re: Just watched "Into the Woods"

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My little girl wanted to see it. I like a good musical every now-and-then. Absolutely terrible movie. Awful! It's like they directed the movie on one set (the woods) and in one specific location in the woods. They skipped over the more fantastical imagery in favor of very mediocre songs. It was like watching 2 hours of all characters standing still in the same location singing the entire time. You'd think with a story about little red riding hood, a wolf, a witch, Cinderella, Jack and the magic bean stock, giants, and Rapunzel that the movie would at least be full of cool SFX and imagery. Nope. The movie doesn't show the giant's castle in the sky, Cinderella's transformation at midnight, a real wolf, or fricking giants! Yeah, you read it right...no wolf. Depp simply plays his weird self albeit furry wolf hands and a tail. He's Johnny Depp in the face, but he has wolf hands and a tail. WTF? And don't get me started on the story with its major plot holes. Make no mistake: This movie is one of the worst of 2014/15

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Have you even seen the play? The movie is a pretty damn good adaption, minus some minor issues. All of the things you hated about the movie would make you hate the play as well. The movie sanitized the story a bit, no doubt because it's a Disney film. The play is actually not for children and has a much darker tone. I'm not a huge Sondheim fan but most people I know who liked the play also liked the movie. The actors all sang much better than I anticipated, which was a pleasant surprise.