<b>Actor:</b> Alan Rickman

Alright! You, sir? How about a shave? Come and visit your good friend Sweeney! You sir! Too, sir. Welcome to the grave... I will have vengeance. I will have salvation... Who, sir? You sir!No one's in the chair. Come on, come on! Sweeney's waiting. I want you bleeders. You sir? Anybody? Gentlemen, now don't be shy. Not one man... No, nor ten men... Nor a hundred can assuage me. I will have you! And I will get him back even as he gloats; In the meantime I'll practice on less honorable throats... And my Lucy lies in ashes, and I'll never see my girl again. But the work waits! I'm alive at last, and I'm full of joy!


Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen

Genre: Crime/Drama/Musical/Thriller

Running time: 116 minutes




My review:

This is my all-time favourite film because this film has everything that I look for in a film. This film is obviously a musical but a very dark musical that is quite psychotic because of the throat slitting, the pie filling and cannibalism. This film is really dramatic aswell because of what happens to Benjamin Barker when he sent away to prison for committing nothing at all and also because of the extremely twisting ending of the film. Tim Burton is my favourite director of all time because he creates character that he imagines and characters that nobody has ever seen before. Most of his characters are fictional characters apart from Ed Wood. Tim doesn?t just do great films, he also does great designs and there are also brilliant short stories and poems aswell. Sweeney Todd is definitely Tim Burtons best film in my mind. The characters are absolutely brilliant in this film. Benjamin Barker is a young man who lives with his wife Lucy and baby daughter Johanna. When he is in the streets buying things, he is captured by police and is sentenced to life in prison on the other side of the world by the evil Judge Turpin who only wants his wife. In Barkers sorrow, he becomes a new man and escapes from prison. He is now Sweeney Todd and wants revenge of Judge Turpin not just for the evil punishment but for what happened to his wife and daughter. He is like a tortured soul who is obsessed with revenge and payback. Because of him wanting payback for what happened, it makes him just as bad as Turpin. Mrs. Lovett offers to help him with his dirty bloody revenge. Mrs. Lovett is a widow who owns a pie shop in Fleet Street. She is said to have the worst pies in London (there is a song in this film called Worst Pies In London). Mrs. Lovett is mysterious character because she looks like she has a psychotic attitude and the way she appears aswell. The clothes she wears are like rags and typical Victorian womens clothes. She uses like cockroach guts for her meat fillings. When Sweeney Todd finds her in her shop, she tells him what happened to his wife when he was gone. She sang it to him (the song is called Poor Thing). Mrs. Lovett tells him that Lucy poisoned herself with arsenic and that his daughter Johanna has been adopted by the evil Judge Turpin who sent him away and raped his wife Lucy in public. She states that she has always had a fondness for Sweeney. She offers to have Sweeneys barber shop above the pie shop and the little room where Benjamin, Lucy and Johanna lived. Judge Turpin is an evil Judge of the court who sometimes frames, sends away even kills innocent people for pleasure. His biggest pleasure is pretty, gorgeous and particularly blonde women (song called Pretty Women). Turpin uses women for pleasure and likes seeing people suffer. He has so called love feelings for Johanna but he is obviously twice her age. He has an evil associate called Beadle Bamford. Bamford is the same as Turpin, likes seeing people suffer and pretends that he is a nice friendly man when is a total bastard like Turpin. There is a rival barber for Sweeney Todd in this film. He is called Adolfo Pirelli. He is Italian and wears very brightly coloured clothes and he really overdresses and looks a bit ridiculous for a barber. He seems a funny guy but he is quite a serious character aswell as funny. Now I am going to say about the younger characters. Toby is a young lad who had never met his parents and became in the custody of Pirelli who treats him terribly. He then becomes in custody of Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney Todd. Mrs. Lovett treats him like her own son. Toby loves drinking gin. Antony is a young sailor who rescues Sweeney after Antony found Sweeney adrift at sea after escaping prison and drops him off in London which is where Antony is heading anyway. He has never been to London before, but when he sees Johanna through her bedroom window in Judge Turpins house, he starts to fall in love with her and is really keen to free her from her evil guardian. When he asks for Todds help with Johanna, Antony has no idea that he is Johannas biological father and Sweeney has no idea what she looks like (apart from that she has blonde hair). This takes major measures and hard twists in the film changes a lot. Johanna is a young teenage girl who never met her biological mother or father. She is in the custody of Judge Turpin who is the enemy of her mother and particularly her father. She falls in love with Antony and they plan an escape together but things dont go quite to plan until Sweeney Todd is involved. I am now onto the acting. The acting was absolutely superb from Johnny Depp in his Oscar nominated performance as Benjamin Barker/Sweeney Todd. Johnny uses a creepy voice and uses the same voice as used as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates Of The Caribbean trilogy. He looks evil and yet a charming guy because he is a nice looking guy. This is my favourite style that Johnny uses in his films. His hair is absolutely fantastic and really funky. It is typical Tim Burton and it is a hairstyle that Johnny chose to have and it was a great decision. I wouldnt have liked it as much if he didnt have this type of hairstyle. He has black long-ish hair with curls at the back and he has a white highlight at the front of his head which looks really awesome on Johnny. Johnny deserved his Golden Globe in Sweeney Todd as Benjamin Barker/Sweeney Todd. Also, it is a haircut that a male barber probably wouldnt have which makes him a dark, scary and singing barber. But one thing that was good and bad about Johnny Depp in this film is that Johnny wasnt that good in his singing but it is still really catchy and enjoyable to listen to. When I heard that Johnny stated that he doesnt want to be in a musical ever again, I was sort of quite glad really because Sweeney Todd is the only musical that is perfect for him. If Tim Burton does another musical it wont ever be like Sweeney Todd. Helena Bonham Carter was perfect for Mrs. Lovett because she is a bizarre character and a mysterious character. Another reason why Helena is perfect for Mrs. Lovett is because she is evil in some ways and she is beautiful aswell. I was really admired that she always wanted to play Mrs. Lovett since she was 11 years old. So she achieved a true dream of playing Mrs. Lovett in a film. But even more of a dream that she was Mrs. Lovett in her boyfriend Tim Burtons films who is the father of two of her children. Mrs. Lovett is a bit of a screw up because she makes terrible pies and her shop looks absolutely filthy and also of how Mrs. Lovett appears. She has fuzzy hair and wears dark make up which makes Helena perfect for the character. Helena is quite a bizarre and attractive actress who portrays all sorts of different characters. Helena was the same as Johnny with the singing but they both looked a perfect couple to sing the songs. Helena deserved her Golden Globe nomination but she wasn?t quite good enough for an Oscar nomination. Alan Rickman was absolutely brilliant as Judge Turpin because he is evil and he acts like a really powerful and obsessive character. Alan always looked like he wanted control over women. Well, he has always had a power over women. Alan surprised me with his singing. I thought he was really good. He has a very deep booming voice which is hard to sing with. His character is in a slight way similar to Severus Snape (who Alan also portrays in the Harry Potter films) because he is slimy and evil. Apart from that Snape has hidden forbidden secrets about him. Alan was a close nominee for Best Supporting Actor but I thought he was good enough for the nomination but not as good as the 5 actors that were nominated. Timothy Spall was really good as Beadle Bamford because he had that creepy slithery style and he looks evil and he is a really small man. But he is an absolutely terrible singer (not as bad as Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia!). Thankfully he only sang one little verse in this film. Sacha Boran Cohen was really good as Adolfo Pirelli because his Italian voice was really funny. It was a really good accent for a British guy. His Italian voice is a lot like Borats voice. Later in the film, Sacha then uses his normal voice which was a bit odd about it and was really good about it too. He was the actor that brought some comedy into the film. Jayne Wisner was alright as Johanna. She is a good singer but not really a very good actress but she certainly had the looks to play Johanna Barker (not just because of her blonde hair but of her personality aswell). Jamie Campbell Bower was one the only actor in this film that I really didnt like. I think he was miscast for Antony. He looked like a girl because of his long hair and the way he speaks (not sings). He sings really well though. When he was singing the two Johanna songs he acted like he was wailing her name to her instead of calling her name. He was the only disappointment of this masterpiece. The youngest Ed Sanders was absolutely brilliant as the young lad Toby. Many people would describe Toby as a cute, sweet and charming young man which is what most critics have said that Ed is really like. His singing was absolutely brilliant. His singing was the best of everyone in the whole cast. When you watch this film, when it looks like Sweeney is going to kill someone it is really tense. It is quite beautiful in some ways but it is really depressing and violent on some scenes in this film. It is always wondered how hard and how fast Sweeney kills his victims with his razors particularly when he is with Judge Turpin, Beadle and Pirelli. I was shocked that Tim Burton wasnt up for Oscar nomination for Best Director. If this film was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay aswell as Best Director it would have probably been nominated Best Picture. It was a shame that Johnny Depp didnt win Best Actor for this film. But he did win Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. The make-up was amazing and so were the costumes. The costumes were quite similar to the costumes in Lemony Snicket. I think it was the same designer. The Oscar winning art direction for this film is just like Tim Burtons previous film Sleepy Hollow. This film was snubbed at the Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Make-Up, Best Sound and Best Score but deserved Best Art Direction win and Best Actor and Best Costume Design nomination. I think Sweeney Todd will always be my favourite Tim Burton and might always be my favourite film of all time. I could watch this film over and over again. I cant wait for Tims next three films ? Frankenweenie, Alice In Wonderland and Dark Shadows. Johnny Depp will be in Dark Shadows but might be in Alice In Wonderland. Sweeney Todd is a masterpiece from Tim Burton and was a definite snub for Best Picture 2007.

This connection between me and Voldemort... what if the reason for it is that I am becoming more like him? I just feel so angry, all the time. What if after everything that I've been through, something's gone wrong inside me? What if I'm becoming bad?


Directed by: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton

Genre: Adventure/Drama/Family/Fantasy

Running time: 138 minutes




My review:

After returning to Hogwarts to begin his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter discovers that much of the wizarding world, including the Ministry of Magic, is in denial about Lord Voldemort's return. The Order of the Phoenix, a group sworn against Voldemort, is using its vast array of wizards and witches magical abilities to combat Voldemort. Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, suspects that Dumbledore is using these claims of The Dark Lord's return as a means to over-throw Fudge as Minister. In retaliation, a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher is appointed by the Ministry in order to keep an eye on Hogwarts. This new teacher, Professor Umbridge, implies strict new teachings and rules, forcing a group of students, under the tutelage of Harry, to form a club, by the name of Dumbledore's Army. This film really thrilled me because of the action sequences and it left me clueless of what was going to happen (unless you have read the novels). This is the one Harry Potter film that starts to become a new Harry Potter who is a growing up teenager and starts to realise who he is and what his job is with Voldemort and about wanting to fight off Voldemort and stop him. This makes this film the most action packed aswell which made is more adult too. This film makes me feel good because this is the Harry Potter out of the seven films that totally changes everything and makes the Harry Potter character along with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger more adult and typical teenage people. I thought the acting was superb. Daniel Radcliffes was superb because Daniel was more emotional and acted really desperate and extremely stressed out because he wanted everyone to believe him that Lord Voldemort has returned and it affects his relationship between Harry and Dumbledore even though Dumbledore is one of the very few people who believes him. Daniel really improves his performance as Harry. He was really bad in the first two films, he was good in 3 and 4 but amazing in this. I think his performance in this film is one of the best performances from a young actor of all time. Ron Weasley and Emma Watson are awesome once again as they are in all 5 films so far. Imelda Stauntons performance is amazing as Dolores Umbridge. Imelda makes a very dark and psychotic character in the Harry Potter franchise that nobody has ever seen before. Imelda speaks very softly for such a very psychotic character which is really quite scary. Despite of Daniels brilliant performance, I have to say that Imelda Stauntons performance is the best from the film and is the best performance from the whole franchise. I love Alan Rickman as Snape and Emma Watson as Hermione aswell. I thought that Imelda Staunton was so good, I think that she deserved a possible Golden Globe or even an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Dolores Umbridge. This film has another different director from the four previous films and for good reason too. David Yates directs this film ever so well that makes this film a really touching emotional family fantasy film compared to the other four. Not just the script makes it emotional but also the acting and the scenes within the film too. The camera angles are really clever especially when they zoom around the news of the Daily Prophet in when there are news about Harry, Dumbledore, Umbridge, Voldemort or anyone else. This film brings a brand new level of the rest of the Harry Potter films because of the dark designs, the dark characters and dark script aswell. Harrys relationship with Ron and Hermione are solid as always. Ron and Hermiones relationship becomes closer as they start to slowly have deep, hidden, personal feelings for each other. Harry has a rivalry and is like an arch-enemy to Umbridge because she feels like that Harry is a threat to the Ministry Of Magic but he obviously isnt because he is telling the truth about Voldemort. Harry has a deeper relationship with Sirius Black than he did in The Prisoner Of Azkaban because Harry learns about Sirius past and learns more about Sirius and James Potter (Harrys dad). Also, when Harry suffers from the nightmares and mind-games from Voldemort, Harry talks to Sirius not just as a godfather but as a friend and mentor too. When a tragedy occurs, this changes everyones lives especially Harrys life. Not going to reveal because spoiler. I dont really know what to say about how violent this film is. Harry sort of becomes possessed by Voldemort when his eyes go all white and his voice sort of distorts (picture appears on my review). I am quite glad that there werent any sex references in this film because nobody would have suddenly expected kissing and making out and jumping into bed etc happening. It is like that this film is a start of all of that and it sort of seems likely that there will be some sex scenes in Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows. There wasnt any bad language at all in this film whereas there was piss off that Ron said in Goblet Of Fire but there wasnt any of that in this film. This film surprisingly didnt earn any Oscar nor Golden Globe nominations at all. This film should have earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Imelda Staunton), Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Make-Up but couldnt beat Pirates Of The Caribbean: At Worlds End, The Golden Compass and Transformers to it I am afraid. This film is very grown up and very adult aswell as for children too. Mostly the adult scenes are when Harry kisses Cho under the mistletoe and that is what a teenager starts to do and then starts to do through their adulthood. This film is definitely the best Harry Potter film so far and might always be my favourite Harry Potter. It is quite weird because Order Of The Phoenix is the longest novel of all seven but the shortest film of the five films. One of my favourite fantasy films of all time.

The Goblet of Fire is an exceptionally powerful magical object. Only an exceptionally powerful Confundus charm could have hoodwinked it! Magic way beyond the talents of a fourth year.


Directed by: Mike Newell
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon

Genre: Adventure/Family/Fantasy/Mystery

Running time: 157 minutes




My review:

An awesome film. This is the film where the dark magic and where the rest of the Harry Potter series changes completely. It is where Voldemort returns and when Cedric Diggory is killed by Voldemort in front of Harry. Ralph Fiennes is brilliant as Voldemort because he looks so evil; his voice, the make-up and, well, basically the character. Ralph Fiennes is just as evil in this film as he is in Schindler?s List where he plays evil Nazi commander Amon Goeth. I love the Triwizard Tournament tasks, they are all tasks that I dont think anybody would do or would choose to do. The one I enjoyed the most is the last task in the maze because it is the darkest of the three tasks and the tensest one aswell. I think this is quite a romantic one because Hagrid finds love, Ron sort of confesses to Hermione how he feels about her, and when Harry has a crush on Cho Chang (the Ravenclaw seeker) for the Quidditch and also there is a ball on Christmas Eve. It is called the Yule Ball, it is basically a tradition of the Triwizard Tournament. The art is brilliant in this film is excellent, similar sort of art as the Philosophers Stone. Mad-Eye Moody is really cool in this film because he rolls his glass eye to the back of his eye and can still see through the eye and through the back of his head. This is the film where Daniel Radcliffes improvement starts to grow.

We do not speak his name! The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter. It's not always clear why. But I think it is clear that we can expect great things from you. After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did great things. Terrible! Yes. But great.


Directed by: Chris Columbus
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Robbie Coltrane

Genre: Adventure/Family/Fantasy

Running time: 152 minutes




My review:

I really enjoyed the first of the seventh film from the series. Harry Potter is truly a family masterpiece. The visual effects are outstanding. The best scene is definitely the scene with the giant chessboard. I also like the Forbidden Forest and the Sorting Hat scene aswell. The art is the best of out all of the films so far. The music is really cool aswell because it is a tense soundtrack and has a light and dark side to it. I would have given this film as a rating 96 and a 5 star but I didnt because I dont Daniel Radcliffes acting in this film wasnt very good at all. Daniel Radcliffe has made a big improvement when he was in Order Of The Phoenix. The best actor from the film was Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid. I thought that Richard Harris was brilliant as Dumbledore. He was better than Michael Gambon is. It is weird that when you watch Order Of The Phoenix and then this, that all of the kids in it like Dan, Rupert and Emma looks really young, like 10-13 years old and now they are like 17-20 years old. I think this is the worst of all the Harry Potter films. But I think this is the biggest blockbuster out of them all. I remember when I first saw this film at the cinema; me and my younger sister dressed up as Harry and Hermione with the cloaks and the wands and everything. I was 10 years old and my sister Molly was 8 years old. I think this is the scariest one out of them all because you see a man with two heads and a man in a cloak sucking blood from the neck of a unicorn.