Am I the Only one who disliked Anthony in the Sweeney Todd Movie?

[theaterguy11]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 6:50pm

I thought the movie was outstanding. I really loved all of the performances. Except 1. Anthony. To me, he ruined every scene he was in. People keep saying he had such a strong voice...I couldn't disagree more. I thought he was vocally one of the weak links. He had no chemistry with Johanna. He came off rather effeminate. (Add to the fact he was just kind of strange looking)

There really was nothing I liked about him. I keep reading people raving about him...I just don't understand.

[thibodeaux]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 6:53pm

I thought he was pretty good, I will agree that there was something a little off about him, but then if you listen to the lyrics he has, I mean...

Let's face it, Anthony is a little bit crazy.

I thought he had a fine voice and didn't mind him, IMHO he was a pretty good pick. He brought something new.

[catstagestud]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 6:54pm

I wasn't crazy about him either. I thought he was fine at best; though I felt his acting was not on par compared to the actors that he was on screen with. His voice, I thought, was actually pretty good.

Cheers,

Christopher

[roquat]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 7:02pm

Not at all. I thought he looked like a lesbian emo rocker with bad teeth, and he had one bewildered expression all the way through. Johanna should have stayed with Alan Rickman, who was far more attractive and sang better.

[chris d]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 7:08pm

I thought he was great. Now that I think about it, I don't think his and Johanna's relationship was developed well. If only they kept in "Kiss Me."

[Katurian2]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 7:12pm

In my theatre, the audience members were cracking up and calling him 'emo boy'. I sort of agree.

[fetzles1490]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 7:53pm

I agree. He was definitely strange looking and his acting was off... Anthony is kind of crazy, but he took it to a new psychotic stalker level. It was creepy rather than romantic. I did like his voice though.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 7:56pm

You're not the only one.

I just posted a bunch of comments about that in the "movie review" thread.

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:00pm

roquat, you aren't far off with you description! Did you see him at the screening in New York? The hair was all teased, interesting outfit and if I remember correctly, fingernail polish. I almost didn't recognize him. I have seen him interviewed and he is a bit effeminate. But I think he is pretty cute and I like what I have heard of his. I am seeing the movie tomorrow or Monday.

Updated On: 12/22/07 at 08:00 PM

[hermionejuliet]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:08pm

I thought he was good --- very constructive comment I know. I thought he had a pretty voice. And somehow he made me care about Johanna--- who really didn't do anything for me in the movie. I figured they were going for the Orlando Bloom type of hero (to compare to another Johnny Depp movie)... you know, young and non-threatening.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:10pm

I liked him. I thought he had a great voice and gave a pretty convincing acting performance. Just fine for his big screen debut.

[parislover87]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:24pm

He was actually one of my favorite parts of the movie... his voice sounds like, i guess, your average british sailor just confident enough to sing through the streets of london... i mean they could have put Zac in this role... i'm grateful to have anyone who takes acting risks and doesn't depend on abdominals and baby blues...

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:27pm

i mean they could have put Zac in this role..

- Aint that the truth. We should be grateful. Though I doubt Zac would ever have the acting ability for something like this.

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:28pm

I thought he was fantastic. Good singer and actor. Looks a little like Claire Danes, but that's fine.

And exactly...we should be so grateful it's not Zac Efron or someone.

[Tkt2Ride]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:32pm

I enjoyed his solos. He didn't have much of a sailor's edge to him but I felt he gave off that naive, too dumb to realize what he was getting himself into kind of look. It didn't bother me. He was attractive enough to warrant Johanna's attention.

I saw nothing in Rickman's appearance or behavior in this Movie to ever think Johanna would ever turn her attention to him. Surely she would have ended up as her Mother did in a year or two's time. Rickman was playing a cad and he had his part down well.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:44pm

The Anthony/Johanna story line was just boring. I liked the movie though. I was very impressed with Carter, though her singing was horrible. If only she had the voice, I'd put her as a contender for an Oscar - if only.

[Broadway Bound2]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:54pm

I liked his performance. Yes he was rather young and feminine looking,but I thought he did a good job as the character. His voice I thought was outstanding, noly second to the outstanding vocal performance I thought of by the child who played Toby.

[roseaddams]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 9:16pm

I thought that Anthony was kinda weak, but that was mainly because the relationship between Johanna and Anthony was so underdeveloped as compared to the stage show (and as such, both Johanna and Anthony were underdeveloped as characters). I thought his singing was wonderful, but I always thought the purpose of the whirlwind Johanna and Anthony relationship was to provide relief from the tension of the rest of the show, to show that people could be happy amidst all this drama and darkness of the rest of the plot. Burton transformed that somewhat, especially with that last scene where Anthony leaves Johanna in the barbershop for a bit, and she questions whether they can truly be happy after all they've been through. Seeing it for the second time today, I still thought it worked, but by eliminating a lot of the giddy happiness they felt, there isn't the emotional counterpoint and it takes a lot away from both characters.

[winston89]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:44pm

I saw the movie yesterday afternoon. I think that his singing was great. And, I do think that the movie did an pretty good job with the subplot of him and Joannah. The subplot between them was weak.

I do feel that way about that story line in general.

It is similar in my mind to that of the story line of Cosette and Marius in Les Miserables or of the character of Raoul in Phantom.

Cosette and Marius are nice sweet and romantic. But, they really don't add anything to the story.

Raoul is considered th good guy but doesnt do much overall.


I think that Anthony and Johanna are similar to that. The only difference is that she is the daughter of Todd and living with the bad Turpin.


So, in other words they are nice and sweet but some what important to the plot.

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:47pm

I did not like him either! Weakest cast member! Did not look the part/sound the part.... I just didn't believe he was a sailor for one second...

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 11:03pm

Ehhh. I've never been a fan of Anthony as a character to begin with, but I agree, he lacked a certain chemistry with Johanna. Perhaps "Kiss Me" was in fact needed to give a little something extra to Anthony, and to give Johanna more than the five lines (and the ever-boring "Green Finch and Linnet Bird") she had in the film.

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 11:10pm

He did nothing for me either. I didn't think his voice was that great...he was probably my least favorite thing about the movie.

[TheEnchantedHunter]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 12:35am

The actor is effective in and of himself. But he is completely miscast.





Norma 'It's the pictures that got small" Desmond
Beverly Hills, CA

[NYC4Life]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 12:40am

"I was very impressed with Carter, though her singing was horrible. If only she had the voice, I'd put her as a contender for an Oscar - if only. "

Well it is about Best Actress.... not best singer. She was outstanding, her voice was not horrible. It was light, but it worked so well with the Lovett she created and in Tim Burtons world.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 12/23/07 at 1:38am

winston89: The difference is that Raoul, Cosette, and Marius have important parts in the novel counterparts. The musical made them 2-d.