I will finally post here and I decided to start writing about a strange movie that I saw last weekend: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It was adapted from Broadway and is directed by Tim Burton (the exotic director of Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish and the new version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory).
Johnny Depp is Benjamin Barker, a barber who after being exiled unfairly for 15 years in Australia, returns to London under the name of Sweeney Todd and with a new look, in order to get revenge of the judge Turpin who caused his exile and was responsible for the death of his wife Lucy and adopted her daughter Johana. He returns to work at his old shop, which became the Mr.Lovett´s restaurant (played by Helena Boham Carter, Tim Burton´s wife), a woman who falls in love with Todd and form an alliance with him: Upstairs, Sweeney would kill his customers with his razors silver while downstairs, she would use the victims' flesh as filling for their pies. Everything goes perfectly for them until the day Todd gets his revenge on Turpin. Ironically, on this day that he should be happy, he ends up having the worst day of his life because of a terrible discovery…
The film, despite the dark and gothic side (typical of Burton's films), the countless deaths and the massive amount of blood, can be sad but also funny, with several scenes of black humor, musical moments and a surprised final with a message. Sweeney Todd is a great movie, very well written, well played and deserved to receive the award for best art direction. I recommend.
Johnny Depp is Benjamin Barker, a barber who after being exiled unfairly for 15 years in Australia, returns to London under the name of Sweeney Todd and with a new look, in order to get revenge of the judge Turpin who caused his exile and was responsible for the death of his wife Lucy and adopted her daughter Johana. He returns to work at his old shop, which became the Mr.Lovett´s restaurant (played by Helena Boham Carter, Tim Burton´s wife), a woman who falls in love with Todd and form an alliance with him: Upstairs, Sweeney would kill his customers with his razors silver while downstairs, she would use the victims' flesh as filling for their pies. Everything goes perfectly for them until the day Todd gets his revenge on Turpin. Ironically, on this day that he should be happy, he ends up having the worst day of his life because of a terrible discovery…
The film, despite the dark and gothic side (typical of Burton's films), the countless deaths and the massive amount of blood, can be sad but also funny, with several scenes of black humor, musical moments and a surprised final with a message. Sweeney Todd is a great movie, very well written, well played and deserved to receive the award for best art direction. I recommend.
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