Sweeney Todd, Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Summary
After being sentenced to jail for fifteen years, Sweeney Todd returns to London in hopes of finding his wife and daughter. While waiting in a meat-pie shop, he comes to learn that his wife is gone and his daughter is in the hands of someone else. The owner of the pie show, Ms. Lovet, has her own problems to deal with. Those problems being that she has simply the worst pies in town. With team work and twisted minds, Todd and Lovet work together to try and solve their problems.
Review
This film is difficult for me to review since I'm rather biased toward Tim Burton. For any fan of his, this film is indeed a hit and will not disappoint. It is overflowing with his characteristic artistry, from the make up and set style to the camera angles. It will certainly not disappoint.
This film also will be pleasing for Depp fans. Though Mr. Depp's performance was good, I considered it to typical of him. The same goes for Helena Bonham Carter.
Other than the sheer monotony of the cast, the acting was exceptional, as was the costume, set, and story line. Having not seen the original Sweeney Todd, I don't know how close it was to the stage show.
Many people mentioned the large amount of blood in this movie, and I must say that there was indeed a good amount of blood-flow. From the opening credits to the very end there are bubbling streams of it. Between sliced throats, being burned alive, and heads being bashed in with tea kettles, it certainly deserved its R rating. Despite the blood and death, the film over all wasn't scary or even gory, really. Just bloody.
Language was typical of an R rated film, but was not excessive. There was mild sexual content. mostly just referred to, not shown.
There was a notable amount of alcoholic content, also.
[Positive feedback]
+Good acting
+Great cast
+Surprisingly good music and singing
+Amazing costumes
[Negative]
-The blood was way crappy
-At points the singing was difficult to understand
-The cast and look was a bit too typical
-There was a horrible CG scene in the beginning
-Some of the make-up (in the brighter scenes) was pretty bad.
Other notable elements
~Some of the camera angles and movements were incredibly fast paced. Almost enough to cause motion sickness.
~Danny Elfman did not do the musical score
Over all this film received 3.75 stars.