A surprising but brilliant masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (27 May 2008)

What to say about Sweeney Todd, well when i fist saw the trailer i thought to myself, cool looks good i might just go and see that. Problem was it was rated 18 when it went into cinemas so...i couldn't go in much to my annoyance.I'm actually quite a fan of Tim Burton's work and working with johnny Depp is just the recipe for a triple chocolate deluxe mega saucy delicious cake.Some of My favourite projects from him were, the nightmare before Christmas, Batman (loved that one), the oyster kid (that was a series of poems he wrote) and sleepy hollow.
Anyway it's based on a famous legend (no one knows if its true or not) about a barber named....well have a guess!, who would kill his customers then hand the corpses over to his wife who would bake meat pies...and you get the idea.The weird thing for me was not knowing it was a musical!, i thought it was just a movie but that didn't change anything at all i still thought it was brilliant.This movie went beyond my expectations partly because it was a musical but also because of the ending let me tell you it is really ironic if thats the right word...
The casting?, brilliant they have a good choice of many great actors, i really enjoyed Helena Bonham Carters performance as Mrs. Lovett she really can play a mad cow...not that she is...
The music?, well it's a musical so it's really GOT to deliver the good on this one and it did!, i never would of thought Johnny Depp could sing like that, it wasn't amazing...but still impressive Overall?, its a great movie, dark, Gothic just how i would of visioned London in the 19th century (by the way if you liked this movie check out the London dungeons in London, you'll feel like you're in the movie, not that its got anything to do with Sweeny Todd but they do have a brilliant Sweeny Todd attraction there). I don't understand the 18 rating though, sure its gory but not like saw or 28 weeks later and is there any language?...the word s*** comes twice so...i would of said a 15 or a film for a mature audience this isn't for kids under ten.
The Ending?, unexpected and quite chilling and also ironic like i said earlier.
Tim Burton has really proved himself once again, and for rating i will give...
4/5