Sweeny Todd

Huiru, Daniel, Chris (H), Marc and i went to catch Sweeny Todd at Golden Village Grand at Great World city. The time was 1130pm. There are 2 reasons why we chose that place to catch the movie; 1 being that the timing is just right for all of us, and 2 it is very close to this nice malay food place just along the stretch of Spize that is cheaper and serves excellent naan.

Sweeny Todd is a Tim Burton film that stars Johnny Depp in the title role and its a musical, a genre of movie that Marc totally couldn't enjoy. I, being somewhat a fan of musicals, loved the musical numbers and thought it to be different in style from alot of musicals that i had watched or heard before. Prior to the movie, i only came into contact with 2 songs from the musical, 'Pretty women' and 'Not while i'm around', both from the album 'The broadway album' by Barbra Streisand. In the movie, both songs were sung by males and thus was a pleasant surprise for me as i had no contact with the musical before. The movie is in the typical shade of grey and black that is very Tim Burton, with almost all the major characters painted with ghostly dead white faces and dark eye-shadows. The blood, when spew from the victim's throats are thick rose red that is very contrasting from the overall picture. Certain scenes are rather animated that it seems very familiar compared to Corpse bride, another film by Tim. Johnny, a frequent collaborator with Tim is as his usual devilish fun and i have to say, his singing voice is still rather pleasant. Most of the actors are not professional singers thus you won't get to hear songs being belted out like singers from American Idol, however they sing with heart and are still in tune, thus pleasant and blends in with the movie.

This movie overall is a dark revenge film but still funny in certain macabre scenes (eg, the scene where they wonder how the meat tastes like for different men with different professions, and the scene where Sweeny Todd started slashing the un-suspecting victim's throats while singing..)
It is a recommended film, both for the wonderful music and the actor's performance.