I have been watching a lot of movies lately. So, seeing as how I like to have something to actually post I have decided to review the latest two i have seen (i am going to see dark knight tonight so i might do another tomorrow). i have not said this but i am indeed a theater kid. so, it is only fitting, i believe that i see Sweeney Todd. i finally had the chance and now i know what all of my friends were almost obsessive over. (SPOILER ALERT!) this is an amazing love/revenge story of a barber (Johnny Depp) who had a beautiful wife wanted by a powerful judge. the judge quickly took care of the barber by throwing him in jail. Somehow, Todd (the barber) arrives back in London bent on revenge against the judge. he arrives back in his shop on fleet street above Mrs.Lovett's Meat Pies. while he slowly slaughters all the meaningless men of London, he provides the meat for Lovett's famous pies. though all this is clear in the beginning, somewhere in the middle the plot twists kick in. because of this, i will not explain the end (plus i dont want to give away the sudden end). i will, however, inform you that Tim Burton, in my eyes, is like the great Spielberg and Lucas. He has never disappointed. he has continued to cast the best of the best, especially in the creepiness factor. well, i am going to finish watching it for the second or third time, but i will post my second review when i feel like it.
1 comments:
Hey there's nothing wrong with theater. Some of the greatest stories ever told started out as plays and musicals (think Shakespeare... how many times has the Romeo & Juliet plot been remixed and modernized?).
But, yeah, Sweeney Todd was good. Tim Burton is one of my favorite directors and he uses Johnny Depp and Helene Bonham Carter a LOT, even for voices in his animated stuff.
Now that I know how much you like him, I have a few more directors I think you'd like.
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