Double Feature Review: Sweeney Todd & Juno

Since I stayed home sick last night, I got a chance to catch up on some movies I've been wanting to see.

Sweeney Todd

Considering my love for Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton, it was only natural that I would want to see this movie. I bought it the day it came out (a Teusday, two weeks ago), watched the first half of it this week, and the end of it last night.

True to Burton's form, it was gray, dark and campy (I swear the blood was tomato juice, and no effort to conceal that was made). I really wasn't a huge fan of the music, but I would have to see a broadway version before I write the whole soundtrack off - in the context of the movie, it seemed rather rushed and silly. Although, Depp's voice was fantastic once he got going.

Carter was creepy, as always (I would love to know what she's like in real life - I wonder if she wears a lot of pink and such). Alan Rickman was about as slimy as he was when he played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Prince of Thieves. He's good at the slimy.

It took a while to get into it (hence the watching in two parts), but I would see it again. I mean, after all, it's Jack Spar... I mean, Johnny Depp. :)

Juno

What can I say? I loved it. It was the perfect cross between Napoleon Dynamite and Saved - irreverant, honest, at times lol funny.

The dialogue is smart and quick. JK Simmons is hysterical as Juno's father and Jason Bateman is touching in the role of the potential adoptive father (married to a robotically perfect Jennifer Garner, who is absolutely believable in her custard/cheesecake dilemma).

See it. That's all I can say. Obviously, teen pregnancy is nothing to be taken lightly, but the way Juno is handled is actually very smart and responsible. Enjoy!