sometimes it was a bit hard to remember i was watching sweeney todd rather than edward scissorhands. and helena bonham carter basically reprised her fight club role. alan rickman was delightfully vile (and yet perversely sympathetic at the end) as judge turpin. all in all, great fun to watch, especially the staging of “the worst pies in london” and “a little priest.”

gotta wonder about a director who gleefully shoves his wife into a giant oven, though.

the strangest thing? watching a tim burton movie not scored by danny elfman. and, whoa - it’s been 17 years since edward scissorhands?