I am a massive Tim Burton fan and when I saw the trailer for Sweeney Todd I thought this would be a cinema experience like no other. But if I am honest, its almost as if Burton has made his trademark eccentricity genric now with the same gothic players-Depp and Bohnam Carter.
Sweeney Todd is still impressive as a set piece-the damp street of a seedy London. But when the music starts it pretty much hits a bum note. The songs are bland-even for someone like me who hates musicals anyway, the films musical score is wonky. Why? The main issue is Depp himself. He seems to always do a variation on the weird yet wonderful that when Sweeney Todd should have stood out, it just seems like Depp, giving us what we have come to expect from him.
Bonhnam Carter again is in the same boat. Like Depp, not a great singer but they are expected to carry a musical and its a rehasing of all her previous lightly sinister but harmless characters.
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I am a massive Tim Burton fan and when I saw the trailer for Sweeney Todd I thought this would be a cinema experience like no other. But if I am honest, its almost as if Burton has made his trademark eccentricity genric now with the same gothic players-Depp and Bohnam Carter.
Sweeney Todd is still impressive as a set piece-the damp street of a seedy London. But when the music starts it pretty much hits a bum note. The songs are bland-even for someone like me who hates musicals anyway, the films musical score is wonky. Why? The main issue is Depp himself. He seems to always do a variation on the weird yet wonderful that when Sweeney Todd should have stood out, it just seems like Depp, giving us what we have come to expect from him.
Bonhnam Carter again is in the same boat. Like Depp, not a great singer but they are expected to carry a musical and its a rehasing of all her previous lightly sinister but harmless characters.
The mediocre music sitting next to the scenes of 'gore' again do not work as much as you would have hoped for. It seems Burton has honed in on his mild mannered gothika and tried to really go over the top with the throat slashing. But again, it all does not work. After a while, once you have seen one throat cut, its all repetitive thereon in.
The film did not do greatly at the Oscars and for avid Burton fans who believe he can do no wrong, they are getting what they love. I still enjoy Burton's movies but think it about time he found some fresher people to cast and stop reproducing the same old same old. Sooner or later more people will notice

I had never seen this stage Musical and when I heard Tim Burton, one of my favourite directors, along with a fantastic and unusual cast, were to bring it to the silver screen, I couldn't wait to see it.
Since it was released, I could not stop watching this film and with every viewing it got better and better! I must have spent a fortune at the cinemas!!
This is truly one of the great musicals and with Tim Burton at it's helm, one of the most visually stunning!! The chemistry of the cast is fantastic, you can't help but like all the dispicable characters and be annoyed by the Good. What also adds to the charm, is the fact that the cast is not comprised of amazing vocalists and this adds charm to the whole film. If they had all been proffessional singers I really do think the film may have faltered.
Mr Burton and his players hold no punches in this amazing, musical tale of revenge. Many say it's a little gory but I have seen more blood in a Tarrantino film!!
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I had never seen this stage Musical and when I heard Tim Burton, one of my favourite directors, along with a fantastic and unusual cast, were to bring it to the silver screen, I couldn't wait to see it.
Since it was released, I could not stop watching this film and with every viewing it got better and better! I must have spent a fortune at the cinemas!!
This is truly one of the great musicals and with Tim Burton at it's helm, one of the most visually stunning!! The chemistry of the cast is fantastic, you can't help but like all the dispicable characters and be annoyed by the Good. What also adds to the charm, is the fact that the cast is not comprised of amazing vocalists and this adds charm to the whole film. If they had all been proffessional singers I really do think the film may have faltered.
Mr Burton and his players hold no punches in this amazing, musical tale of revenge. Many say it's a little gory but I have seen more blood in a Tarrantino film!!
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