December 22nd, 2007
Sweeny Todd
Guess what I saw last night? Well, I guess the title gives it away. We had to drive about an hour away to see it since the whole Marcus theater thing, but it was well worth the drive. The movie is about an hour and a half. This was one of my picks of movies to see this weekend. Andy’s dad’s only complaint was too many throats were slashed. The set was done in complete Tim Burton style–dark. The movie was like any other Johnny Depp movie, although its may have been made to be dark, he added some comedic effect. I don’t know if I can be a good judge of whether the movie was good or not because it had Johnny in. I liked it. Andy was quite amused.
The singing was great–Johnny can sing! I read an article where they didn’t see if he could sing before he took the part. Helena Bonham Carter also was a good singer and actress. I know I’ve seen her in stuff before and I know she’s Tim Burton’s girlfriend, but she did great. She started the movie looking really like a hag and in the middle looked very nice and then in the end a hag again.
I would say this is a movie to watch every couple of years. Not something I could watch every year. It has a lot of blood, so if you don’t like blood stay away. It is a musical, so if you don’t like singing, stay away. But if you love Johnny–its one of his best performances. Lets just say, I’ve never truly believed someone could be in love with a razor until this movie!
