Wonderfully Dark

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2007)

This film was absolutely incredible. I went into it a little skeptical, as it seems Tim Burton has been in a bit of a slump lately. The last film of his I saw was "Corpse Bride" which, I must say, sucked. At least in my opinion. "Sweeney Todd," however, brings back all the perfectly darkly comedic aspects of Burton's work that I (and I think most people) love him for. I loved that they kept the musical bits and Burton did a wonderful job of making the whole thing very theatrical. For instance, the gore (which there is a lot of) is extremely fake looking in a funny way... it emphasizes the theatrical comedy of the whole story. My friend commented that it seemed a bit over the top, which I would agree with completely. She looked at that as a downside, but the over-the-top exaggerations are part of what made this so amazing for me. I highly recommend this film. I knocked it down one star because it left out my favorite song from the original musical and because they changed the ending a bit. Other than that, amazing film... very Tim Burton.