^ I keep hearing that its better than AVP, so I suppose that makes a change.
Anyways I have recently got back from wacthing Tim Burton's, Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street.
I was really looking forward to seeing this (hence why I couldn't wait till the actual release day, Friday). It was very hyped up by the media, it features some of my favorite actors and is directed by Burton who is an absolute legend so it has a lot to live up to. And you know what? It does! The songs are great and probably make up 85% of the speech, which shocked me as thats what you would expect from an opera not a musical. But it doesn't feel like the music is invading on a scene it just seems to flow in and out as if it was just the way the character talks normally. The sets are also very good and its just mind boggling to think that all of it was filmed at Pinewood Studios, a fantastic job. It feels so gritty and realistic.
Obviously Depp was fantastic as Sweeney, its so strange to think that this is the first time he has sung too, it feels so natural. Ed Sanders has defiantly got to get a mention too, his first role in a motion picture and he is awesome, a very good performance. Sacha Bohen Cohen (Ali G/Borat) does what he usually does and prances round taking on a completely different role as if thats his real persona. Very well done to him as he adds so much to his scenes, makes it more amusing and also real. Timothy Spall and Alan Rickman were great as the villians and they really created a sense that they were in charge and that they can get away with anything. Helena Boham Carter was very good too as Mrs Lovett and she really shines in my favorite track "A little priest".
The story itself is brilliant and the twist at the end is fantastic and took me by surprise, very gruesome and bloody. Oh yeah...the gore! There is a lot of it but if Warner had cut the scene they wanted to cut out it would have made it feel empty as the film needs the high body count that it has :twisted:
Soz for such a long review, but obviously you can tell that I love it...
Rating: 5/5![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Anyways I have recently got back from wacthing Tim Burton's, Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of Fleet Street.
I was really looking forward to seeing this (hence why I couldn't wait till the actual release day, Friday). It was very hyped up by the media, it features some of my favorite actors and is directed by Burton who is an absolute legend so it has a lot to live up to. And you know what? It does! The songs are great and probably make up 85% of the speech, which shocked me as thats what you would expect from an opera not a musical. But it doesn't feel like the music is invading on a scene it just seems to flow in and out as if it was just the way the character talks normally. The sets are also very good and its just mind boggling to think that all of it was filmed at Pinewood Studios, a fantastic job. It feels so gritty and realistic.
Obviously Depp was fantastic as Sweeney, its so strange to think that this is the first time he has sung too, it feels so natural. Ed Sanders has defiantly got to get a mention too, his first role in a motion picture and he is awesome, a very good performance. Sacha Bohen Cohen (Ali G/Borat) does what he usually does and prances round taking on a completely different role as if thats his real persona. Very well done to him as he adds so much to his scenes, makes it more amusing and also real. Timothy Spall and Alan Rickman were great as the villians and they really created a sense that they were in charge and that they can get away with anything. Helena Boham Carter was very good too as Mrs Lovett and she really shines in my favorite track "A little priest".
The story itself is brilliant and the twist at the end is fantastic and took me by surprise, very gruesome and bloody. Oh yeah...the gore! There is a lot of it but if Warner had cut the scene they wanted to cut out it would have made it feel empty as the film needs the high body count that it has :twisted:
Soz for such a long review, but obviously you can tell that I love it...
Rating: 5/5