I never thought I would ever go watch a musical. In the least enjoy it. But this one had Johnny Depp. Johnny Depp?? Our old cap' Jack Sparrow? yeah him and he fits the role as well as he fit the role of jack sparrow.
For his movie I decided to read up on the background before hand so it might affect the review a wee bit. Sweeny Todd is a famous villain character from 18th century Britain stories who butchers his clients with his barber blade and his accomplice Mrs. Lovett hides those crimes by mincing up the victims and making them into pies to sell to her unknowing customers.( i know what the veggies are gonna say here :p)
You might think I gave away the stoy in the review. But that isn't true this is the background that you should know about the famous Sweeny Todd. The real story is much more intricate and its backed by a fabulous acting(and singing-acting) by all the actors and packs a bunch of real good surprises and twists. Sweeny Todd is as dark and terrifying as any motion picture in recent memory. A work of an extreme evil genius. What you see is as dark as the grave. The music is infernal, Except that you might call it heavenly. Believe me it's the new ring tone on my cell phone and i deliberately leave it to full volume on my office table so others can here it.
Watching the movie was one of the wonderful experiences i have had recently. Me and my friend were singing in the hall repeating the lines repeating after Sweeny and Mrs Lovitt in Chorus. Yes I am one of those blights on the society.
But then before saying anything further you probably should remember that I am now a Sweeny Todd fan . . . :p