Best Musical I've EVER SEEN!!

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2008)

Its dark...its musical...its dramatic...its all of it together. I've never enjoyed musicals that much, i actually find them quite boring. Still, when I was watching Sweeney Todd, I couldn't even go to the bathroom, i just didn't wanted to miss anything!! The songs and the lyrics where amazing and, sometimes,even funny. I actually liked the singing parts, because the story didn't freeze during it, like most musicals. The end of the film was unexpected and not a cliché at all, and the actors' performances where great! I admit I didn't knew what to expect from a musical where Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter both sing, but I was surprise with their voices. Johnny Depp made a brilliant performance, making us wanting more!! The ambiance of the movie is also great. Tim Burton presents this kind of twisted universe of London, full with thief's and not any moral at all. Everything just seems perfect, to the smallest detail, like the clothes or the set. The blood is obviously artificial, but the fact that it is so red, just makes it part of the universe. 5* for me!!