DEAR EVAN HANSEN Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread — Page 21

It really does make sense to me, a person who expects people in movie musicals to be able to sing well.

It's my opinion, feel free to have another one.

I implied nothing. This big box is for stating my opinion, others have different ones. How I wish to express my opinion isn't something for you to judge, though. Ever.

"Good For You" was a brilliant song for a very strong singer. There's a reason they cut it. It's a shame that Tony winner Rachel Bay Jones was not cast in this as she would have murdered that song. (again, my opinion). There doesn't need to be any stars in this movie, it won't be a blockbuster.

Amy Adams is a wonderful actress who just floored me in Sharp Objects. But, she is not a strong singer. And yes, that's my opinion.

Goodnight!

^ I would be excited if she was Heidi instead of Cynthia.

^I think it very much can be two things regarding You Will Be Found.

In the context of the show/movie, it is definitely a tricky moment for an audience member, because we're all aware of Evan's lie and how this kind of further pushes that. However, I also think Evan has a moment of revelation in that he's not as alone as he thought he was because there's plenty of people who feel like he does. So, again, it's tricky and really depends on how you personally view Evan in general.

I think in general, the message of feeling not alone and feeling seen and heard that You Will Be Found presents is so universal and so touching that it's really hard not to feel something positive from it. I'm a bit biased because I do love the show, but You Will Be Found knocks me out every time, because I know exactly what the feeling in the song is describing and I think because that is so universal so do many others.

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Updated On: 8/27/21 at 10:42 AM

ClumsyDude15 said: "^I think it very much can be two things regarding You Will Be Found.

In the context of the show/movie, it is definitely a tricky moment for an audience member, because we're all aware of Evan's lie and how this kind of further pushes that. However, I also think Evan has a moment of revelation in that he's not as alone as he thought he was because there's plenty of people who feel like he does. So, again, it's tricky and really depends on how you personally view Evan in general.

I think in general, the message of feeling not alone and feeling seen and heard that You Will Be Found presents is so universal and so touching that it's really hard not to feel something positive from it. I'm a bit biased because I do love the show, but You Will Be Found knocks me out every time, because I know exactly what the feeling in the song is describing and I think because that is so universal so do many others."

I already loved the song before seeing the show. In spite i do forgive Evan goes on living but being alone again with only his mom and he helped others is not an ending worth getting crazy about at all.

Hate that they cut two of Heidi’s three songs. Feels like a major disservice to the show’s largest and most developed character, excluding the lead. I’m sure Moore will still act the role really well, and So Big/So Small will always be a standout, but the lack of Good For You is an enormous missed opportunity. I don’t know if they were going in that direction first or it was based on casting, but this is really disappointing.

Also dislike the removal of Disappear. To Break in a Glove I understand, though I actually like that song and think it explores some interesting territory when it comes to the relationships between children and parents. Granted, the show does that elsewhere though.

What really bugs is me that they’re adding songs while also taking out some of the best numbers.

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Broadway musical adaptation film with new songs always means

“POTENTIAL OF OSCAR” so that’s why.

That being said, Good For You might not have fit with the vibe of the movie.

BwayLB said: "Anybody Have A Map and Disappear are the ones I'm mostly disappointed being cut."

Same. Also it's interesting that Connor's new song is the one at the end, is this a new finale to replace the one on stage? Looking at the featurette, I ultimately think this movie might turn out to be pretty decent at best and aggravatingly bland at worst.

Crossing my fingers that the live singing will be better handled than the way Tom Hooper has done it...

They posted a clip of him singing Waving Through a Window in the movie and THIS is really what made me go-they messed up royally by not casting a younger looking Evan.

Evan's choices DEPEND on us feeling empathy for an actual struggling kid. He does something really gross and despicable and it's only justifiable in some capacity cause he's a minor.

He truly truly looks too old.

Updated On: 8/30/21 at 12:16 PM

Sutton Ross said: "So, for you to feel empathy for someone, they need to be a minor or look like a minor. Cool cool."

Well that was a stunning misinterpretation of my point hahaha bravo. National enquirer levels.

THIS scenario. THIS lie he tells this grieving in pain family. I have empathy for a kid making choices like these ones specifically cause he does not have the brain development to realize the mental repercussions this has on the Murphy family

So it's less creepy to you to feel empathy for an adult hoodwinking a grieving family and using their grief as a way to get close to their daughter?

You're virtue signaling with a truly truly straw man argument.

It's a show about young people in pain very specifically and the choices they make when they feel alone. The choices he makes would be without question disturbing to watch as an audience if he was a fully developed adult.

That's all fine and good you clearly defensively love Ben Platt, but for the integrity of the story they're trying to tell, his casting is distracting.

Sutton Ross said: "I tend to not care much about trust fund babies who never struggle once throughout their lives."

I care in that I see my friends kill themselves to work in this industry so it's hard to see him just walk through open doors without obstacle.

so in that we agree