Wow. I have just not watched many movies this year. I really should work on that. So let’s start with one of the weirdest and violent musicals out there: Sweeney Todd. I recently came across a YouTube video How the Music Spoils Sweeney Todd (and why that’s a good thing) that reminded me how much I enjoyed the music when we did it in high school (Not even kidding, not sure how that got approved…).

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That’s a cute little movie. I think if you’re going to do the dog thing, I would strongly prefer {{crosslink “One Hundred and One Dalmatians”}}. Better music, decent story. Could be that I watched the latter far more. But characterwise, I did enjoy the contrast between the titular Lady and the Tramp and it’s a nice enough story. Stylistically, I enjoy the city and it’s nice to not really see the human characters (it’s a dog movie after all.

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