Best film I have seen this year

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2007)

My daughter gave me the Sweeney Todd soundtrack for Xmas. I admit my only exposure to Sweeney Todd up til now was thanks to Jersey Girl (though I have unknowingly loved Sondheim's music most my life). Anyway, Johnny Depp and Helena Carter were awesome and I would gladly watch this movie again and again and will own it when it gets to DVD. I am no expert (just a fan and a humble member of the audience) but listening to Johnny D, Ed Sanders, Jamie Bower, Helena Carter and Alan Rickman thrilled me and gave me goosebumps for 1 hour 57 minutes. And I found Tim Spall and Sacha Cohen very entertaining as well. (My daughter: "Mom! Three of the main characters are from Harry Potter!!") Well, unfortunately I live in Jackson Mississippi and the audience at Tinseltown was packed w/very young children (R rated movie remember?) that obviously couldn't get tickets for the Chipmunks movie and older kids that had no idea what they were in for (I heard teenagers in the parking lot debating whether to see Sweeney Todd or Waterhorse), so next time I go to this movie I want to sit among a sophisticated intelligent audience that will appreciate and enjoy a great story as well as wonderful music, directing and acting. Yes it was bloody but campy and exaggerated like Kill Bill. My daughter and I just closed our eyes whenever we knew something scary was coming, as I did the first time I saw Jaws in a theatre a million years ago.
My question for the day: why do people treat movie theatres (and restaurants) like they are in their own homes. Hey rude selfish obnoxious people! Just stay home! I am paying to see, hear and enjoy the movie! Why do you pay money to NOT watch the movie but to just talk to each other or be on the phone? You parents are responsible for not teaching your children how to act appropriately in public and you are doing them a great disservice. And yes this inappropriate moronic behavior happens in other places besides Tinseltown, Jackson, Mississippi.
Happy New Year!