DEAR EVAN HANSEN Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread — Page 42

hearthemsing22 said: "If you weren’t a fan of the show or concept from the start when it first began, I can understand not wanting to see the movie. But I wonder how many people haven’t even seen the movie and are solely judging it based on word of mouth or the fact that Ben Platt is in it or whatever. If there are actors-yes, they could’ve gone with someone else. They didn’t. You get roles, you don’t get roles. That’s part of being a performer. I wonder how many people are judging based on ACTUALLY seeing the movie. On having opinions based on that, not on some previews. If you’re still not interested with the preview fine, but for the love of God, how many times do people ask for movies of musicals? You have one. The least you can do is see it and then judge instead of not even giving it a chance.


PS. NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE SPECIFICALLY HERE. Just a general statement"

LOVED the show on Broadway. Did not enjoy the film.

Call_me_jorge said: "I think the problem with the dear Evan Hansen movie in comparison to the dear Evan Hansen musical is that there was no woman in a leadership role working on the film.
Stacey Mindich is a huge reason why the stage musical has been such a success and not including her in a producer capacity was a huge mistake. As much as the Broadway show is about Evan and his lies, it’s also about the two mothers and how they handle their sons. That’s why the stage show is so much more powerful. I think had Mindich been kept on for the film, the creators wouldn’t have cut so much of the two mother’s parts."

I agree. There was a great article in the LA Times about how DEH is as much a parent's story as Evan's which they believed accounted for some of the success of the musical. They lamented how the mothers and their songs were gutted from the film and created a very different concept. They feel it was a huge error. They also feel "Anybody Have A Map" is a vital song that sets the tone for the parents dilemma and the course of the musical. They also felt that cutting "Good For You" sterilizes Heidi of her valid anger that facilitates her and Evan reconnecting.

HeyMrMusic said: "While listening to the soundtrack this morning, I’m realizing these are studio recordings and not the live-on-set vocals heard in the movie. It’s all much more clean and processed than the movie performances."

Yeah it's not like the Les Misérables soundtrack which sounds 100% exactly like the movie, here the tracks are quite different in places. But it's still a pretty solid soundtrack with a very good cast vocal wise, honestly I would rather listen to the soundtrack than see the movie again.

I've been thinking about how Pasek and Paul are very into...

big platitude anthemic songs where the underlying truth is people getting horrible manipulated and taken advantage of.

It's very bizarre.

Greatest Showman has "This is Me" and Barnum completely exploited these people but it's like this inspirational song they sing?

And "You Will Be Found" is all based on lies and manipulation.

I just feel like these writers are missing a self awareness sometimes and it's like they just want the Oscar for best song first and foremost for songs that are essentially just Firework by Katy Perry over and over again.

Updated On: 9/24/21 at 02:59 PM

The problem remaining is how the sad, creepy protagonist is a sociopath. Subtle sadness to watching even as the music & lyrics move me.

The way things are going it looks like the only nominations we can expect here are "Razzie's".

Theatre Fan3 said: "The way things are going it looks like the only nominations we can expect here are "Razzie's"."

I think Razzie nominations will be inevitable. The press is dragging this through the mud with passion.

Polygon.com: How did 'Dear Evan Hansen' go so, so wrong? Moviegoers aren't seeing what Broadway audiences saw

https://www.polygon.com/22691667/dear-evan-hansen-review

Wayman_Wong said: "Polygon.com: How did 'Dear Evan Hansen' go so, so wrong? Moviegoers aren't seeing what Broadway audiences saw

https://www.polygon.com/22691667/dear-evan-hansen-review"

What does gaming "journalism" have to do with theater?