Into the Woods Official Movie Thread- Page 37

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 4:59pm

You can't expect someone to keep up with all the information in a thread.

[Kad]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 4:59pm

Dammit, Wynbish.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:00pm

I didn't read it either. I never read his long ass ramblings since I can fart and hear basically the same thing. He's probably going on about something he has no idea about, though.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:01pm

Sondheim is WAYYY to lenient with his works! Cutting the opening to Sweeney Todd is one thing but cutting a MAJOR theme out of into the woods is just cruel. The Witch becomes way less interesting without the death of her kid. CHILDREN WILL LISTEN won't be powerful without her death!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:01pm

That's why that song was it.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:04pm

Jesus Christ.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:04pm

Why should we even care about the witch in the second half of the film if nothing bad happens to her? Outrageous!

[Wynbish]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:05pm

Sorry, Kad. Great minds don't snark alike.

[finebydesign]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:05pm

Wait are posters on here mentioning they've read the script?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:05pm

That's why they cut the Witch character.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:06pm

No, no posters have said they read the script. Especially not the ones who said they read the script.

[Kad]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:07pm

Reg:

tl;dr: Rapunzel's death was cut; Broadway Guy is hysterical and irrational and ignoring any salient points.

AKA: nonsense as usual.

Updated On: 6/19/13 at 05:07 PM

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:08pm

Stop it Jordan! You aren't helping this painful situation!

How do people even know this stuff about the script? What is the chance that they change their minds and put the death back in. I don't want a sugar coated INTO THE WOODS!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:09pm

We don't want you here, so we at least we all have the not getting things we want in common.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:10pm

Every day a little dunce.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:12pm

"If anna Kendrick doesn't play Cinderella, who do you realistically want to see?"

Dame Lea!

I'm very happy they haven't cut Any Moment/Moments in the Woods. I agree with Best that the changes made so far won't really hurt the film, although I'm really going to miss the Witch's lament. This is a Disney film after all and they're not going to kill off one of their most popular and lucrative princesses.



Updated On: 6/19/13 at 05:12 PM

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:12pm

How are any of you not mad or ATLEAST worried about this change????

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:14pm

He must be in middle school, right?

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:15pm

"This is a Disney film after all and they're not going to kill off one of their most popular and lucrative princesses."

See, and thats what is killing me about this. They won't kill her off cause they are afraid to kill her off. They are afraid to go the extra mile and show what Into the woods is really about. Typical.

[ComingUpRoses2]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:15pm

Last Midnight is still in the film and ends in a way similar to the recent park productions with a pair of hands, belonging to the Witch's mother, pulling her down into the ground.

Lament is actually still in the film, but only the first part, which is supposed to be the opening for the new song Sondheim is working on.

Our Little World is not in the film.

Ever After/Act II opening have been cut completely, but what they've done instead is actually very clever and I didn't mind. Many of the exchanges from those two scenes take place elsewhere, so it's not really missed. The Giant's Wife shows up during Cinderella's wedding. Also, when the Witch is transformed back into her former self, it also makes the Baker's Wife nine months pregnant.

Rapunzel does live. I guess. Her fate is up in the air. She runs away from both the Witch and her Prince after the Giant comes.

Jack's Mother's death is very different. The Steward still strikes her, but she doesn't die from that. She's only dazed for a few minutes and then splits up to go find Jack around the same time the Baker and his Wife do the same thing. The Baker later finds her hat, implying that she died.

The Baker's Wife still dies. No worries.

There is no Mysterious Man. We see the Baker's Father and Mother in flashbacks during the Witch's Rap and the father shows up during the part where "No More" should be and they have an exchange which is pretty much the gist of "No More", but in dialogue form.

The Baker narrates the opening (which is VERY faithful to the stage version) and then it all comes full circle at the end right before Children Will Listen when he tells his son the story of how it all happened.

Hope I've been helpful. :)

[Kad]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:15pm

Because the movie is a year and a half away, we don't know the details, and the movie won't erase the stage show.

Also, because we are rational, adult human beings with prospective.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:16pm

Depending on how it is handled, it may not be that big of a change. I haven't read the screenplay yet, as I don't know where to find it (anyone?). Chances are it is handled just fine, and likely in one of the ways previously mentioned here. I will wait to see how this affects the plot before I complain about it.

[all that jazz]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:18pm

Sorry to be THAT guy, ComingUpRoses, but could you please label the spoilers.

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:19pm

Is there anyway I can read this alleged screenplay?

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/19/13 at 5:19pm

So it does not appear that Marshall is taking an ax to the score like he did with NINE.