Michael Carruthers (urbanlegend23)

It's got so much energy, plot twists and endearing, hilarious characters that I was hooked on the film from frame #1. It practically jumps out of the screen. Brad Pitt m...(read more) akes the best impression of the AWESOME ensemble cast in his funniest role to date. The critics may praise the Coen's for their "deep" work like No Country for Old Men (which I find overrated personally, maybe because I don't really 'get it') but I prefer this screwball comedy...so much fun.

I used to find this movie incredibly irritating, but after a couple of rewatches - I've really started to enjoy it a lot more. The design of the movie is gothically beautiful, the attention to detail on the sets and cinematography is pretty much unparallelled by another film in Sweeney Todd's release year. Helena Bonham Carter is superb as Mrs Moony, and her rendition of "The Worst Pies in London" is the film's comic highlight. The movie has a well-crafted story, the majority of it told through song (not dialogue), and a couple of particularly devastating twists and turns in the final reel really upped the dramatic ante. Jamie Campbell Bower lets the movie down with his cheesy performance as the film's most grating character. The "I'll steeeeeal you, Johanna" song was horribly annoying and overplayed. His rushed relationship with Johanna was incredibly convenient (he saw her in the window and fell in love) but forgivable as it's almost a trademark of the musical genre by this point.

Overall, the film has really improved after a couple of rewatches. It's one I keep looking forward to seeing again now.

The best LOTR film, a moving and brilliantly made epic closing to an incredible journey. Ian McKellen is BADASS in this movie.