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For Sweeny Todd, the revenge is bitter and cruel

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user510

I waited for this one to come out on video, then saw it on satellite pay per view. The story carried me through to the end. Acting was top notch. It's a Tim Burton film so you expect some dark humor, and there is. Imagine a fresh killed corpse hurtling down the chute to the basement where it hits concrete head first, rocketing out volumes of blood through the large hole in the just-cracked skull. The first time, it was funny.

Helena Bonham Carter's Mrs. Lovett character is, perhaps, the most interesting. Why does she support Depp's Todd so willingly? She loves him and thus becomes his co-conspirator in this bloody tale of revenge. And there is revenge... but in the end, there is this bloody emptiness.....

-Steve

Follow Ups:

I couldn't finish it - Jon L 14:34:43 05/30/08 (3)
and I really tried, given all the critical accolades it received.

The songs and singing just didn't appeal to me, and the storyline didn't really hold my interest at all.
- Music is interesting - Brian A 22:06:33 05/31/08 (0)
  Modern composition. So it is made by unusual chords that don't normally sound good together, but somehow do. The singing was very complex with many half shifts or something like that.
  
  We'll have to agree to disagree about human caused global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along.
- RE: I couldn't finish it - user510 20:26:00 05/30/08 (1)
  ...can't say I blame you. For my part, I pretty much over-looked the singing aspects about 20 minutes in. The story-line, even though almost every aspect was predictable, kept me on for the ride. You knew there would be revenge, and that the one seeking revenge had crossed the line that distinguishes between virtue and evil in favor of the latter. Doom. Gloom. Blood and gore.
  
  What a downer of a movie.
  
  -Steve
  - I have not seen the appeal of Depp and Burton - PhilJ 21:55:36 05/30/08 (0)
    working together since Edward Scissorhands their first and only quality movie together IMO.
    
    I can not bring myself to rent this movie either.
    thanks
    
    Phil

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