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do you know the story?...Benjamin Barker,gets wrongfully sentanced for...foolishness..and gets sent far away from the streets of London,away from his beloved and his daughter,15 years later Benjamin is back...as Sweeney Todd...never forget,never forgive,he wants his revenge on the judge who set him up,he opens a barbers shop above Mrs Lovett's pie shop,and together they murder a whole range of London folk,dumps the bodies downstairs and makes them into pies
Directed by Tim Burton and Johhny Depp as sweeney and Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs Lovett(these 3 have been together in charlie and the chocolate factory,corpse bride),,Tim Burtons typical vision is right at home here,in 19th century London,and Depp gives us perhaps Capt Sparrow's long lost brother(same accent,only less drunk sounding)
Even though this is a musical,i dont think it should put off any of you that much,the 18certificate is justified,where sweeneys cut throat razor slices the customers throats open and Depp practically bathes in the streaming blood that spurts out
the supporting cast is pretty damn impressive as well,Harry Potters Alan Rickman(Snape)
and Timothy Spall(Peter Petigrew),are great as the evil Judge and his sidekick,also Sacha baron Cohen(Borat) as sweeneys todds rival Italian barber Pirelli is good for a laugh or two
the story is great,the look of olde London town is just as impressive as you would expect of a Tim Burton film...and yes,the songs were fine as well,i knew it was a musical before entering the cinema,they arent sing along type songs,but at least it was something different
Anything bad?,well...if you dont like musicals,stay well away,even if it is another Burton,Depp,Carter one(corpse bride you could count as a musical)...because the script in this i think is more sung than spoken
bad blood,not that the blood in this film was that bad,i have seen less convincing blood,but in this film it looked a bit too light,perhaps thats how Tim Burton wanted it to be,i dont know...but the amnount of blood,was still great
not sure if it was the cinema i was in or what,but London town in the dark,was a bit too dark for me,i could hardly see what was going on,relief when the flashbacks (and also a cute little dream sequence of Helena Bonham Carter)was during the day with lots of vibrant colour....but present day wasnt all bad though later scenes has olde london town during the day as well
i liked this film,i dont mind some musicals..maybe i am swayed because how much i love Tim Burton films..if you are a guy,take the girlfriend/wife for the songs,although she may not favour all the blood.
anyway i reckon this is a 8 metal orphans out of 10 movie...a difficult movie actually to recommend,as i know singing isnt everyones cup of tea,they want action ...well here is gore and singing and also take into account that i love all kinds of movies unless Skins hero steven seagal is in it
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