ive been looking forward to this film for quite some time. im not at all familiar with the musical its based on (yes, this movie is a musical), but the prospect of any film by tim burton with jonny depp in it is always something to get excited about.i went to go see it wednesday, and my general reaction was this: meh. im not sure why, but i was all together unimpressed. the story is dark and interesting, but i think it fell flat because of the fact that its a musical. it may have been great as a musical, but i felt the the songs themselves were quite bland as well. nothing really stands out as a memorable tune. the songs werent catchy, and there were many times where i just plain couldnt understand what they were singing. oh, and none of them could really sing that well, so that has a way of lowering the quality of the film. the story line has a lot of promise, but even that didnt pan out as being that interesting. the bit with the daughter and sailor boy was disjointed and disconnected from the major plot and never really played any important role in what was going on with the main characters, the bit about the poor woman was weak and very obvious, and the meat pie thing wasnt very well executed.
it saddens me to say this, but i think burton and depp missed the mark on this one.
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