I just finished watching it myself this very minute and must say I enjoyed it. But then I also own and enjoy the Broadway version with Angela Landsbury as Mrs. Lovett and George Hearn as Sweeney Todd and I have, somewhere, the script for the stage version, which I have read once or twice...
To put it into perspective for you , Yinyang, would I be wrong to presume that you don't know that it was written by Hugh Wheeler with music and lyrics written by Stephen Sondheim and has won several Tony Awards for it's numerous stage productions both on and off Broadway?
While I was disappointed that "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" (see youtube clip below) was not included in the movie soundtrack, I still thought that Tim Burton did a decent job of translating this to the big screen, and he certainly put his personal stamp on a script that was right up his ally.
I'm not one for long windy posts, so on that note, I'm done...
Oh and here is the opening scene from the stage version with "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"...
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PS If anyone cares to look for it, I posted youtube links to the entire play a long time ago in the old "Why do you guys keep posting in this thread?" thread in W&C...