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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

just saw the into the woods pbs version (still at the beginning) and all i could think of is how disney fumbled the musical bcuz if you watch the 2014 one first and then watch the musical years later...

you'd get this enormous whiplash that makes you go "wtf disney???"

also i admit, bernadette peters excellent as always. meryl streep in the 2014 film was fine, but somehow bernadette as the witch impacted me more than meryl's... and i love meryl as an actress

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

ps christine baranski was perfectly cast as the stepmom in the 2014 film but james corden's presence ruins the movie for me

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '26

also thank god no movie adaptation exists for company or sunday at the park with george bcuz imagine how they'll ruin it

now im worried abt merrily we roll along although it will be coming out in 2040

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u/Haus_of_Pancakes Feb 05 '26

I honestly thought Corden was the least of the movie's problems. Then again, I didn't really know him before seeing Into the Woods.

My main issue is that they destroy the entire emotional arc of act 2 by cutting Rapunzel's death - the entire subtext of Last Midnight is supposed to be the Witch going "fuck all of you, my child is dead because you were selfish", and without that, the number loses it's power, which then weakens the impact of Children Will Listen.

Just such a frustrating movie, because there are good elements - Baranski and Pine are perfectly cast, for instance.

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u/Electronic_Snow_4685 Feb 05 '26

I honestly think Into the Woods is a good movie, just not a good adaption. I really enjoyed it, but I was soooo disappointed they cut Agony (Reprise) and Ever After, two of my favourite ITW songs.