The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Meets the Last Man on Earth
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Envy me, I've seen it! And yes, Sweeney Todd is everything it's cracked up to be -- cutely morbid and morbidly sad. The dark and foreboding setting that's uniquely Tim Burton lends an eerie, yet highly apt, atmosphere to the whole movie, which is an adaptation of a play by Stephen Sondheim
I say cute because it reminds you of Burton's former masterpieces, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, which, funnily enough, are all cartoons. It's cutely morbid because of the colors used: for example, the almost-neon red used for the many bloody scenes somehow downplays the morbid aspect of the film. And it's morbidly sad because, frankly, how many people get thrown in jail because of a jealous Harry Potter character (for the ignorant, Alan Rickman, who plays Judge Turpin, also plays Severus Snape in HP) and end up killing their own wives (plus getting killed, too, by their own weapons)?
Watching Sweeney Todd is like watching a car crash: you know it's gonna end up all awful and hair-raising but you still look anyway. And, in effect, it tickles many a person's morbid fascination over revenge-driven individuals who have been so wronged that you root for them even if they should be legally put down by gas masks, you know, like rabid dogs or something.
Sweeney's misfortune and the way his story ends almost made me cry, just as how the satirical aspects of the movie made me laugh. It's that good a movie, but, children, it's not rated R-18 for nothing. Even if Johnny Depp's friggin'ly sexy voice is like a siren's song that lures pirates and wee little girls’ hearts, his role and maniacal portrayal are not for the faint of heart. Unless, of course, you enjoy having mini heart attacks and you get unexplained thrills from watching throats getting slit (which you would need a psychiatrist for).
So even if you're not much into revenge-seeking-injusticed-holy-crap-he-can-sing anti-heroes, Sweeney Todd is worth your money (of course, you get lollipop Johnny, so it's not such a waste of time, is it?). If, after enduring all those gory scenes and pretty song numbers, you're still not convinced that it's a good movie then...there's something wrong with you.
Go! Go watch I Am Legend...oh...I mean, Sweeney Todd! Then get back to me...or whatever.
P.S.
I Am Legend is good, too. Those of you who think otherwise...well, screw you!
I say cute because it reminds you of Burton's former masterpieces, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, which, funnily enough, are all cartoons. It's cutely morbid because of the colors used: for example, the almost-neon red used for the many bloody scenes somehow downplays the morbid aspect of the film. And it's morbidly sad because, frankly, how many people get thrown in jail because of a jealous Harry Potter character (for the ignorant, Alan Rickman, who plays Judge Turpin, also plays Severus Snape in HP) and end up killing their own wives (plus getting killed, too, by their own weapons)?
Watching Sweeney Todd is like watching a car crash: you know it's gonna end up all awful and hair-raising but you still look anyway. And, in effect, it tickles many a person's morbid fascination over revenge-driven individuals who have been so wronged that you root for them even if they should be legally put down by gas masks, you know, like rabid dogs or something.
Sweeney's misfortune and the way his story ends almost made me cry, just as how the satirical aspects of the movie made me laugh. It's that good a movie, but, children, it's not rated R-18 for nothing. Even if Johnny Depp's friggin'ly sexy voice is like a siren's song that lures pirates and wee little girls’ hearts, his role and maniacal portrayal are not for the faint of heart. Unless, of course, you enjoy having mini heart attacks and you get unexplained thrills from watching throats getting slit (which you would need a psychiatrist for).
So even if you're not much into revenge-seeking-injusticed-holy-crap-he-can-sing anti-heroes, Sweeney Todd is worth your money (of course, you get lollipop Johnny, so it's not such a waste of time, is it?). If, after enduring all those gory scenes and pretty song numbers, you're still not convinced that it's a good movie then...there's something wrong with you.
Go! Go watch I Am Legend...oh...I mean, Sweeney Todd! Then get back to me...or whatever.
P.S.
I Am Legend is good, too. Those of you who think otherwise...well, screw you!
Paola @ 1:11 AM
