Movie review - Sweeney Todd

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Gothic is as Gothic does. Bloody hell.

What a disappointment. Oh, Mr. Tim Burton, if all you had to do was to promote cannibalism in your movie you could have as well put it up as a sequel to the Hannibal Lecter series.

**SPOILER WARNING

Pity, such beautiful photography and screenplay and excellent background score all for a movie worth puking in the theatre. How many normal people in the viewer’s seat can digest seeing hundreds of unsuspecting residents in London deliciously chomping meat pies filled with human meat. Did it have to be so explicit and cruel? How wonderful the beginning was with the hue and the sepia tone, depicting the beauty of London well even in shady untidy areas with open gutters. For all it’s digitally mastered artistic effects, the plain cannibalism you show so artistically is horrifying. Johnny Depp, SachaBaron Cohen (Borat), and the other characters borrowed from the Harry Porter movies (lady prisoner of Azkaban, Prof. Snapes and Peter Pettigrew) a talented star cast showcased well musically but for the gross and raw violence. The Nightmare before Christmas was boring enough, just believing every movie of Tim Burton’s to be equivalent to The Corpse Bride is worthy of a punishment like Sweeney Todd.

No more Tim Burton from now on, not until it’s a pure action movie like the Batman series or a cartoon movie with good reviews from critics and users alike. Even then I’m not too sure if I can still be a fan of Tim Burton anymore.

Sorry Mr. Burton, but goodbye.

Rating: 1/5 (for the excellent music and photography)