Talk:Into the Woods (film)

A note
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Discussion of changes from stage version to film? Seems to cross line to plagiarism.
Read the Playbill article

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/sondheim-reveals-plot-changes-for-disney-into-the-woods-film-322631

From Playbill 'Another teacher asked if the song "Any Moment," which bookends the encounter between Cinderella's Prince and the Baker's Wife, had been cut. "The song is cut," Sondheim stated. Following outcry from the teachers, Sondheim added, "I'm sorry, I should say, it's probably cut." When pressed that he should have stuck up for the inclusion of the song, Sondheim said that he and Into the Woods' Tony Award-winning book writer James Lapine did so. "But Disney said, we don't want Rapunzel to die, so we replotted it. I won't tell you what happens, but we wrote a new song to cover it," he said.'

From Wikipedia 'Another teacher asked if the song "Any Moment", which bookends the encounter between Cinderella's Prince and the Baker's Wife, will remain. "The song is cut," Sondheim said. That revelation upset fans of the original stage show, prompting him to tell the attendees, "I'm sorry. I should say, it's probably cut." Sondheim told fans that he and James Lapine fought for the song's inclusion in the movie. "But Disney said, we don't want Rapunzel to die, so we re-plotted it," the composer explained. "I won't tell you what happens, but we wrote a new song to cover it."[22]'

Is it from EOnline? http://www.eonline.com/news/552578/disney-s-into-the-woods-features-major-plot-changes-stephen-sondheim-reveals-spoilers-ahead 'Another teacher asked if the song "Any Moment," which bookends the encounter between Cinderella's Prince and the Baker's Wife, will remain. "The song is cut," Sondheim said. That revelation upset fans of the original stage show, prompting him to tell the attendees, "I'm sorry. I should say, it's probably cut." Sondheim told fans that he and Into the Woods' Tony Award-winning book writer James Lapine fought for the song's inclusion in the movie. "But Disney said, we don't want Rapunzel to die, so we re-plotted it," the composer, 84, explained. "I won't tell you what happens, but we wrote a new song to cover it."'

Maybe EOnline plagiarized Playbill or vice versa (my guess is Playbill is the original, since it would hardly take two authors to plagiarize). In any case, this is clearly plagiarism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RickDesper (talk • contribs) 23:47, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Critical response
I cannot believe how positive the 'Critical Response' section of this article is.

I have never seen so many one star (the lowest) ratings as there are on Internet Movie Database (IMDB). On Rotten Tomatoes the viewers seem to concur. Yet here every critic's comment is positive.

Cannonmc (talk) 02:20, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually, we also mention multiple negative reviews---I personally added three of those.
 * I think part of the problem is that the original musical is very dark like Sweeney Todd (though not as bloody) and most people don't expect that when they watch Into the Woods. Plus, Sondheim's melodies are notorious for not being hummable; he has been so irritated by this recurring critique that it's a plot point in Merrily We Roll Along (musical).  His music is very much an acquired taste, especially for audiences who have mostly grown up on hummable musical composers like Webber or Boublil/Schonberg. --Coolcaesar (talk) 14:21, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Genre
Please don't change the genres or re-add ones that aren't mentioned in the prose. This is against WP:OR, WP:SUBJECTIVE and WP:RS. Andrzejbanas (talk) 22:50, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Fully concur. --Coolcaesar (talk) 08:59, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Can someone reverts this ?
Accidentaly i Deleted the template of the film In the Woods, can someone reverts this ? WhiteGuy1850 (talk) 21:10, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

Criticism of themes in lead
In the lead it says the film received criticism for its lighter yet dark tone compared to the source material (which it has a comedic tone). Aside from being grammatically incorrect this is pretty confusing to me, but not being very familiar with either the play or movie I'm not sure how to correct this. How can something both have a lighter and darker tone in comparison to something else? And does the source material or the movie have a comedic tone? If someone more knowledgeable could adjust that I think that would be good. Clondin (talk) 18:49, 2 December 2021 (UTC)