID try to use cats, but they were too fast for her to catch.
"And I'm telling you, them pussy cats is quick"
My favorite scene was Nick's face at the sudden realization when he understood what Mrs. Lovett wanted to do with the Italian Barber's body.
@@MsPandacakes I thought she was just lying by saying Mrs. Mooney used cats when she really meant she used cats like when people say "i have a fried who has this problem..." when they're just talking about themselves. It would explain why her meat tastes so bad, why she knows cats are fast, and why it was so easy for her to suggest using human meat. It'd already be down her lane to suggest stranger meat options if she were already using strange meat.
@@KartalaBreednah, she was jealous that Mrs Mooney was doing it and getting customers, the line about the cat being quick implies she tried to do it too so she'd get more customers, but couldn't catch one so she pretended she was against it.
Casting: Tim how many Harry Potter actors do you want?
Tim Burton: Yes
I know, right? Five overall, that’s incredible!
He even got in a couple actors that weren't in the franchise back then, but are now 😂
@@user-kv5jk5dg5n And on top of that there's a "Mrs. Mooney" ;D
@@user-kv5jk5dg5n 5? i only counted 3
@@saklee1777 Helena Bonham Carter - Bellatrix
Alan Rickman - Snape
Timothy Spall - Peter Pettigrew
Jamie Campbell Bower - Gellert Grindelwald
Johnny Depp - Gellert Grindelwald
Nick: That’s actually so screwed up! She puts cats in her pies?
Me: *starts sweating* Well the good news is she stops…
Actually she's talking(singing) about another pie maker she knows that she heard puts cats in her pies. And states that's revolting and she'd never do it. So its ironic when she decides to use people in her pies.
@@fightingfaerie Oh. I was just going off of what I learned from James A Janisse.
well actually, there is some ppl that do eat cats in real life. i think it was chinese or some type oriental culture its normal. but its always been known as messed up in the UK
@@saklee1777 humans consume 🤷🏻 when you gotta eat you gotta eat. Meats meat
@@saklee1777 pretty sure there is still a district that eats dogs is swizterland. and in war time or time when food was extra low, people did eat cats and dogs. besides cattle, cats and dogs are the next to go, then rats and lizards and bugs. then comes cannibalism.
R.I.P. Stephen Sondheim. This is probably one of his best musicals. Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman do incredible performances in this!
Johanna (and the reprises) are some of my favourite songs from musicals.
I also love Into the Woods. I'm pretty sure that's one of Sondheim's.
I didn’t know he died :c aww RIP he was great 🤧❤️🔥💯
@@kiraalldredge48 yes it is however when disney got the rights to do a movie for it you knew it wasn't going to be dark however into the woods is much darker than the movie was
@@kiraalldredge48 YES it is
"What is with the abuse of children in this movie?"
Is not the movie it-self, the movie is actually pretty accurate. In that historical period of time, especially in the poor class of the population, children were treated like adults, they were considered mini adults and they were expected to understand and behave as such. The mentality was different. And as for the beatings, even today there are parents who think that beating their children makes them grow up well, abusing children has always been normal behavior in families, beating a child is easier than talking to him and explaining to him what is right and what is not. Talking to him requires patience and empathy and not a lot of people have these skills.
Thanks so much for explaining!
And don’t ever read Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” if this bothers you.
@@katpiercemusic Isn't that satire? Or am I thinking of something else?
@@LadyFeline3 Yes, but it's not apparent to everyone. It's very much not apparent to everyone, because it's satire based on a culture that absolutely devalued the lives of children, an Irish children in particular. I remember my English teacher handing it out at the end of the year as a lark. I had already read it, and apparently I was the only one because the two of us kind of just watched everyone else's reactions and the absolute horror on their faces as they realized what was happening. It took most of the read for AP English students to get it.
I should link you some funny vids of babboons/monkeys hitting each other.
Anyway, I agree with you. Abusing people, no matter their age, is just unacceptable.
I hope you know Nick that the man who wrote this musical is the late Stephen Sondheim. He passed away recently and at 91, left an impact on how musical theatre is sung. So yes it’s scary but his music is an absolute genius 💚
One of my faves. His musicals are brilliant and he wasn’t afraid to tackle the heavier side of life with his music.
Now of course as well as 'Into the Woods' Nick is going to have to watch both versions of 'West Side Story' which Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for - that was his first big job and even though the composer for the show's music Leonard Bernstein had contributed to some of the lyrics he let Stephen take the credit for all the lyrics. He said somewhere once the he stood back and learned from a professional, from a master, and he wrote better music as a result.
I wanted Sondheim to get credit actually I wrote it but who doesn't love Stephen? I was honored he loved it and took credit
I love the way the music clashes almost with the singers like the end of pretty women and god that's good
That dance party scene with Judge Turpin and the rest just watching him while he does "That" to his wife was so disturbing, really great film especially when told from a musical.
“Poor Thing” is an incredibly difficult song for an audience to absorb, and even more so to perform. When we did the show a few years ago, the directors were very sensitive and gave the ensemble the option to opt out of this number if they needed to. They were all keen to participate. For my part (I was Sweeney), I was having a hard time hitting the emotional pitch until I realized what my problem was: they weren’t laughing. Finally I told them: “I need you to really laugh here. The more cruelly you laugh, the more it hurts.” And so they did: sickening and depraved laughter. I cried real tears in this scene, night after night.
Hope you doing okay Nick, most people are somewhat familiar with the story, but watching this knowing nothing is heartbreaking to say the least. Glad to see you seem to be enjoying it though!
Doing a lot better now thanks, wasn’t doing well at all the night I watched this haha.
@@nickflix8657 I think we all owe Nick a hug and 10 bucks for the trauma hehe...
I'm just halfway in and just realized this movie is way too graphic and dark for nicks gentle innocent soul...the darkness and the graphic are actually the things that i like about this movie...don't know what that says about me though...😬😅😂
No seriously, I couldn’t really watch it to the end, not because I didn’t like Nicks reaction but I just didn’t wanna see him get more disturbed lol. I weirdly don’t really pay attention to the gore, I’ve probably only sat and watched it all the way through twice in my life, I just think the music is so gorgeous.
Same
The thing is - dark, graphic, twisted, & gory things have been going on throughout history, both in the daylight, & in the shadows....
I had somewhat of an appreciation for this already for the tragedy & the music. It also shows what can happen when you are on a path of revenge with tunnel vision. He apparently considered his daughter already dead or out of reach, & therefore paid no attention to her plight, & almost killed her, & definitely killed his own wife, before realizing who she was. But back to what I was saying, is after watching an interview with Johny Depp & Tim Burton, when questioned about all the blood & gore, Tim's response was, "Well, the blood is sort of it's own character." And adding to that, as such, it deserves a voice, representation, & to be recognized in volume, when it is spilled in volume. Or put another way - from the Bible, when Cain killed his brother Able apparently out of jealousy, God said,"Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground." Blood spilled through violence speaks, & demands justice. So although I don't necessarily like the shocking murder & gore element, Tim's words gave me a better appreciation for it's representation here. Hope that all makes sense....🤷♀️
Me, a huge NickFlix fan: **sees notification**
Also me, a huge Sweeney Todd fan: **WTF is Nick TRYING to traumatize himself?!?!**
Going into Sweeney Todd completely blind, your reaction is quite valid, don't worry. As for me, I adore this musical because of the fact it stands out for being morbid, dark and disturbing yet still successful as a musical. (Plus I was raised on horror movies, so blood and gore is like tea and sugar for me) It was and still is a dream of mine to see this on Broadway. (Along with many other musicals)
If you can get past the disturbing undertones, the lyrics for this musical (the majority of the songs are symbolic and heavy with metaphors) are actually all very clever and well written.
After watching you react to this film, I have forgotten just how dark this is to people that don't routinely watch it like me. We don't have a lot of scary or dark musicals which happens to two of my favourite things. But Loved the reaction Nick, despite how disgusting and disturbing it can be - you still managed to enjoy it! So we horror musical fans appreciate it I'm sure haha
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
@@nickflix8657 a lot of criticism for his acting but Jeckle and Hyde the musical with David Hasselhoff was a dark musical also but very well done
@@marezesim8119 That was actually the first time I saw Hasselhoff in any media. Years later I heard about a thing called Baywatch and asked my mom "Oh the actor from the musical Jekyll and Hyde?" and she about lost it that I knew him from that
@@beyney4727 i really like the musical and am glad to have a dvd version to watch whenever i want
Not a lot of scary dark musicals? Phantom of the Opera comes to mind.
I’m not usually a big fan of horror movies but I adore this movie and it is an underrated masterpiece ❤️🔪⚰️
Composed by the late, great Stephen Sondheim. This is such a brilliant musical.
When I saw the thumbnail and look at Nick’s reaction I was like “oh no” 😂 when I heard nick saying that he’ll be reacting to Sweeney Todd I was like “oh no” lol I hope you enjoyed it, its quite a bloody movie
This could be argued but, In a way, Sweeney Todd, in my eyes is a tragic anti-hero, I wouldn’t call him a full on villain necessarily, because even though he set his eyes on revenge to the judge for what he’s done to him and his family but, he also kills child abusers, and men without family, he doesn’t kill men with a family because he knows and experiences what it’s like to have a family and then them being taken away in which him returning to London to find out what happened to his family took a heavy turn on him (even though miss Lovett lied about his wife in the first place until at the end of the film).
She never lied actually; She _never_ said Lucy was dead. She said she poisoned herself with arsenic but left out that it didn't kill her, it just broke her mind a little and disfigured her some.
@@hellsgate09 Eh, a lie of omission is still a lie. She had her reasons to lie, ofc, both out of kindness and selfishness.
Sweeney Todd starts out as a tragic anti-hero, however he goes full psychopathic villain after Turpin gets away from his first assassination attempt, doesn't matter weather they had families or not, killing enough people to make a literal business out of the human flesh, and then feeding it to the public is monstrous behavior.
@@hellsgate09 She did later on when talking about Lucy "Life is for the alive" implying that she is dead. Todd refers back to it in the final scene as well.
hey the most important thing is that the reaction is authentic, no need to force yourself to do certain things, wanna see your real experience :)
Thanks so much, really appreciate that!
I love this horror/musical so much. It’s a delightful tragic masterpiece.
My two favorite genres in one!
Your face when you realized what she meant by what a waste. 😂 I was rolling
fun fact...Johnny depp actually used to have a music band that's why his singing is pretty good and my favorite songs are my friends , joanna and adolfo pirelli (Italian barber)song and my favourite scene is when sweeney holds the shaving blade and says"at last...my arm is complete again"...if i can describe this movie in one word that would be "masterpiece"
Another fun fact; Helena also practically begged Tim Burton for the role as Ms. Lovett because she was such a big fan of the play, and already knew all the songs by heart.
This movie is a perfect example of musical foreshadowing and story telling, and has really great use of the Dies Irae.
The score is just 🤌 *chefs kiss
I love when the mad woman’s song pops up as the ballroom music when Lucy gets raped. I mean not the rape part, but the foreshadowing Sondheim does there is brilliant.
If you ever get an opportunity, I would recommend seeing this on stage. The film is a fine introduction to the musical, but it lacks a lot of the energy it really needs.
Plus it cuts out the points where the ensemble narrates parts of the action; the music that plays over the title sequence is supposed to be a song that set the scene, and the melody recurs a lot throughout.
'A Little Priest' (the song where they first come up with the idea of making pies from people) is a good example of what I mean. On stage it's supposed to be boisterous and loud, with them having so much fun enjoying coming up with the jokes that you get swept up in it with them. The point is to make you have as much fun watching as they are singing, but every now and then remember what they're singing about and feel uncomfortable. The film version is a bit flat so you don't get the same sense of fun.
(I say all this having been in a production of the show once)
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd 🎶
I would argue this is a way different feel than the stage...it's more....serious...and not really as campy or overexaggerated as in the stage production (little priest comes to mind...George Hearn really emphasizes the puns there)
I DON'T KNOW WHY I LAUGH EVERY TIME YOU GO 😦😮 I WATCHED THIS SO MANY TIMES THAT I EVEN ENJOY EVERYTHING BUT YOU'RE SO SHOCKED I LOVE IT
Literally, my favourite musical and horror movie. The cast is so talented and so is the music. I was waiting for this movie, maybe Sleepy Hollow(Tim Burton) in the near future...?
btw: I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS💜
DOUBLE "Sleepy Hollow"....(Also double "the Dark Crystal"and "Hook", since I'm on that subject. :P )
Same. I have a morbid sense of humor so my friend and I were laughing and clapping watching this in the theater so seeing poor Nick get so freaked out just amused me.
RIP Alan, the man was a master of his craft
For Stephen Sondheim…🙏
Johnny Depp rightfully earned his Golden Globe win for this role!
I was OBSESSED with this movie and the music in high school man, I think it’s just so tragically beautiful ❤️
Me too. Unfortunately it was within a time I was bullied. So this film was......kinda what I was feeling.
@@blackfeather3959 me too funnily enough, it was weirdly comforting for me in a time where I was very in my shell. I could never watch the really gorey parts but the soundtrack was on constant rotation. Sondheim had an incredible talent for music that I admire so much.
@@Amber-hf8uo Same here.
@@Amber-hf8uo I remember turning the captions on so I can write the script while watching it. It surprised me when I found the hidden messages that's difficult to catch the first time u watch the film.
The soundtrack was constant on my iPod as well.
@@blackfeather3959 Highly recommend this video about the music if you haven’t seen it! czcams.com/video/a4K-9Ekzc2A/video.html
When this came out in theatres, I didn't know much about it myself. I had been to a hospital earlier that day where they had a small place/deli where I ordered a meat pie for lunch. I wasn't able to finish the whole thing at once, so I stored half of it for later. Then we went to the theater. I took one look at that after coming home and to this day, I can't eat or even look at a meat pie without getting incredibly nauseated. The hilarious thing is that I honestly don't think it would have impacted me that much if I hadn't happened to have eaten that for lunch earlier and then made to look at it again in the fridge for dinner right after seeing this movie. My threshold for disturbing, morbid, etc. is pretty high but the universe gave me the middle-finger and said, 'No, you are never eating this again.'
It was pretty fun to see a totally blind viewing of Sweeney Todd. I’m not surprised you hated Pirelli so much, since he’s definitely a good hate-sink/first kill. But yeah, Todd was a prisoner. Basically, the Judge had him imprisoned under false pretenses (since Todd was found in the ocean, he was probably trying to escape from a penal colony in Australia where he’d been trapped for 15 years).
Sweeney Todd’s a very dark story, so good on you for soldiering through. I kind of wish they had trimmed less of the Johanna stuff from the stage musical and kept in the chorus singing, especially for the song God That’s Good. I’d definitely recommend watching a recording of the stage musical someday, if you feel up to it. Less visceral gore, but still as dark. Fun Fact: The original Mrs. Lovett was played by Angela Lansbury (she also voiced Mrs. Potts in the Disney animated Beauty and the Beast and played as Jessica Fletcher in the TV show Murder, She Wrote).
This is definitely my favorite musical. It puts me under a spell every time I watch it. The score, the visuals, the story, all the performances, and the songs and can't seem to get out of your head, make this something special. I just can't gush about this movie enough.
Also, it's funny, it's like Burton said "okay this takes place in London, get me as many Harry Potter actors as possible."😂
With how you were reacting the whole time, I can't actually believe you watched this all the way!! I was actually worried about you watching this when you announced it because almost every reaction at this point has been to something with a happy ending and not-so-dark scenes. This was definitely a turn to the darker side of media (from book to stage to television to film).
I'm still hoping that the surprise movie is going to be Arthur Christmas by Aardman Animation; you need a happy and joyful holiday picker-upper after this one.
Your cute and really sweet!
6:51 You did hear Bellatrix sing before,she was Emily from Corpse Bride and Johnny was Victor.
Thanks for reminding me!
I don't remember her ever singing in Corpse Bride. Don't go woke on me.
@@SLOTHSRIDEUNICORNS What? She sings Tears To Shed.
25:23 "To who?" Golly, you are _so_ naive; I love it! 🤣
😂😂glad you like it
Your reaction to Helena and Alan was adorable! There's a clip of Snape singing to Grindewald who's now married to Bellatrix and it's just a clip from this movie!
Johnny Depp is in the pirates of the caribbean movie movies you should watch trust me you will no regret this 👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂
RIP, Stephen Sondheim. We will miss his genius.😔
I don't think I've ever seen your jaw drop so much, LOL! When I saw this upload, my mind just went, 'Oh boy...'
Disturbing as it is, I freaking love this movie! Great reaction!
I watched this movie when it was in theaters! I loved it, but decided I would probably never watch it again lol. But I saw you were reacting to it and I had to relive the experience with you. 😂
I was shocked honestly to see you watch this, I was like oh no our sweet Nick is too pure for this movie lol
I've never been more stressed out by someone shaving till i watched sweeney shaving the judge for the first time...the anxiety was real...😂😂😂😅
Fun fact, Down By The Sea is one of the hardest songs to sing! Aloha from Hawaii!
Hey Jaymie thanks for the fun fact! As always love your comments!
I love this movie so much. Yes, it’s absolutely messed up, twisted, dark, and heartbreaking. But it’s also interesting because this movie has you on the side of a man that, in any other movie, would be the bad guy. Not many movies can pull that off well. When Toby went to kill Todd, you can see Todd lean his head back just a bit, showing that he knew he was going to be killed- and he was okay with that. It was incredibly heartbreaking when he died, holding his dead wife.
There are rumours this was based on a true story, really it’s a legend that we can’t confirm or deny since it was so long ago, but the rumours were of a Mrs. Lovett cooking people into pies, who was discovered by the law, due to the smell and someone finding a finger in a pie, and was sentenced to death. Interesting stuff 😷
I just really wanted to say that I appreciate your reaction. I personally enjoy this musical. Still, I know it's not for everyone. If a movie ever gets too much, please don't feel bad for stopping. I much rather you take care of your mental health. Keep up the great work!
My face lit up when I got the notification! I currently have COVID, so seeing this is a treat. I will say that the stage version is more upbeat and humorous than the movie version bc Sondheim created it to be a comedy thriller, so if you have a chance, find the stage version
Hope you feel better soon!
Thank you
Sweeney Todd is my favorite movie! It met all of my requirements, it had the love of my life (Johnny Depp), it was both a horror and musical, and had a great plot twist. And I am very happy you reacted to it Nick😁
Human meat actually has been reported to taste like pork, so, no they wouldn't notice.
Fun fact: this was my favorite childhood movie, I had every line memorized by the time I was 12. I used to think it was so romantic the way he died with his wife at the end. My best friend and I actually met because we were the two kids in summer camp that were obsessed with it and we would sing the songs In class and everyone thought we were weird lmao
Oh my God.. this is literally me and my best friends same origin story!! We were so obsessed!! We waited so impatiently for the movie to come out, we bought the CD as soon as it was released and used to share (old school) iPod earbuds on our middle school bus. We had the entire screenplay memorized! So cool to hear someone had such a similar experience. We should get together sometime and have some.. pie 🥧 😉
Workhouses here in London were truly horrific. Also children having gin was not uncommon when they were from or in workhouses.
Im laughing at you calling Timothy Spall 'wormtail'
The humor in this is completely lost to him and it’s hysterical 💀
(To clarify, though, I absolutely love the review, it’s super fun. There’s no wrong way to experience a movie)
You’re absolutely right 😂😂
The cats in pies part is something mrs lovett is accusing another pie maker Of doing
Thanks for letting me know! Did catch that, sorry if it seemed like I didn’t.
@@nickflix8657 it's all good it's not always easy to follow in musical form. I performed this musical some of it stays with me.
@@nickflix8657 When she sings "And I'm telling you them pussy cats is quick" the joke is that she did try this at one point and that the only reason she doesn't make cats into pies is because of the effort of catching them not that she actually has any moral problem with it.
first time i watched it and saw Alan rickman i said"Snape...what the hell are you doing in this movie..."😂
i absolutely love him and his unique voice...may he rest in peace...🙏🏻
For someone unknowing of what is coming, hope you're ok. I knew the stage show first so it wasn't as shocking but its a lot to take in at once.
Feeling better now but was not okay that night after watching it haha.
@@nickflix8657 It is very unsettling the first time hopefully your next movie with be a little gentler.
@@nickflix8657 I may or may not be in the minority for this, but you seemed quite upset to the point where i wanted to stop you from watching more. I know it's antithetical to the whole 'movie reaction' thing where shocked responses are valued, but it's reasonable to not want to watch media with certain subjects if they can be too triggering, and i wouldn't want you or anyone else to experience something that is that emotionally upsetting for the sake of your viewers. I do commend you for getting through it, as i know you had many points where you wanted to stop, but just know that i don't think many of us would want you to have to do that. If it's a matter of keeping yourself in the dark about the plot as much as possible, you can always let the community know like 'hey, i can't do child abuse,' or 'i can handle some violence, but not excessive torture violence,' and so on whenever it comes to movie recommendations or even for movies you think you're interested in checking out. You can always run it by and ask if there's A or B or if there's anything that would affect you too much that you need to be made aware of. That way, people could let you know ahead of time if you would or wouldn't be alright with a certain movie or to, at the very least, emotionally prepare you, so that it isn't so harrowing of an experience.
Of course, it's your call at the end of the day. It just emotionally pained me to see how much it was upsetting you and you're such a kind and sincere person, so the shock value isn't worth it (to me at least.)
Finally glad you're watching this one. This is one of my absolute favorites
Nick: “What? Putting cats into pies? That’s so screwed up!”
Me: “Oh, you sweet summer child…”
The one thing I love about this movie is mrs Lovett's relationship with toby, she really did loved him like he was a son to her. And she protected toby from sweeney todd. And it is very sad that toby lost her in the end, I mean after he tried to warn her about sweeney todd. And when she locked him in the basement, they never saw each other again after that which is very sad and heartbreaking.
If you want to continue with the musicals of Sondheim Into The Woods, Company, Sunday in the park with George and west side story are all good choices.
Not from Sondheim but the new musical Tick, tick…Boom! On Netflix is really good.
Plan on checking Tik tik….Boom out soon actually, really want to see Andrew Garfields performance!
@@nickflix8657 west side story is now remade watch the original one it’s amazing
When I saw you reacted to this movie, I had a feeling how it would go...and I was correct. You may not have said as much as others, but trust me, you're facial expressions told plenty about how you felt XD I do love the "A Little Priest" song, though, because I watched this movie in college with a friend and her reaction when she realized what they were singing about was priceless. (Plus, my friends and I have dark senses of humor, and when he saw a priest wandering around our campus, we immediately started singing this song to ourselves).
I'm pretty surprised you decided to watch this one. Also, Godspeed, Mr. Sondheim, you've created some of the best musicals I've ever seen (In which I think Sweeney is my absolute favorite). While Rodgers and Hammerstein may invented the musical as we know it, you were the one who helped reinvent it
Do Les Mis! Its similar, lots of singing, actually ONLY singing, no talking at all. Less graphic, but still sad. More happy bits though. And the MC is very moral. No cannibalism lol.
On my list haha.
I wouldn't say no talking at all.. but they actually did cut a song in order to add a new one which was bearable, but hurt to see a beloved song cut.
Also, the movie version of Les Mis is unique because it's performed on set and not dubbed over with songs performed in studio. It was raw singing, which was the mood they were looking for.
Fun fact: The colour palette is so desaturated that the blood they used had to be bright orange for it to appear red in the movie
I love this movie! I hadn't realized how truly dark it was until watching you react. I hope youre doing okay now 💓 There's actually a lot of interesting history about old London in the movie. I remember reading about how children used to suffer from terrible alcoholism, so the young boy's Gin drinking is sadly quite historically accurate.
My geek friend is a big fan of Burton and it’s his favourite movie.
Yes
I honestly loved your reaction here. This story is so messed up and delves deep into the terrible side of depression and anger and how revenge always hurts you in the end. It is such a tragic story.
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! You keep watching my favourite movies and I LOVE IT !!!
Rest In Peace Stephen Sondheim
And Alan Rickman
nick : I'll probably never watch it again...it was too disturbing for me...
me who watched it 5 times and literally knows the songs and dialogues and actually loves the darkness of the movie: 👀😬😅
3:39 Two actors play the same character. Jamie Campbell Bower played Gellert Grindelwald in the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
This is my favourite stage musical. I've been in four productions and have played Pirelli and the Beadle. I'm lukewarm about this film because all the ensemble was cut and the singing is subpar, but it's gloriously shot. Check out the stage version, particularly with George Hearn / Angela Lansbury. 💇♂
Will definitely try and check out the stage version at some point!
@@nickflix8657 Fun fact: There is a stage version out there with Julia Andrews and Neil Patrick Harris as Ms. Lovett and Toby respectively
Yes, the whole ensemble which acts as a ‘Greek chorus’ sets the tone from the beginning of the stage performance. They tell the story before anything unfolds but oh the shock when it does. 😦🤢
@@beyney4727 You mean Patti LuPone?
Drinking Challenge: Take a shot every time Nick's jaw drops
😂😂
This is one of my favourite ever movies but watching your reaction has made me realise how desensitized I've become to everything
OMG...I've been waiting for this...tnx nick for this amazing reaction...love your reactions and channel...ps:this is what a movie with perfect cast , director and story looks like...one of my all time favorite movies...😍👏🏻❤
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7:09 .... oh you poor child... you think THAT is screwed up? That is the LEAST screwed up thing in the musical
My school did this play three years ago, hangs down our best production ever, we had a sick set and the actors were amazing. It could’ve totally been professional. Excited to see your reaction!
I'm not a big fan of reaction channels but you're enjoyable to watch. I was so glad you knew nothing about this movie, it's so satisfying to watch people realized the twist. This movie, this play, this whole show is incredible messed up. There are no winners, there are no happy endings, it just sucks for everyone. Fun Fact, the story is a lot older than the musical itself. Sweeney Todd first showed up in a story called "A String of Pearls" published in the mid 1800's. The color grading was, in my opinion, perfectly done. Their rendition of 1785 London was wonderfully dark and greasy, matching the tone of the story to a T. The only time where there was any lively colors was in Mrs. Lovett's fantasy and it was just that: a fantasy.
I've seen people explain the ending but you showed a bit of confusion about why Sweeney was after the Judge. Benjamin Barker was a barber with a beautiful wife and baby daughter. The Judge Turpin had his eye on her, and to get at her he had Barker arrested (meaning he was sent to Australia, given the time period in which the story takes place). Many years later he makes his way back to London with a new name and a need for vengeance. I just adore this movie and I'm glad to see your genuine reaction to how fucked up it is.
So happy to see another one of your reactions! I didn't expect this one from you, but watching you run the gamut of emotions was amazing. Thank you for this!
"A Little Priest" is actually my favorite song in this because of the humor used in it 😅🤣
My high school did a production of the musical when our theater director decided to choose "Blood and Gore" as that year's theme. That was the fall musical, the spring play was Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus"
Also I'm really squeamish when it comes to blood. All throughout this reaction I kept repeating to myself "It's ketchup, it's ketchup, it's ketchup" lol
Yess! One of my favorite movies, actually! So glad you reacted to this!
Thanks for listening to my request!
omg I’ve been wanting you to react to this movie because it’s one of my favorites, I’m so happy that you finally did! :D
20 mins into the movie: "It just keeps getting darker!"
People who have watched it before: 👁👄👁
For all lovers of the Potter magical world, if we include Fantastic Beasts, watching Sweeney Todd is is pure gold. We have TWO Grindewalds next to each other, one old, one young. Then of course we have Snape, Bellatrix & Pettigrew. When this film was made there was only the young Grindewald, the young sailor, but now we have to add Johnny as well. Potter actors have always summed around Tim Burton. Another such fun trait is Sleepy Hollow. But there is another fun trait in that one for all who love Star Wars! We have three of our four Sith lords in Sleepy Hollow! That is pretty funny, too. And when Sleepy Hollow came out, not all of them had been Sith lords yet, but they would be shortly after.
1) Mrs Lovett and Sweeney never married. All the happy scenes was only Mrs Lovett fantasy, what she desired for them. I dont think she never really love him tho, I think it was more like a crush or a obsession that she had on him.
2) The movie is based on a true story. Apparently Mrs Lovett and Sweeney Todd have existed. Sweeney Todd was a barber that used to kill his clients to rob them, not like in the movie that he killed them to practice with his razor until he will gonna kill the judge. Sweeney Todd was born into a very poor family on October 16, 1756, at 85 Brick Lane in London. His parents were abusive and alcoholic. When he is still a child he is forced to earn money on his own. He spent half of his life in a difficult environment and soon he shows clear signs of mental imbalance, torturing small animals that have the misfortune to pass through his hands. In addition to spending hours in the royal zoo, he shows a morbid attraction towards the torture instruments exhibited in the London museum. At thirteen both his parents die and he is sent to a workhouse. After he leave that place, he manages to find work as a roundsman in a knife shop, but even there he is not treated tenderly; and perhaps it is precisely in this period that hatred towards others matures in him. At the age of fourteen (in 1770), after another theft, this time on commission, he is sentenced to five years in prison for stealing a pocket watch. Sent to the Negat Juvenile Prison, he meet a certain Plummer, the reformatory barber, and become his assistant. Plummer is also a prisoner and not only teaches him the job of a barber but also how to steal from the "customers". In this period he also experience his first murder, cutting someone throat, which will lead him to the sublime enjoyment of taking the life of another human being. When he gets out of prison at the age of nineteen he manages to earn enough money to open his barber shop and because of the cheap prices, the barber shop attracts a lot of clients. Like in the movie, he actually had that chair that make fall the bodies down.
Mrs Lovett full name was Margery Lovett, she was famous for her tasty veal pastries, later she becomes his accomplice in the murders and helps him get rid of the corpses that they hide under the St. Dunstan Church, not before she snatches some flesh from them for her pies. People starts feeling the awful smell during the mass and complaining about it. Inspector Richard Blunt, of London Health Department, initiates the investigation and they find out where the bodies are hide and they manage to link the murders to Mrs Lovett and Mr Todd. In 1801 the trial begins and Mrs Lovett, a few months after the trial, sure of being sentenced to death, poisons herself in her cell after she had confessed to all of her crimes. Sweeney Todd is hanged on January 25, 1802.
3)Little detail from the last scene. After toby comes out with the knife ready to kill Sweeney, if you look closely you can see how Sweeney tilt his head back a little, aware of toby presence behind him, like a sort of invite for him to kill him, because now he knows there is no hope for him anymore, he realize that he killed his own wife and it's to much so at the end he only wish to die, and when toby hesitates for a second sweeney looks confused, he is like "What are you waiting for, kid? Cmon, do it! Please! Ends my pain and my agony forever."
Great film. I watched it in the cinema with my housemates at Uni and only one other of them knew it was a musical. It was really funny.
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I think what makes me love this movie is the dark, morbid humor of it. Like, watching these people sing about their heinous crimes, and making jokes/puns about murder and cannibalism, just hits the right spots in my little demented soul lol. Plus, this movie is super poetic from a storytelling perspective. By the end, you realize it plays out like a tragedy - there was really no other way it could have ended. Sweeney Todd signs his fate the moment he becomes Sweeney Todd and chooses the path of revenge. Mrs. Lovett’s downfall comes through her love for Sweeney, and in the end - they’re both killed by their instruments of crime (Sweeney by his razor, and Mrs. Lovett by her pie-making oven). It’s dark and VERY disturbing, but strangely beautiful and dementedly funny.
Loved your Reaction so much! Never thought you would watch this because you mostly watch wholsome movies or movies with a happy ending. But it was great watching you figuring this movie out 😄
When you want to watch another musical you should really check out Les Miserabel. It is so so so great and the music score is just *chef kiss*
😂 Oh honey. I haven't watched yet, but I'm sure you're unprepared. This is one of my absolute favourite musicals though.
Was very unprepared😂
@@nickflix8657 Not sure if you figure it out, but since it's pretty vague in the film Vs the stage musical, the reason Pirelli tries to exploit him for knowing his name is because Sweeney's technically an escaped convict. Judge Turpin had him falsely convicted of a crime he didn't commit, and transported to a prison colony in Australia for life. He escaped and Antony was a sailor on a ship that picked him up stranded at sea. So his using a false identity is kind of a big deal.
I feel like the shaving competition was almost a reference to the turtle and the hare; The hare shows off and the turtle just gets it done.
Regarding on how human meat tastes, it has been recorded that it either tastes like pork, or like some sort of gamey steak.
Sweeney Todd started as a character from a book in 1840s. It became popular some years later, becoming a melodrama and legend. In 1888, Jack the Ripper began killing. What I find 'facinating' (cant think of another word to use so sorry) is that there are similarities between Sweeney Todds modus operandi and Jacks. Sweeney was popular at that time, perhaps Jack took it as inspiration?
‘He just burned her alive.. he just burnt her alive 0.0’ honestly same reaction dude 😭
The moment I saw the video on my subscriptions I wanted to invent a time machine, go back in time, and tell you to run. You’re WAAAAAAY too sweet and innocent for this one.
In “by the sea” the scene on the beach: the story takes place in the Victorian era, so he’s wearing a Victorian era bathing suit. They were very covered, prudish , and “proper” in the era
I love nick’s energy, vibe and smile. always makes my day when I watch his vids
This is the first rated R movie I ever really liked. I first saw this in the theater when I was 10. I never even blinked. But the second time I watched it I actually couldn’t look when things got violent
BTW the guy helping Johnny Depp in the beginning also played Grindelwald in short flashback in Deathly Hallows part 1 and Johnny played Grindelwald in both Fantastic Beasts films and hopefully they rehire him for the rest. So the cast is just filled with Harry Potter characters.
The evolution of his face when he realizes what they doing
Fun fact: Human Flesh is similar to that of pork/Porcine. That's why in many experiments porcine is used to test pharmaceuticals. A German cannibal also a likened Human meat to that of Pork and in this time period in London food was scarce so people were unlikely to question it, especially if it was affordable and unfortunately, this musical is based in truth and there is a "Sweeny Todd & Mrs Lovett" exhibit in the London Dungeons.
RIP and long live Alan Rickman (February 21, 1946 - January 14, 2016), aged 69
And
RIP and long live Stephen Sondheim (March 22, 1930 - November 26, 2021), aged 91
You both will always be remembered as legends.