Sweeney's waiting...

"You'll be twisted, manipulated and repulsed, but always entertained. You might also find yourself uttering "God, That's Good."

At the request of my friends, I decided to finally buy a ticket and see the infamous "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," who's title's length rivals that of "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" directed by Tim Burton and starring (who else?) Johnny Depp. By this point, Johnny Depp's appearance in any of Tim Burton's movies is a forehead-slapping "duh," but he really did manage to surprise me by not just singing, but singing well. I was thoroughly impressed, seeing as he's never sang on screen before (and of course, his blistering billions of teenage girls now think he's dreamier then ever). There was also an appearance by Sacha Baron Cohen, a.k.a. Borat, who played a novice barber impersonating an Italian. Of course, he had a total movie time of about 5 minutes, as all minor characters are killed eventually in this movie. Which reminds me, I'd like to say a little about the movie's gore. If "Bambi" was a 1 and "The Passion of the Christ" were a 10, this movie would rank a solid 11, right up there with "Saw." The whole motion behind the story is that a barber, wrongly accused of some terrible crime, is sent away only to find that he has nothing to return to and wants revenge, so he goes on a throat-slitting spree. I lost count about halfway through the movie, but by then I'd already gotten to something obscene like 20 or something... What makes the movie even creepier is that sometimes you actually feel glad that this guy is killing some of these people. The movie goes pretty in-depth with background information, providing a nice hit list for "Mr. Todd" to slaughter. What makes it worse is that all these dead people are chopped, ground, and baked into pies, which people eat. Ew. I would not recommend this movie for people who hate blood or cannibalisms, especially that of the accidental sort. However, the plot was beautiful and the setting was very dark (even in this nice scene where everything is sunny and Sweeney is enjoying a nice picnic), but in a good way, thanks to the efforts of Mr. Burton. All in all, the amount of gore in the movie detracted somewhat from the overall experience.

Just a note, the soundtrack is beautiful.

Another note, the official DevTeam 1.1.3 jailbreak was released sometime over the past couple of days.