Fairly tedious

Rating: 2/10 (29 May 2010)

I found the whole thing fairly tedious and quite a chore to have to watch. I spent half the time surfing the Internet instead. The story was occasionally amusing but just so slow and I just couldn't really care too much about the characters.
I think Johnny Depp is a fairly over-rated actor in most roles (with a few exceptions) but this really sunk to new lows. And I think Alan Rickman thought he was back in a Harry Potter movie because I couldn't tell the difference.
The music was just terrible - just noise really. I'm guessing they had a fairly decent budget so why not hire someone to write some music and words which are worth listening to.
OK, some of the visuals were quite good and the portrayal of London was suitably gloomy (if rather stereotyped) but that just made the whole story even more tedious.
Overall, a movie well worth avoiding!