I wanted to tell a positive story about eradicating evil and promoting good, but it backfired.

Carmel 2022-03-26 09:01:05

The whole film integrates several classic fairy tales, "Little Red Riding Hood" + "Cinderella" + "Rapunzel" + "Jack's Magic Beanstalk".

In fact, the movie is all about reasoning and persuading the world. Little Red Riding Hood failed to withstand the temptation of Depp's Big Bad Wolf on the way to grandma's house, causing a tragedy in her life; Jack's mother asked Jack to go to the neighboring village market to sell the old cows in order to confuse buyers for high prices; Cinderella's The prince danced with her for three nights in a row and couldn't recognize Cinderella, how could the same thing happen three times? I can't help but suspect the prince's IQ; when the prince was looking for Cinderella with a crystal-free golden shoe, the stepmother who cut off her daughter's toes so that her daughter could get into that shoe was enough, Cinderella became a great woman in life. Why do people still have to peck people's eyes and cut off their toes after the winner? Is this really generous? Unconsciously persuading the world turned into a rant.

Aunt May is a very good character in this play, criticizing human greed, ignorance, and unscrupulous means. In the end, disaster was incurred. After killing the giant, the giantess came to avenge her husband. The most unfortunate thing in this drama is this giant. First, he was stolen gold coins, golden eggs, and harps. After being provoked, he was killed. The husband lost his wife and went out. Why should the revenge of justice be greedy of humans to defeat? In the end is to eliminate evil and promote good or to promote greed and injustice. There's even an incestuous affair between the prince and the baker's wife, OMG!

In short, the screenwriter's brain is as big as a giant, eh! just sauce~

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  • Floy 2022-03-22 09:01:44

    "Stupid stories often happen in the forest". After the prince and Cinderella got married, they quickly changed their hearts and derailed. Very good, this is a dark fairy tale. The two princes sang passionately about tearing off their clothes and laughed, and the giantess probably had something to say about mmp in her heart. The whole film is more like a hodgepodge. Although there are many big names, they are gorgeous and empty, and have no soul. PS. My uncle Pu’s scenes add up to not even five minutes╮(╯▽╰)╭

  • Emerson 2021-12-01 08:01:25

    Rob Marshall is still familiar with adapting Broadway musicals, but compared with "Chicago", the film is more than gorgeous and lively, the narrative is insufficient, and the second half is very loose. Many things are either taken in a stroke or disappeared, just like looking at flowers. To rush, weaken the audience's emotional impression of it. But for people who didn't understand the plot before and liked dark adult fairy tale movies, this film is indeed a little surprise. The three heroines are out of color.

Into the Woods quotes

  • Witch: [singing] You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice. I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right. I'm the witch. You're the world.

  • Baker's Wife: Just remembering you had an 'and,' when you're back to 'or,' makes the 'or' mean more than is did before.