Review of Into the Woods (2014) by Edward C — 15 Sep 2016

Into The Woods(2014).

Starring: Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Lucy Punch, James Cordon, Christine Baranski, Daniel Huttlestone, Tammy Blanchard, Frances de la Tour, Billy Magnussen, Tracey Ullman, Lilla Crawford, Simon Russell Beale, Annette Crosbie, Richard Glover, and MacKenzie Mauzy.

Directed By: Rob Marshall.

Review.

Be careful what you wish for.

Damn it now I have to watch that television show Once Upon a Time. I made a deal with my sister who loves that show that if I liked the next two live action films that were based on fairy tales( Cinderella 2015 and this film) that I would watch Once Upon a Time. You see I'm also not a big fan of musicals or fairy tale movies cause there the same thing every time. And the music has to be real good and in musicals I usually don't like the music. But I did like the cast members such as Meryl Steep, Emily Blunt, Chris Pine and my favorite star in the film Anna Kendrick, which made me have to watch this movie.

The film revolves around a baker(James Cordon) and his wife(Emily Blunt) who try to undo a curse that has been put on them by the witch who require them to get various items that make them bump into famous fairy tale characters. A cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, the hair as yellow as corn, and the slipper as pure as gold. They go into the woods to get each item but the more they get the more trouble sprouts.

The story is simple for kids and the film feels dark and takes curvy turns for adults, I'm not sure how much is changed from the source material but I personally don't care I just wanted a good film and that's what I got. The opening is all the characters singing a song about going Into the woods to start their journey and that was my favorite song in the movie. I actually like a lot songs in the movie which is impressive I haven't like as many songs in a musical since Les Miserable(2012). Anna Kendrick has a beautiful singing voice in this movie( I think I'll see Pitch Perfect now) she was of course my favorite cast member in the movie as I stated. Meryl Streep plays the Witch who puts the curse on the Baker(Corden) and she has better singing chops in this film then she did in Mamma Mia. Emily Blunt plays the bakers wife and has sings a duet with him that I enjoyed. Chris Pine plays the prince who is looking for Cinderella and he too has an awesome duet with the prince who means to take Rapunzel in his arms. The rest of the cast did good as well they just stood out more along James Corden.

The movies purpose I believe was to be one of the best musicals of its year and retell a possibly classic story. With all the fairy tale characters you know and love. It has no moral but that's good thing you can just enjoy it as a movie with a dark edge on fairy tales.

Into The Woods has an amazing cast that let out that song within them in this spectacle on the each famous fairy tale character that is present in this picture with a good script that is fun for kids and edgy for adults, I give Into The Woods a five out of five.