Tim Burton, the brush and the camera

Rating: 4/10 (10 March 2008)

That was the first time I heard about Sweeney Todd, I loved it, the story and characters are beautiful and interesting and the heart of the story is important to tell.
Tim Burton is one of those directors you go to the cinema because of his name, but why is that exactly? Yes, he is a brilliant artist, illustrator and imaginative, but he just can't translate it well enough for motion pictures for my opinion.
Sweeney Todd is a play, and it looks like it was shot live while the play was running, Tim Burton didn't put one effort in thinking how the camera should tell the story and that is a very important part in movie making to me. It is just not enough that Mr. Burton is good with the brush, and though he is good with it, he ceased to surprise me in his movies because artistically they all look the same, especially the opening sequences.
So in the end, I enjoyed the story of Sweeney, the acting of the unmatchable Johnny Depp, Alan Ricman and Helena Bonham Carter and I liked the soundtrack too, but I realized there would be no difference watching the play since the movie didn't provide MOVIE materials.
Shimeck scale - unsatisfying