A grand opera with an adequate performance

Rating: 5/10 (14 February 2016)

With Tim Burton, you can expect several things. This movie doesn't stray from the norm involving him.
"Was it interesting?" The story is rather well done. The effects were pretty convincing, but the blood was all over the spectrum except for blood red.
2 out of 3.
"Was it memorable?" A big problem was the performances. The singing by itself was good considering these are actors and not known for their voices. If only they could have emoted more while singing. Since about 85% of the dialog is sung, you have to put something behind the songs. I found that they just sung them like they were a separate performance.
1 out of 3.
"Was it entertaining?" A movie with this much music as not what I find entertaining. With so many songs that feel like filler, the movie would probably be only about 40 minutes long. The twists at the end were enjoyable even if they were slightly predictable, though the ending seemed rather abrupt.
1 out of 3.
Starting with 1 (because), 1+2+1+1=5 This movie is culturally popular enough to not feel like it was a waste of time to watch, but there is nothing motivating me to watch it again or anything like it. As a Tim Burton movie, it's more a hit than a miss, but not by much. Rather average for him in my opinion.