Into the Woods Official Movie Thread — Page 96

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As to a previous post--what am I missing? Rapunzel commits suicide?

Exactly. But it would be interesting if due to social media, they decided to add back in songs that were cut. It would be a first, definitely.

"No More" has no business being cut.

The ending of the show is a completely different tone than what came before it, so it does slow down. But that's the point of it. It's no longer a fun faerie tale. And cutting "No More", you really lose a huge chunk of the moral of the story.

If I recall correctly...the song was replaced with dialouge, so as long as that dialouge keeps the same meaning and power as "No More", then that's fine.

But I can see where you're coming from.

By the way, "reshoots" don't scare me in the least. I was actually glad when I read that.

The big studios used to do that all the time with their classic movies (almost every film you can name from MGM's golden age had reshoots). They would test them with audiences, then rewrite, edit, and reshoot as needed. They weren't afraid of changes, some of the major. That was standard practice.

Today, few can afford to do that, and few care enough to invest the time and money.

If early reports are that this movie is "very good," reshoots might make it that much better. I'm happy to hear they're doing their best.

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Updated On: 7/14/14 at 07:09 PM

My favorite movie franchise is The Lord of the Rings (I like The Hobbit as well but that's neither here nor there) and they went back for reshoots on all of those movies.

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I guess I'm still shaken up after that whole "Any Moment" controversy.

Why is "No More" so meaningful and has more of the musical's message? Can you guys explain why? I always wonder what people think.

I don't think it has more of the musical's message, but it is a very important moment in the Baker's journey.

I also don't think this musical has just one message. "No one is alone" and "children will listen" are two of the main messages, but so is "I know things now," to a degree. Each character learns something they may or may not have wanted to learn, and it changes them, for better or for worse.

I think they can get away with cutting "No More," but I'd rather they left some of it in there. It won't kill the movie, especially with the scene they added in its place. But I do think it would help deepen the Baker's character. On the other hand, film allows us to see many complex emotions on an actor's face, and perhaps we'll see him arrive at the conclusions of "No More" without him uttering a word (or note). I hope so.

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^ This is why they can't cut it!

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Carol Burnett, Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters were all called back to reshoot "Easy Street" in Annie.

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For the person who asked about the suicide.

It was a shock to me too, but a few years ago I did Into the Woods and as gifts for the production team, we all bought this beautifully illustrated storybook version of Into the Woods. It was based off of the original script, with input from Lapine and Sondheim.

In it, it says that Rapunzel, unable to go on, throws herself beneath the giant's foot. Most of the time in productions, it just seems like in her madness and despair she runs off and happens to get squished. It's a "flaw" in the script that it isn't made clearer...we were all surprised too.

I have looked for it recently, and it's out of print, but if anyone ever comes across it, it is worth the money if you are a fan...I added a link to a page about it.
The Book on Sondheim.com

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I hope these reshoots dont delay the movie's release date (as well as the trailer release date).