Tim Burton, a little advice for ya...

Rating: 5/10 (26 December 2014)

Johhny Depp, it can't be denied, is a terrific actor (although sorry Johnny Depp fans, but William B. Davis is my favorite actor, he's better than Johnny Depp by a long shot). I think my favorite performance of Johnny Depp was in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"... but Depp is a victim of overused actor syndrome; Tim Burton uses him in nearly ALL his movies, always playing the brooding, depressed, gothy-type characters, always looking the EXACT SAME. It gets very annoying to want to see an original movie only to find that as usual, Tim Burton has hired Depp for the same type of roles again...
I wish I could say I liked this movie (the poster looked interesting), but I didn't even understand it... it was morbid and disturbing and dark, and don't get me wrong I like the dark humor and creepy movies and all that (I love Edward Scissorhands, Felidae, Carrie, etc.) but Sweeney Todd just goes WAY too far with it. I bought the DVD to watch with my little brother actually, because he loved Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice and Stephen King's IT, but he's autistic and it's hard to know which horror movies are appropriate for him. He requested this one and so I got to play babysitter for the day and show him this... he's seen R-Rated horror movies before and I thought this would be a safe bet considering he's even seen the uncut version of My Bloody Valentine (1981)... but Sweeny Todd terrified him and I fell asleep halfway through the movie. It wasn't scary, or funny or creative, just incredibly dark for the hell of it without any explanation as to why. I realize Burton is known as a director and creator of morbid-humor movies, but this? This was just a pointless waste of money to buy, I think I'll stick with The X-Files, Cold Case and old cheesy 80's slashers.