wish I never entered that's for sure
What can I say about into the woods?. Wellll what I can say is your going to leave this film thinking if only?. Into the woods the latest musical adapted from the phenomenon that was the Broadway play of the same name brings together an all star cast and drops them into the fantasy world of fairy tales and happy endings. Now speaking of happy endings this is where I believe the film failed, Into the woods pulls the old fake ending on you in which you get swept up into thinking 'oh the movies ending', but alas as you stand to your feet it does what it should not have... it keeps going. I have not seen the Broadway play, so I don't know if the fim is following Its predecessor or if it was simply a new direction but for me..it failed, with the last act being morbid and overall unwanted, for we all want the happy ending.. is that not why we read fairy tails?. Now I am not a man of the stage, I cant say ive ever enjoyed musicals besides the odd animated feature film {tangled. the lion king} but these of course not being full length musicals means I cannot critique the artform. I believe Into the woods major flaw is not the musical direction, it is simply the direction where it falls flat. The cast all do an exceptional job given the task at hand {Chris pine delivers a very humorous performance}. The movie itself just did not work for me, for a movie containing fairytales it felt no where near as magical as it could have, the hype has built expectations for which the film cannot obtain { Meryl streep for best actress.. c' mon really} and frankly the length results in the film becoming quite tiresome. Overall had Into the woods finished when I wanted it to finish I would have left the cinema quite happy, but this was not the case so like the beanstalk Into the woods comes crashing down.
CannonCanclusion
5/10
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