Sweeney Todd was bit boring for a dark comedy. Why? There was a lot of blood and gore but the blood looked way too fake and the comedy must have been way over my head. The town is always gloomy and depressing so the mood is set to a more serious emotion. Toby the servant has a very smart attic atitude and is funny when spoken to. Toby's confession to Mrs. Lovett was hilarious a child telling a women his love for her. Toby is very bold and courageous for doing such a thing to a women.
The interesting thing is the connection between Arsenic and Old Lace. Especially the trunk in Arsenic and Old Lace and the trunk in Sweeney Todd are very a like. To support this, in both films a dead body ends up in the trunk. Considering both are dark comedy, I have a feeling the director might have studied the film Arsenic and Old Lace.
The irony I like was the death of Sweeney Todd being killed by the very blades he called friend and Mrs. Lovett being burned to death by her oven that was used to cook her meat pies. Also Toby, the frightened little boy, who kill Mr. Todd with a cold blood face made the boy colder than ice(no sympathy for his action).
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