The Zwerge are back! But, sophomore jinx be damned!, they left all their good bits in the first movie. The comic balloon has a leak, and completely pops when the dwarfs take a side trip to the real world (ala "Les visiteurs"). This opportunity to take some fairytale shots at the modern world is completely lost. Flat. A waste. The dwarfs move about modern Berlin unnoticed, as though, having broken the fourth wall, they no longer have a point. And neither does this movie.
The only good part was, again, Nina Hagen. Sadly her part is greatly reduced - less GaGa and more what Tim Burton's Mrs. Lovett should have been. Just fantasy-casting here, but can you imagine what "Sweeney Todd" would have been like if a professional singer/actress had been cast?! Someone with a long reputation of dark, theatrical performance?! (sigh) but one can only dream now...
The only good part was, again, Nina Hagen. Sadly her part is greatly reduced - less GaGa and more what Tim Burton's Mrs. Lovett should have been. Just fantasy-casting here, but can you imagine what "Sweeney Todd" would have been like if a professional singer/actress had been cast?! Someone with a long reputation of dark, theatrical performance?! (sigh) but one can only dream now...