DEAR EVAN HANSEN Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread — Page 4

The one thing about this movie that does make me curious is the casting of Julianne Moore as Heidi Hansen. I don't think she's ever done a movie musical before has she?

Sutton Ross said: "NameGreg said: "Maybe it’s gonna get pushed back. Which honestly wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen. In the Heights and West Side Story are already hotly anticipated musical adaptations, and there’s several other major releases, maybe it would be best to just push the release back a bit so it won’t have to compete and can spend more then building up buzz."

Why would a movie being released in September be in competition for films that are debuting in June and December? They set a date, it's a done deal."

I meant in terms of awards season.

devonian.t said: "As a Brit, I'm always astonished at how many times you guys get held back in school- Stockard Channing, Ben Platt... aren't some of the teachers younger than them?"

Ben Platt is a mistake but Stockard Channing wasn't. Because they are two different kinds of shows with two different aesthetics. As Patricia Birch has pointed out, Grease doesn't work when you use real teenagers. But Dear Evan Hanson is a different issue, a different kind of show. Of course, you don't need an actual teen, but you need someone who can believably pass for being a teenager.

The longest running musical of its time doesn't work. lol

joevitus said: "The longest running musical of its time doesn't work. lol"

The music sounds great, but in terms of story and characters it’s awful. I think the reception of its revivals is telling, it hasn’t aged well at all.

Updated On: 5/7/21 at 12:15 AM

NameGreg said: "joevitus said: "The longest running musical of its time doesn't work. lol"

The music sounds great, but in terms of story and characters it’s awful. I think the reception of its revivals is telling, it hasn’t aged well at all."

The reception of its revivals? You mean like the staggering success of the 90's revival, which led to multiple cast recordings as stars went in and out of the production, the high ratings for the (multiple) t.v. stagings and the continual profits pouring in from the movie?

I'm not arguing with your disliking it--I'm saying this does not show it doesn't work.

joevitus said: "NameGreg said: "joevitus said: "The longest running musical of its time doesn't work. lol"

The music sounds great, but in terms of story and characters it’s awful. I think the reception of its revivals is telling, it hasn’t aged well at all."

The reception of its revivals? You mean like the staggering success of the 90's revival, which led to multiple cast recordings as stars went in and out of the production,the high ratings for the (multiple)t.v. stagings and the continual profits pouring in from the movie?

I'm not arguing with your disliking it--I'm saying this does not show it doesn't work."

In referring to critical reception. It feels like each new production gets a worse response on that front than the last. Only the tv version fared well, and that’s almost certainly due to greatly retooling it.

NameGreg said: "joevitus said: "NameGreg said: "joevitus said: "The longest running musical of its time doesn't work. lol"

The music sounds great, but in terms of story and characters it’s awful. I think the reception of its revivals is telling, it hasn’t aged well at all."

The reception of its revivals? You mean like the staggering success of the 90's revival, which led to multiple cast recordings as stars went in and out of the production,the high ratings for the (multiple)t.v. stagings and the continual profits pouring in from the movie?

I'm not arguing with your disliking it--I'm saying this does not show it doesn't work."

In referring to critical reception. It feels like each new production gets a worse response on that front than the last. Only the tv version fared well, and that’s almost certainly due to greatly retooling it."

Well, I agree with you there but 1) each production has been more sanitized than the last, which is generally what the critics bemoan (and I agree with them on that), though I think the Tommy Tune revival, which was very sanitized, got a lot of good notices and 2) critics not liking a show doesn't mean a show doesn't work. What show do critics hate more than The Sound of Music, but who can say it doesn't work? One may or may not like it, but it clearly works. If a show doesn't work, it flops. The shows I'm talking about continue to be very far from flops.

Double post but it’s the trailer!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPBLU5-jtAy/?utm_medium=copy_link

Updated On: 5/18/21 at 11:12 AM

What the hell did they do to his hair.

I really like the musical, and I really want to like this movie, but the trailer is not setting high hopes for me. The show works best when it's presented in a murky ethical ambiguity, making us question if we can truly be altruistic without being selfish. This trailer just makes it look like some Riverdale-esque nonsense.

the trailer posted makes me really excited for this movie...i love Amy Adams and Julianne Moore...