into the trailers

[calimac]

I was going to just forward this to B, but others might be interested.

New trailer for the Into the Woods movie, this one actually containing a little singing. But mostly it's the cast burbling about how great it's going to be. I discount that. I'm sure there are clips of Beatty and Hoffman in Morocco saying the same thing.

This looks as if it's going to be rather dark and sfx-laden. I fear the crew will make the same mistake that Tim Burton did in adapting Sweeney Todd and forget that it's also supposed to be light and witty, even in its darkness.

I'll check the reviews when it appears. And if it avoids that flaw, I'd like to take B. to see it in the theatre, since a big movie needs the big screen effect. Otherwise not. I started to watch the Sweeney Todd movie on DVD, and turned it off around the shaving contest; it was that bad. And this one also has Johnny Depp! Oh dear, oh dear.

Comments

[sturgeonslawyer.livejournal.com]

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

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

"... as the Baker's father"? In the play's cast list the character is called "The Mysterious Man". Way to go for the spoilers, Playbill guys. What, I wonder, did they call the Beggar Woman when they wrote about Sweeney Todd?

[wild-patience.livejournal.com]

Well, they gave away one of the best lines in the trailer: "I was raised to be charming, not sincere."

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to be hopeful, but casting Depp in a singing role is not a good sign.