Okay, enough Columbus bashing! None of us here know what his pitch to Warner Bros. was about how he wants to film this. He might be absolutely in love with this musical and want to preserve it on film in a way that will hold true to the original concept. None of us know. Who the hell even knows which script they're working with now. His other films have been huge successes and for their genre were good. He made HARRY POTTER a three hour long film so hardcore fans wouldn't be upset with cutting too much out. The same could hold true here. He's not like George Lucas who could care less what the general public wants (That's a whole other thread DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED), he wants to make sure people enjoy his work. And judging by the fact that his films are some of the highest grossing in cinema history, he's doing his job.
There are a ton of directors who mainly direct crap but they hit gold every once in a while. Let's see what happens before we start going for blood.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."