Quite literally sickening

Rating: 1/10 (27 June 2008)

I saw it the other night, but um...I came away from it feeling quite disturbed. I thought the sets and costumes were great, and it started out very well...but then quickly plunged into depravity and just pure evil. I couldn't figure out why anyone would make a musical about a character who killed his clients so violently by slitting their throats, having them tip backwards into a trapdoor, land with a crunch onto the flagstones in the room below...and then be made into meat pies to be sold for human consumption. And then, to burst into song about it.
I mean, hello? We're supposed to find that entertaining? What's wrong with our world that we're fed this morbific junk?
I did a little research and found out that it was somewhat based on a true story, which is even more sickening -
"There is little romantic or even melodramatic about the life and times of Sweeney Todd. He was an amoral, bitter man who lusted for money and was not averse to killing to get it."
Basically, he killed his clients, robbed them, and then they were made into pies. Wow. Why do people make these violent murderers famous, as though they are some great hero? And a musical about it, no less?
I think Johnny Depp is a remarkable actor, an incredible talent...but I thought this film was nauseating.