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My only complaint was really the ending, which I thought did not do a good enough job of showing what happened to Joanna and Anthony after Spoiler: everyone dies. I can understand why the original ending in which Spoiler: Joanna loses it and Anthony tries to talk her out of it and then we see Toby grinding everyone "three times" would be a little much for most audiences, but while they left on a great image, there were a few major loose ends hanging around.
Other than that, the movie worked very well and is probably the best recent movie musical. The singing definitely did not do the music justice, but I doubt they could've gotten movie actors as talented as Rickman, Depp and Carter who could also sing the show like a Broadway star could. The acting performances really made up for the weak singing.
I think my favorite moment was the "By the Sea" dream sequence. That whole thing had me in stitches. What a wonderful, perfectly Burton-esque explosion of light and color in the middle of dark, dreary London.
On a side note, a few people walked out of the show I watched-I think due to the gore. I suppose if you're blood-sensitive, it might be a bad movie for you, but come on, it's called "the Demon Barber of Fleet Street." Were people really expecting a movie without blood and gore? It wasn't the gore and grossness that's gotten so popular with all the torture porn shit that's running around now; it was cartoony and reminiscent of Looney Toons with an R rating instead of Hostel. Nothing to get crazy about at all.
Go see it!
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