i really like this movie. and yes, as what Sara said in her blog, the movie scenes inside were really bloody, lotsa gore and lotsa buckets of blood. Although the blood looked kinda fake, not dark red enough, looks too liquid for blood. of course it's not real blood. haha. but still, it was really gory and exciting.
Johnny Depp as the demon barber was no doubt awesome. his pale white sheet face, his blood-shot eyes, his coldness and his mad eccentric hair were all a very good combination. and they way he held his sharp silver razor towards the window facing the sun, you can very well see the glint of madness in his eyes and the way he smirks, full of darkness. and the scene in Mrs. Lovett pie shop, full of dust and hard pies, coakcroches crawling everywhere, her flying messy hair and smoky eyes. singing the worst pies in London.
A barber and his beautiful wife, where the barber was unjustly sent to prison by Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman) for a crime he did not commit. 15 years later, he returns as Sweeney Todd, who shaves the head of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard from again. and of course there is his accomplice, Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) , who uses human meat to make meat pies. she might very well be the real murderer (not directly) but she was the one who instigated Mr. Todd to commit murders on almost everybody when the idea of using human meat to make pies came up in her mind. and Todd's 1st victim was his rival barber, Signor Adolfo Pirelli (Sacha Baron Cohen)., who once was the boy Todd hired to sweep the floor back then in his barber shop. he threatened Todd that he would reveal who he really is, and *slash slash*, he was killed.
she was in love with Sweeney Todd, but he had no heart of hers in his. in the end, she had to paid for lying to Todd because she lied to him that his wife was dead, while knowing all along that she had become an old begger, Mrs. Lovett was pushed into the hot burning oven by Todd and was left to burn. it was quite shocking actually. and Todd was left to mourn, grief, remorse about his wife's death. how ironic that Sweeney Todd killed his own wife with his razor blade, although his wife's last words were "i know that face sir", and *slash slash slash*, blood pouring out from her neck and goodbye, he didn't gave her a chance to finish her words. sigh.
and he almost killed his daughter too. stupid man, revenge and vengeance blurred his mind that he started killing innocent people, where all he wants is to actually kill Judge Turpin and his assistant Beadle. before all that though, Mrs. Lovett hired a boy that used to be Aldofo Pirelli's assistant. and the boy suspected that Todd had something weird going on, and he told Mrs. Lovett and Todd wanted to kill the boy. in the end, Todd was killed by the boy with Todd's very own razor and died in a pool of blood with his wife.
Johnny Depp kept slicing lots of throats that you kinda have to feel your own throat as well. it makes you quite terrified to watch the scenes where throats were cut, but at the meantime, you couldn't really miss it. and the suspense of it, like when is he going to slice that throat, whoa! and blood were spurting and pouring out like a fountain. and the most blood that spilled out and Johnny Depp was covered in blood was when he killed Judge Turpin. the music inside was quite good too, Johnny Depp can sing! haha. i think i'll go download the soundtrack. hehe. and there were some humour like when Mrs. Lovett was dreaming having a beautiful life with Todd and when Todd was dreaming roaming the streets of London with his razor blade asking everybody for a shave.
at that time of the society in London in the olden days, the rich manipulated the poor. poor is a crime that actually succumbed to the poor killing the rich to get pity and sympathy from society. but committing murder is still a serious crime no matter you're poor or rich. although you would kinda sympathised the barber's misfortunes.
this is a movie that can't be missed. but if you really faint at the sight of blood, i advice you not to watch though, it could be terrifying.
