Blood, Gore and.....Singing?

This past weekend I watched the movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton 2007) and I must say that I liked it. All Tim Burton movies are good. Yeah sure it was bloody and dark but the part I liked best was the music and singing. Maybe it's just because I like music and so that's why it was so appealing to me. Benjamin Barker a.k.a Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp) is a dark and mysterious man. In the beginning it seems that Sweeney is doing the right thing and that his revenge is justified but towards the end he kind of gets out of control. Depp did a fabulous job and I thought it was very interesting how he could pull off such a part like Sweeney Todd. It's weird how many actors and sctresses today have such good singing voices. I was blown away and stunned the first time I heard Depp's voice and that it was amazing. The setting took place in London but instead of the bright and sunny London, we all know, we get the dark, shadowy, cloudy and dirty London. What adds to it is the lighting which is low key. Mostly all the scenes are dark and the main character's faces are so pale and ghastly-looking that you would think they were the undead or something like that.

Singing this song is Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter) and its called the "Worst Pies in London."Their faces are pale and white and the darkness of the setting adds to it so the result is high contrast. I think it's cool that they add that in but that's just me. Here's a clip of Depp singing just so you can hear what his voice sounds like.

So in all it makes an excellent and I would definitely recommend it. It may be dark and bloody but overall its good especially the music portion of it.