Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 3 14:41

''There was a barber and his wife... And she was beautiful...A foolish barber and his wife...She was his reason and his life... And she was beautiful... And she was virtuous... And he was... naive.'' The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical. Johnny Depp: Sweeney Todd Stephen Sondheim's stage work has not, with one significant exception, fared well when transfered to the joys of cinema. The exception is, of course, energetic West Side Story, for which he is credited solely as lyricist. Gypsy, his other significant lyrics-only credit, is a magnificent show which became a mystifyingly mediocre transfer piece. ...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 29 7:46

Alright! You, sir? How about a shave? Come and visit your good friend Sweeney! You sir! Too, sir. Welcome to the grave... I will have vengeance. I will have salvation... Who, sir? You sir!No one's in the chair. Come on, come on! Sweeney's waiting. I want you bleeders. You sir? Anybody? Gentlemen, now don't be shy. Not one man... No, nor ten men... Nor a hundred can assuage me. I will have you! And I will get him back even as he gloats; In the meantime I'll practice on less honorable throats... And my Lucy lies in ashes, and I'll never see my girl again. But the work waits! I'm alive at last, and I'm full of joy! Directed by: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen Genre: Crime/Drama/Musical/Thriller Running time:...Read more

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Nov 29 7:12

Alright! You, sir? How about a shave? Come and visit your good friend Sweeney! You sir! Too, sir. Welcome to the grave... I will have vengeance. I will have salvation... Who, sir? You sir!No one's in the chair. Come on, come on! Sweeney's waiting. I want you bleeders. You sir? Anybody? Gentlemen, now don't be shy. Not one man... No, nor ten men... Nor a hundred can assuage me. I will have you! And I will get him back even as he gloats; In the meantime I'll practice on less honorable throats... And my Lucy lies in ashes, and I'll never see my girl again. But the work waits! I'm alive at last, and I'm full of joy! Directed by: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen Genre: Crime/Drama/Musical/Thriller Running time: 1...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 2 1:34

I expected more of this movie, it's a bit strange and boore to me. perhaps 'cause i don't like musical movies much 8D buuut, Depp is Depp XDD anyway the photography is great, as all Burton's movies :D

Rating : 4/10

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 6 21:54

Who knew a musical about a serial killer could be so bloody GREAT?!?!?!
LOVED IT. IT IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST FILM I'VE EVER SEEN. The viuals are STUNNING, the acting SUPERB, and Johhny Depp REALLY CAN sing!

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 21 4:06

"There was a barber and his wife...and she was beautiful..." Tim Burton is unquestionably one of my favourite directors, if not my absolute favourite director. It's a fact that no matter what the film or the subject matter, I will view a film helmed by Tim Burton (at the time of writing this review, I have seen all of Burton's work and own all his films). The partnership of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp will forever be a movie occasion to treasure, be it Ed Wood or Edward Scissorhands among an enormous number of others. It was the end of 2006 when Dreamworks fast-tracked Burton's latest collaboration with Johnny Depp...and I initially discovered Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The plan was to transform the lucrative Broadway musical into the world of live action cinema. The...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago at Feb 29 16:54

I travelled 55 kilometres and had to beg my parents to give me a ride just so I could see this movie on its official premiere day (Feb 29) here in Finland — can you believe we had to wait all this time? — and let me tell you, it was so worth the trouble! Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is absolutely brilliant. I've heard so many people complain about it being a musical (I'm not terribly fond of musicals either) but I rather liked how the singing and the story worked together! Ranging from adoring to murderous, the music helped to create the different atmospheres needed for each scene. I also think all the actors did a really good job at singing, I don't care if anyone else says otherwise. Sweeney Todd is dark — certainly the darkest movie I have ever seen — in ...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 1 year, 10 months ago at Jan 25 21:12

This has to be one of my favourite films ever, no doubt about that. When I first walked into the cinema to see this, I knew I was going to love it.. but I had no idea I would enjoy this film as much as I did. It had that distinctive Tim Burton 'style' to it. Dark, mysterious, eerie, bloody and humorous. You could call this a mixture of genres.. obviously it is a musical, but it's just as much of a horror movie as it is a comedy. Johnny Depp is Sweeney Todd.. the demon barber of Fleet Street. A dark character that comes across as a revenge-seeking, sinister person. All you need to know about this plot is that Sweeney Todd was once locked away from his wife and daughter, and came back to London to seek revenge. After his first killing Mrs Lovett, played by Helena Bonham Carter, suggests u...Read more

Rating : 10/10