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[missroserose]

It's been a while since there was a movie I was really anticipating - I think Serenity was the last. Sure, there've been several new ones since then that I've enjoyed, and at least one that surprised me by how jaw-droppingly awesome it was. But on the whole, it's fairly rare that I see some of the advance buzz for a movie and get seriously excited about seeing it.

There are exceptions to every rule, however. And in this case, it seems that there are several elements coming together in conjunction to create what looks to be, for me anyway, an awesome movie:

--Tim Burton, especially his gothic-storybook visual style
--Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman
--Macabre and twisted story elements and humour
--It's a musical!
--December 21st release date, just in time to counteract all that pesky holiday cheer

Suffice it to say, I think Brian and I've figured out what we're going to be doing on Christmas:





I really can't wait.

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I think I have new wallpaper for the laptop.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I honestly think this is one of my favorite movie posters ever. Brian sort of pinned it down - he described it as "a cross between Edward Scissorhands and From Hell.

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Oh, also - there's a higher-res version available on the Wikipedia entry for the movie. I would've posted it but Photobucket has size limitations.

[epa-flip.livejournal.com]

I am so looking forward to that. Sweeny Todd has long been a favorite operetta of mine, along with Pirates of Penzance.

[decibel45.livejournal.com]

For some reason that looks kinda Harry Potter-ish.

Then again, I just re-read all 7 books, so I might just have potter-on-the-brain.