Sweeney Todd

I was surprised at how deathly boring the songs were-the singing is a bit weak all-around,but the songs themselves were terribly slow and lyrically uninteresting.Same goes for the violence-it rarely stepped out from repetitive throat-hacking,so the gore department was straight-out unimaginative and lacking in style.

The plot's predictably frail for a musical,but the set designs,costumes and overall exterior is illustriously designed-with a few outstanding visual scenes (Ms. Lovett's 'fantasy life' scene) that re-captured my attention after long periods of drone.

The best thing about Todd,undoubtedly,is Johnny Depp-who got a bit redundant from the Pirate sequels-who's so deep in character here,it's a bit frightening-rich,intricate details like the Murderous Gaze,the Slight Pout and Relaxed Posture are held from start to end-and along with Helena Bonham Carter's equally solid performance,the duo's performances are the only thing positively demonic about Sweeney Todd-the one thing tying it all together with a delicate knot-measly supported by Alan Rickman,Timothy Spall and Sacha Baron Cohen's small supporting parts,but sadly broken by the wearyingly dull songs (if I have to hear "I feel You,Johanna" one more time,feel free to put me on suicide watch),and the fact that both Johanna and Anthony were uninteresting in every possible way.

I feel that Burton's got great big ideas and the vision to execute them as commercial successes,but simply isn't psychotic or bizarre as he can be-as a result,most of his films show great potential but feel very restrained,and ultimately fail to provide what's promised.