Sweeney Todd

Has anyone else realized how incredibly talented Johny Depp is?

All right, I admit I've only seen four of his movies, but let's just look at the variety of roles he's played in those four: a nervous wannabe CSI (Sleepy Hollow), a smooth-talking pirate (of the Caribbean), a possibly psycho chocolate maker (Willy Wonka) and a dark-ass, misunderstood serial killer barber (Sweeney Todd). Oh, and let's not forget that he has starred in the last one without any musical training at all.

The man's got skill.

Though I admit that the blood in Sweeney was comically fake, I loved the movie. The singing was phenomenal. I know people have said that Helena Bonham Carter's voice was sometimes questionable, but she's playing an unstable baker who makes cannibals out of her customers--does it really make sense to make her perfect? And as for Depp -- just wow.

One of my favorite lines was the last in the song 'Epiphany'. Let us remember that the song is about how everyone deserves to die, and how his life sucks. The last line: "I'm alive again/And I'm full of joy!" Yeah, okay.

The movie was perfect in every way, with just enough weird comedy to add to the script. After all, "Who doesn't love a good musical comedy horror slasher thriller, right?"