Into the Woods Official Movie Thread — Page 37

Dammit, Wynbish.

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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!

Jesus Christ.

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

That's why they cut the Witch character.

Reg:

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

AKA: nonsense as usual.

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

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

"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

He must be in middle school, right?

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. :)

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.

Is there anyway I can read this alleged screenplay?