tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post170993438359470065..comments2024-01-26T00:54:19.338+08:00Comments on Lessons From the School of Inattention: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)Oggs Cruzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-14024889384867577092008-01-30T16:55:00.000+08:002008-01-30T16:55:00.000+08:00I try to be diplomatic, hehe.I try to be diplomatic, hehe.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-27516505738982177942008-01-30T12:35:00.000+08:002008-01-30T12:35:00.000+08:00Oggs, if you're not offending someone then you're ...Oggs, if you're not offending someone then you're probably too much of a wuss. More power.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-18762541142583675272008-01-26T22:10:00.000+08:002008-01-26T22:10:00.000+08:00Thanks for that anonymous,Didn't see Sweeney Todd ...Thanks for that anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Didn't see Sweeney Todd onstage, it never showed in Manila. I am familiar with the musicale, having been raised on that stuff, and later on, outgrowing it. To my defense though, I never intended to compare the stage production to the film which is why I limited myself to what I know and remember, the vocal prowesses of Lansbury and Hearn as compared to the rather weak and sketchy vocals of Bonham-Carter and Depp. Since it is a film, I focused more on why it worked despite its blatant imperfections, moving on to the visual touches, the juxtapositions, the symbolisms, and how I processed such things and me, being a subscriber to the auteur theory, pointed it as Burton's directorial touches, which I still believe them to be since Sweeney Todd isn't really much different from the rest of his ouvre. In any case, thanks for that explanation. Your first comment was too concise to mean anything and of course, I welcome criticism to my criticism but reserve the right to defend my views, thus the so-called overprotectiveness, which is quite natural and not endemic to our lovely archipelago. <BR/><BR/>So what did you think of the film anyway, and hopefully you can provide a pseudonym so the discourse can be much more personal.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-37573201945006412102008-01-26T17:30:00.000+08:002008-01-26T17:30:00.000+08:00hi i'm anonymous.i am a fan of oggs and his blog. ...hi i'm anonymous.<BR/><BR/>i am a fan of oggs and his blog. that's why i feel entitled to say this review is rambling, when usually oggs is focused and concise. <BR/><BR/>i suspect oggs didn't see sweeney todd on stage (but that's okay, right?) but wanted to compare the film with it. i felt he was groping for things to say only to gush at the directorial "touches". i love openhearted no-holds-barred personal disclosures too, but this one is not. <BR/><BR/>i read my comment again, and it didn't feel out of place in a blog such as this, built for intelligent discussion; i wasn't desecrating the backyard. other fans should have more sense of humor. pinoys are so overprotective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-67752109677010066232008-01-26T10:38:00.000+08:002008-01-26T10:38:00.000+08:00Thanks Mars, John and Chard,Mars, Ahhh, fame... wh...Thanks Mars, John and Chard,<BR/><BR/>Mars, Ahhh, fame... who needs it? I certainly don't and rambles (pun intended), are so much hassles. Hopefully, no rambles come your way. Hehe.<BR/><BR/>John, thanks you very much for that beautifully written comment. I do try to at least make my ramblings readable, despite having little time to edit what I write. Thanks for the warning on Atonement, I had a feeling it would suck but I'll try to watch it anyway.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-16839730253388800932008-01-26T10:05:00.000+08:002008-01-26T10:05:00.000+08:00John,Haha really? That's a surprise. Anyway, I won...John,<BR/><BR/>Haha really? That's a surprise. Anyway, I won't be missing anything since I already had emotional ballistics with the book. If it turns out to be good, then it's a bonus. If not, well, why not write about it. Haha. Thanks for the reminder, John. :Ddigitalburyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564519967089293558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-91281371847341219392008-01-26T07:18:00.000+08:002008-01-26T07:18:00.000+08:00Oggs,By all means, overanalyze, overcriticze, and ...Oggs,<BR/><BR/>By all means, overanalyze, overcriticze, and over dramatize anything and everything you see because the product is nothing short of poetic. The biggest respect a writer gives to the works he or she likes is by thinking that it encompasses everything around it--including life itself. It's like that Celso title, "Ang Mundo Ay Isang Butil ng Luha." To relay anything else is mockery and downright disgust of the work one professes to love. <BR/><BR/><BR/>To anonymous,<BR/><BR/>"so tim burton adapted the musical for cinema. we get it." No, obviously you don't. <BR/><BR/><BR/>To chard,<BR/><BR/>Please, by all means, stay away from Atonement. It is L-A-M-E.John Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550723755669290621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-73338208052085062612008-01-26T03:01:00.000+08:002008-01-26T03:01:00.000+08:00Wow Oggs, you have fans... That hate you! :) Hahah...Wow Oggs, you have fans... That hate you! :) Hahaha. This generally means you're going to be famous soon. Ramble <I>*pun intended*</I> away.Marcelino G. Veloso IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177671845504685246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-45087498532730082842008-01-26T00:10:00.000+08:002008-01-26T00:10:00.000+08:00Agree,oggs. Any “reviewer” who doesn’t bring himse...Agree,oggs. Any “reviewer” who doesn’t bring himself to the art he’s reviewing (i.e.Nestor Torre et.al.) is a wuss and a hack, in my opinion. Reviews are op-ed pieces anyway,objectivity is for the dogs and I always thought the point of doing these things was to articulate the experience and what it put you through. So get personal and ramble away, I say. Makes better reading. Oh,and congrats. You’ve been getting a lot of “fans”. I made the Dislikes list of someone’s Friendster profile and I assumed it was my music reviews that did it . . .but I stumbled on it by accident. Your "fans" are pissing in your own backyard, so to speak. Well . . . anonymously, which is sort of a cop-out. Well not sort of . . .it is a cop-out. But hey, rambling or no, guy finished the damn thing. Hehe. Just skimmed over it myself to avoid possible spoilers. Will read in full as soon as I watch the movie, which is fast disappearing from theaters, last time I looked so I better git. :)dodo dayaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287196617019639716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-17130668245424577802008-01-24T11:19:00.000+08:002008-01-24T11:19:00.000+08:00Thanks Chard,It would be a sin to talk about Sween...Thanks Chard,<BR/><BR/>It would be a sin to talk about Sweeney Todd without talking about the object depravity that consumes its characters or the majestic visual touches of Burton or the vocal imperfections. There's just so much to chew on and writing is free, so write away. But if you want to know how good the cinematography is, or how great the acting is, or how nice the film overall is, there's Nestor Torre and Butch Francisco available in the Entertainment section of your favorite newspapers.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-19753466083786909982008-01-24T10:46:00.000+08:002008-01-24T10:46:00.000+08:00Got some fans, eh?Haha I love ramblings. I like th...Got some fans, eh?<BR/><BR/>Haha I love ramblings. I like the idea of talking about this film but not really talking about it. Makes criticism more personal, more inclined to widely-encompassing observations, and more analytical -- not the type to tick someone off, but that's way out of your control. Advise them to read at their own risk.<BR/><BR/>Hell Sweeney Todd is ablaze! (Can't wait for Atonement)digitalburyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564519967089293558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-61001648450907171712008-01-24T04:21:00.000+08:002008-01-24T04:21:00.000+08:00Thanks Dr. ZhivagoI did review No Country for Old ...Thanks Dr. Zhivago<BR/><BR/>I did review No Country for Old Men (which was terrific) and Lust, Caution (which I didn't quite enjoy) a few weeks or months back.<BR/><BR/>One thing though, if my posts seem to read like an overanalysis of a film, I do intend my reviews to be such, personal appreciation of films I've gotten to watch. I do not subscribe to the school of criticism that is deliberately limited to the confines of what can objectively be gleaned as the only way to keep writing about films in the blogging world interesting and highly individualized is to infuse a review with personal analyses and observations, specific instances that the filmmaker, with his use of cinematic devices, tend to sway the viewer to react a certain way. I'm rambling again.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-15088436168247435292008-01-24T03:49:00.000+08:002008-01-24T03:49:00.000+08:00You might be reading too much into the themes driv...You might be reading too much into the themes driving the characters but I'm yet to watch it so couldn't say for certain. Good thing you hinted this though, coz when I watch Tim Burton's work, I tend not to focus too much on themes but on his visual style which is already worth the cinema ticket.<BR/><BR/>I saw No Country for Old Men and Lust, Caution during the weekend and boy I was blown away by Lust, Caution. However after reading reviews of No Country for Old Men, I realized I didn't get the richness of the film's meaning (I was too glued on the suspense of the narrative). I hope you will review any of these movies soon so I can compare notes.<BR/><BR/>I'll watch Sweeney Todd during the weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-48402772800264196002008-01-24T03:47:00.000+08:002008-01-24T03:47:00.000+08:00Thanks for reading and paraphrasing my rambling re...Thanks for reading and paraphrasing my rambling review.Oggs Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041599863258946384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31058461.post-51187263331537125952008-01-24T02:05:00.000+08:002008-01-24T02:05:00.000+08:00this is by far your most rambling review. so tim b...this is by far your most rambling review. so tim burton adapted the musical for cinema. we get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com