Even though the movie seems to be pretty dark and gruesome
because of all the murder, Tim Burton tries to connect the audience with the
characters. Before Sweeney Todd became “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” he
had a happy life with his wife and baby girl. That all went away when he was sent
off by the orders of the judge. It wasn’t until Todd came back in search for
revenge that things went downhill. Mrs. Lovett is not too right in her mind…
and she has this eccentric look and her restaurant is basically out of
business. When she meets Sweeney Todd, both of them become accomplices in
murder but Todd gets revenge and Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop goes back in business.
It’s not a great thing to be happy about since they are killing people to do
this but the audience feels sympathy towards them because of their past. There
are also moments where you can tell that Mrs. Lovett in a way does feel guilty
for all of the murder but she still continues to do it. The people that they
kill are not supposed to be people to feel sorry for. When Todd and Mrs. Lovett
sing that song about killing different men and cooking them into pies, they
basically say that no matter their status, they’re all the same and some of
them deserve to die. Throughout the film this mass murder goes on but no one seems to realize it...or they have just accepted the fact that it goes on and there's nothing to do about it. Sunday, November 24, 2013
Garcia-Ruiz, Sweeney Todd
Even though the movie seems to be pretty dark and gruesome
because of all the murder, Tim Burton tries to connect the audience with the
characters. Before Sweeney Todd became “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” he
had a happy life with his wife and baby girl. That all went away when he was sent
off by the orders of the judge. It wasn’t until Todd came back in search for
revenge that things went downhill. Mrs. Lovett is not too right in her mind…
and she has this eccentric look and her restaurant is basically out of
business. When she meets Sweeney Todd, both of them become accomplices in
murder but Todd gets revenge and Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop goes back in business.
It’s not a great thing to be happy about since they are killing people to do
this but the audience feels sympathy towards them because of their past. There
are also moments where you can tell that Mrs. Lovett in a way does feel guilty
for all of the murder but she still continues to do it. The people that they
kill are not supposed to be people to feel sorry for. When Todd and Mrs. Lovett
sing that song about killing different men and cooking them into pies, they
basically say that no matter their status, they’re all the same and some of
them deserve to die. Throughout the film this mass murder goes on but no one seems to realize it...or they have just accepted the fact that it goes on and there's nothing to do about it. 
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I disagree with you in only a few things. I think that the audience isn't fooled into believing that Mrs. Lovett and Todd are just poor souls. I think that the audience knows that they are just evil people. The most sympathy to be had from me was for the young man and his lover, the judge's daughter. I think that alot of people look over the fact that there is still a major backstory once you pass up the whole meat pie thing. It took me a few times after watching the film to realize that the young man could end up as Sweeney had or Sweeney could have helped and prevented a fate like his own. Either way Sweeney killed his darling wife and in the end got what he deserved, a knife to end his life. -Nick Arceneaux
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