Friday, February 15, 2008

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street


I have never been able to survive a musical but this is the first time I actually enjoyed one.

Yes Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a rather enjoyable movie. It deals with the dark side of human emotion. Its a dark dark movie but its that kind of movie which makes one deeply think. Sweeney Todd has been wronged but can one find sympathy for a mass murderer/

After being sent away by the corrupt Judge Turpin, Sweeney Todd or Benjamin Barker as he was earlier known returns to London with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He returns only to find his wife dead and his daughter in the hands of the evil Judge Turpin. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pie Shop, where she sells "the worst pies in London." With the help of Mrs. Lovett, Todd means to rid London of the corrupt aristocracy, and also get his revenge on judge Turpin. There is an evil evil twist as to how the bodies of the victims are disposed of.

2 comments:

Wolfestine said...

Hey there...
Yesterday this movie got an Oscar for the best art direction. U sure it's worth watching :P

Ashraf's Pen said...

Take my word for it,its worth all the time.

Thats why I am not surprised it got an Oscar.

Just shut off the lights and watch it with no interference.