turgid virtuosity

Rating: 6/10 (2 May 2008)

My goodness! This movie fairly gushes virtuosity. A feast for the eyes as they pan across the scuttling filigree of London antiquated. Every scene is rendered exquisitely so Even in the dark light of the Gothic grotesque, it is quite beautiful. I found myself swept up in this poetry effortlessly...the classic theme of revenge woven through the miasma of all things London bleak. The peeling walls and crumbling plaster a visceral chiaroscuro against the artful gleam of Todd's straight razor. All this is a guilty pleasure, I admit One I indulged with abandon, I tell you...like a swoon in an opium den...until...until...
Until the singing started. Please, dear lord...make it stop!