Meaningless Violence

Rating: 1/10 (18 July 2009)

I took all the time to register with IMDb so I could write a comment and warn prospective viewers about this film. I am an admirer of Burton movies, and when I read about this movie I thought it would be something similar to the Illussionist (not Burton's), a movie I liked immensely. I like historical movies, old cities and stories about them, so I decided to see this movie.
What I got was a horrible, gory, bloody and utterly meaningless movie. This movie does not entertain, it does not charm, it does not thrill, and it does not make a human being laugh. There is no plot, no serious climax, no wonder or awe or amusement. There is just a lot of blood sprouting out of throats of men, and then cannibalism and other such horror.
I wonder what Burton was thinking, what the Oscar people were thinking, and what Sondheim was thinking, as well. There are violent things that happen in the world. But if you depict violence in such a fashion that almost goes beyond reality, you actually create real violence just like some of these American serial killers.
Intention to crime is being punished these days, though there is much doubt as to the verifiability of such intention. But this movie leaves one in no doubt that there is a sick mind at work here. I feel sick having watched this movie, and will immediately buy an electronic hair/shaving kit to spare myself from going to a barber.