Sweeny Todd or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

What can I say it is a musical? I hate musicals except for that lovely rendition of "Chicago" beautifully performed by Richard Gere , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Renee Zellweger and Queen Latifa. (No I'm not gay) Keeping that in mind, Tim Burton's version of the classic play was pretty good, but it is still a musical all be it a good one. There is of course very little dialog (less than 15 or 20 minutes) but that is to be expected. The sets, characters, makeup and cinematography are all distinctive Burton. Burton's Todd may be a little graphic for the more squeamish but pretty freak'n cool for the rest of us who love the blood spurting cranked up to full a al "Kill Bill."
Johhny Depp once again shows his versatility as he quite ably sings his way through the lead role. The supporting cast does just as well as they perform in this macabre tale that finally proves musicals can be watchable for heterosexual men, women and small animals the world over. All together I liked it and would recommend it for anyone who is a fan of Burton or Depp. The story, though basically a Greek tragedy, is still timeless and entertaining enough to hold your interest throughout. I had always heard that English food had a reputation for being bland and uneventful, certainly a stigma this movie will forever cast aside. One of the high points through out the feature is Mrs. Lovett and her meat pies.

Plant didn't like this one as much. He said the music creeped him out, kind of like the time he was used as a prop on the set of "Signs" and had to listen to hours of Mel Gibson and Ted Sutton talk about their years spent in the Hitler Youth. He still can't watch any M. Night Shyamalan film to this day. Then again who really can. Seriously. a kid reading cereal boxes foretelling the future. What next, all of the bees dying off and people disappearing? Please, somebody, anybody, stop him before he directs again. Plant also didn't believe Alan Rickman (one of his favorite actors) was properly cast in the role of Judge Turpin. He would have liked to have seen either Randy Quaid or Paul Reubens.

At this point, I am seriously starting to doubt Plant's motivation. Sometimes I don't think he cares about movies as much as he used to.