Call me crazy, but I totally loved it.

Yes, it was gory. Yes, a lot of parts were just way gross, and no, I'm not a sadist, but I really really liked the movie. Most probably because the story's so cool.

Okay, plot-wise, it was kind of typical. I mean--good guy has beautiful wife, bad guy gets wife and makes good guy disappear, and after some years, good guy comes back under a different identity to get revenge. I can name at least two other stories with the same plot--The Count of Monte Cristo, and Zorro (and El Filibusterismo, well, kind of). So what made Sweeney Todd different from the rest? Well, the fact that he killed a lot of people, of course! Because in most other stories, the good guy still remains the good guy, despite wanting revenge. But in Sweeney Todd, there's a point where you think that he might just be worse than the original bad guy.

The supporting characters were all brialliant as well. Mrs. Lovett played by Helena Bonham Carter is so sick in the head, she and Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp) are the perfect match (as she keeps pointing out herself). And even the children involved, Toby and Anthony, are wonderfully twisted as well.

This is one of those movies where a lot of really bad things happen, but it's not depressing at all. Just... disturbing, I guess. And though I'm not a fan of disturbing stuff, I still think that the dark atmosphere of this is just right.

I've been wanting to know the entire story of Sweeney Todd ever since I heard about it from a writing workshop back in college, but have so far not found any book on it, and it's not like they've ever had a broadway production of it here. Since I can't compare it to the original broadway production, I'd have to say that as a film, and if I were judging it as a standalone thing, I really think that it's very very good. In fact, I think it works really well as a film, because you'd be able to see close-up how Sweeney Todd kills his victims, and the special effects were great (WAY better than Kill Bill).

Nevermind that it was a musical, I think the music even worked better for this one, than for Moulin Rouge. It wasn't at all funny or weird, when they would break into song and dance in the middle of killing people and plotting revenge. I don't know how they did it, but it totally worked.

Anyway, this is one of those proofs that story can overcome anything (any other film aspect) any day. Because when you think about it, a barber singing and dancing, isn't exactly something you'd be scared of, or even a crazy old hag who makes pies. But put into the context of a good story like Sweeney Todd, well, it's completely different. Very creepy-different. I love it.

Oh, and hooray! The ticket lady and security guard asked me and my friend if we were over 18! Haha! I look younger than my age! :P