Sweeny Todd dancing to the tune of KUNGFU Dunk

Sweeney Todd should be the first movie for me in the year 2008. It is the latest offering by Tim Burton and I must say, I really enjoyed it. Johnny Depp has brought Sweeney Todd alive and together with Tim Burton's cinematic and directorship, this musical is eerily alive. The use of gray color mostly throughout the show brought a sense of misery and a surreal effect of gloom and dread.



The theatrical flow excites my emotions. The gore is all but a leaf to twinkle the beauty of the flower. Beneath it all, the story was simple. About revenge. About a villain that tore a family apart. About a young man yearning for his love and to take her away to be with him. About a mission to rid the city of evils by using people as fillings for pies. The movie was simply an art to be appreciated. The backdrops, the props, the acting, the dark humor, the morals.

Cinematics: 5 out of 5
Acting: 3.5 out of 5
Overall: 4 Human Meat Pies out of 5


Kungfu Dunk is another movie that I supposed focused too much on Jay Chou. Even Curse of the Golden Flower did not reach such a level of fervent. It was jay chou, jay chou, jay chou and more jay chou. The handling of the story was bad. Stinky bad. The scriptwriters simply forgotten about that its a MOVIE not a documentary on Jay Chou. Not that I have anything against Jay. I love his songs. But, man, respect the movie-goers please, although I have a strong feeling that the Kungfu Dunk-goers watch the movie only for Jay Chou. Which made perfect sense, since 90% of the screen time is on Jay. All the big names in the show like Kenneth Tsang, Meng Da Hua, Jacky Wu, are but nice vases.

There ain't much to comment about the show. To me, its a documentary about Jay Chou and his fantasy on playing basketball with Kungfu.

Cinematic: 2 of 5
Acting: 2 of 5
Overall: 2 Jays out of 5

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