You kinda have to wonder what exactly Warner Bros. thought it was going to get in a film about a brutal serial killer helmed by goth-minded director Tim Burton. But the London Daily Mail is reporting that execs are so freaked about the superbloody content of Burton's Sweeney Todd that they've asked him to make cuts to his flick about slasher Todd (Johnny Depp), who slits the throats of his barber-shop clients, then drops them down a hole and into the pastry shop of Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), who grinds them up and uses them as filling for her mince pies. Piles and piles of prosthetic limbs were used during filming, while four crew members pumped fake blood as Todd hacked his way through his victims, singing along while he worked. The Daily Mail reports that some crew members had to take "fresh air" breaks during bloody filming, and Warner Bros. execs were reportedly particularly creeped out by a scene in which a 10-year-old boy does the grinding for Mrs. Lovett's pie filling. "Tim's not happy that the studio is asking for so many cuts to the cutting, as it were," a source says. "The thing is, the studio really likes the film, and they want to make it accessible to as big an audience as possible — which means stemming the blood flow." The movie hits theaters on Dec. 21.

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Oh now come on.
What did they expect? Sheeeeeesh:grouphug: :bombout:

the movie execs have to be able to pull a large audience for movies. I have noticed alot of PG and PG13 movies lately. This time of year they want the kids and families in the theaters to boost ticket sales. If this movie were to be released in the summer it maybe wouldn't have gotten hacked so much(yep,pun intended:p )

Less bloody or not,musical or not,I still want to see it. I read the book years ago and want to see how much the movie strays from the book.

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it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, but i could have edited it down to PG-13.

it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, but i could have edited it down to PG-13.
Nah, I liked it how it was. Why would they make it PG-13? I don't think Tim Burton would take kindly to having to restrict his artistic freedom to sell a few more tickets.

The only thing I didn't really like was the end. And even that there was nothing really specific, just left a sort of bad taste in my mouth. The blood doesn't faze me at all.

Nah, I liked it how it was. Why would they make it PG-13? I don't think Tim Burton would take kindly to having to restrict his artistic freedom to sell a few more tickets.

The only thing I didn't really like was the end. And even that there was nothing really specific, just left a sort of bad taste in my mouth. The blood doesn't faze me at all.


It was a good movie,I was just disappointed it was a musical,I sort of expected some singing just not the whole thing.
The ending was a little weird now that I think about it,I was expecting more than what the ending gave.

It was a good movie,I was just disappointed it was a musical,I sort of expected some singing just not the whole thing.
The ending was a little weird now that I think about it,I was expecting more than what the ending gave.
Yeah, the ending was just predictable. Hey look, we'll kill EVERYONE! :D And sometimes musicals bother me... Like when they're singing out in public and everyone is just acting normal. :@@: I'd be looking at them like "What the hell?" if someone burst into song in the middle of the street!

It could have been a great movie, but they tried to make it too cute. I mean seriously, a musical?

Nah, I liked it how it was. Why would they make it PG-13? I don't think Tim Burton would take kindly to having to restrict his artistic freedom to sell a few more tickets.

The only thing I didn't really like was the end. And even that there was nothing really specific, just left a sort of bad taste in my mouth. The blood doesn't faze me at all.
the only reason it rated an R was the gratuitous throat slashing-edit that out and it'll be ABC movie of the week some day.

It could have been a great movie, but they tried to make it too cute. I mean seriously, a musical?
Considering that it's a movie remake of an actual Broadway musical, I'm pretty sure they didn't want to change that. :rolleyes:

Oh and Mike - the throat slashing was the whole point of the movie! Take that out and you've got nothing! :p

Considering that it's a movie remake of an actual Broadway musical, I'm pretty sure they didn't want to change that. :rolleyes:

Oh and Mike - the throat slashing was the whole point of the movie! Take that out and you've got nothing! :p
you've got music:banana: