Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Posted by fetchblog

June 12, 2008

Quite possibly the goriest movie that I have ever seen, this movie takes the cake when it comes to the goodness of Johnny Depps acting skills lol if that even makes sense. Basically the movie takes place in London and for the most part on just one street. Its about a man named Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp) who lives a fairly simple life until one of the judges has him deported and rapes his wife which causes her to commit suicide. Their daughter grows up thinking that the judge is her father basically. The judge (Alan Rickman) does not want anyone “deflowering” his “daughter” so he does the only noble thing a man can do when he has a hot illegitimate daughter…he tries to marry her. The only problem is that she doesnt want to, and Sweeney Todd is back in town for the first time in “many years.” He proves himself as a barber by beating a salesman in a shaving race. He opens up his own shop on top of a friend/new #$%^ buddy Mrs. Lovett. With her help and the help of an estranged, young, impressionable boy, he successfully murders several people in his barber shop. He basically takes out half the power of London successfully. He kills pretty much everyone who steps into his shop who doesn’t serve some future purpose to him. Im not usually into musical movies, but this one is pretty sweet. Its all about killing people who have help destroy his life. He burns the bodies which makes the air smell rank.