Boring and pointless.

Rating: 5/10 (31 August 2008)

Like always, I don't understand the rave reviews for this movie.
It was hardly anything special. Yes, the acting was amazing. And yes, the style was great. But anything worth giving this movie a perfect rating over stops there.
When I (was forced to) watch The Phantom of the Opera, I couldn't stop thinking: "I have scars, but do I make a lame musical about it?" With Sweeney Todd, it was: "Revenge is a bad thing, we have seen that in a hundred movies already, why another one?" I don't get why movies simply can't just think of some lesser-used moral to center a movie around. (Or the original opera/musical, for that matter.) A moral that people can use. Have you ever honestly thought about killing someone for revenge? If so, you're by far the minority, and I seriously doubt a movie about a barber is going to change your mind.
My second complaint was the blood. I'm all for over-the-top unrealistic style of blood splatter, but this just didn't impress me. I couldn't tell if I was supposed to laugh at it in this movie, or if the makers actually wanted me to take it seriously. It was just one of the most pathetic attempts at the style I have seen in a movie yet.
Finally, I was bored to tears during the first hour. Nothing happens. I about turned it off because the singing was so annoying and typicalI felt like I was sitting through The Phantom of the Opera all over again.
Overall, just a typical revenge movie. Nothing more, nothing less. I'd take Death Sentencewhich has the same moral, but much more entertainingover this any day, however.
5/10