I love the movie but I've seen the live production twice and it's just more clever and nuanced. There's a lot that gets left out like Cinderella's Prince and Rapunzel's Prince were running around the woods finding more princesses (specifically Snow White and Sleeping Beauty) to woo after getting married or that the Baker's Father is actually alive. As for my favorite song, it's gotta be No One is Alone. It makes both my wife and I cry.

Agony is just. Such an unhinged scene.

this movie is the most accurate thing to their respective Grimm stories

The play has a lot more dark humor in it 😅

I love the message that adults show children the way. Not many movies talk about it.

It's funny that you kept referring to the giant as Umbridge, because the actress playing the giant actually WAS in Harry Potter! She played Madame Maxime, the headmistress of the all girls school from the Goblet of Fire, and Hagrid's crush 😉

They didn't kill rapunzel because disney didn't want to have one of their princesses to be killed. It destroys the point that the world is also cruel, and you can't just marry a prince and ride off.

This is my favorite musical because into the woods has some of the most difficult music to sing and this cast didn't miss a beat,even james corden

I saw Into The Woods at a local theater and my favorite song is no one is alone

"Your Fault" is even faster in the stage version. They slowed it down considerably for the movie and actors who at the time weren't necessarily Broadway actors or accustomed to the pace of Sondheim songs.

I played Lucinda (a stepsister) in the stage version. A few years before that I worked on costumes and wigs for another production. My dream was to play the baker's wife. Now, I've aged out of that role. I could still play the witch though, maybe Jack's mom. Favorite song? I Know Things Now. Agony is my second.

The movie is OK, but the stage show (which has an excellent filmed version with Bernadette Peters) is so much better. It goes further and darker, it's funnier, has more songs, just all around FABULOUS. And it's worth it just for the reprise of Agony alone! If you ever get the chance, definitely give it a shot!

Our local theater put on a performance of Into the Woods. It was no Broadway but it was still wonderful! Milky white was a plywood painted cow on wheels that they tugged around the whole time lol. It was fun! As for favorite song- I will never get the opening theme out of my head. Actually, I don't know if that makes it a favorite...?? But it's def unforgettable.

Honestly the first 15 minute intro of the original is mt favorite piece of stage music like the way that they weave in all the different storylines and give you the plot lines and everythinf its ao good

8:29 you should’ve seen the way we did the stealing of red cape in our musical. My peers did amazing. Actor for Red sounded super loud like that too(more of a cry scream to not hurt audiences ears) and the baker actor ran away with a sneaky “ha-ha-hah” and then ran back and covered her mouth with the cape when she started screaming lol

I saw the movie and No One is Alone became my favorite song to cry to 😂 I was blessed to be able to see the production last year at the Kennedy Center with Montego Glover as the Witch and I LOVED it. Definitely my favorite musical 🥰

I love Agony and the argument song in the second act-can’t remember the name. I have seen the original cast recorded version and then my mom played in the pit for a production.

Favorite songs are; your fault, the intro, and on the steps of the palace

I saw the play once years ago as part of a college theater trip and of the three plays we saw it was probably my favorite but that was years before the movie was even a thing so to me while both are excellent they’re also entirely different experiences. I’ve also seen the movie multiple times purely because I enjoy how campy and ridiculous the performances are.

My favorite song is Agony because it’s such a competition of attention 😆 Oh and Chris Pine’s chest

i love both the stage play and the movie. i’ve been able to see local small community theater or high school productions of the play in person. but grew up watching the professional recording of the play (with bernadette peters) on vhs. there are pros and cons to the movie vs the stage. stage has more songs, some more story threads that were condensed or omitted all together from the movie, the movie is able to have the special effects and convey the immenseness of “the woods”. favorite song is really hard, i love so many. ‘agony’ (as well as agony reprise in the stage version), ‘on the steps of the palace’, ‘children will listen’ are among the top. after losing my mom though a few years ago, ‘no one is alone’ has taken on a new tone for me, as well as a stanza from the ‘children will listen finale’ “sometimes people leave you, halfway through the wood. do not let it grieve you, no one leaves for good.” ❤❤

The woman giant is played by the actress that played in Harry Potter as Beaubaxton’s Headmistress. My favorite song is Moments in the woods but specifically with Sarah Barellies as the baker’s wife on broadway. I love your reactions so much and I can’t wait to see your next one!

I completely forgot all about this musical! ❤ It's a really cute movie.

2:27 that’s Lilla Crawford, not Millicent Simmonds; Lilla became first known for playing Annie in the Broadway revival in 2012, which then led to this movie. Also, Jack is played by Daniel Huttlestone, who also played Gavroche in the 2012 Les Miserables movie

I encourage everyone to see the stage production. It’s so good. I enjoyed the movie, I think they adapted it as well as they could.

I saw the guy i was in love with in high school in a live production of into the woods. My favorite song is moments in the woods.

Man this movie is a culsterfuk of strangeness but I’m here for it 😂

Agony is my favorite song in this.

I have 2 favourite songs. "No One is Alone" and "Children Will Listen" (full version).

I love the song with Chris Pine and the other prince competing 😅 I just find it hilarious

They could never make me hate this movie even James can’t make me I love it I’m an aggressive nostalgic way 😂😂😂

Love both the play and the movie! The actors all did great ! My top 3 songs are: Your fault, Gaints in the sky, and Agony

My first time seeing this was when my oldest daughter(now 25) played the Giantess at 7. It made it even more funny as she was the smallest cast member, so they had her on a ladder for her part. It keeps coming around again. Last time was a local high school production. This production isn't easy. Sondheim wrote some incredible, but crazy music for this.

I haven’t seen it live but in my teenager years I was in a musical program and we had a recital and sang “into the woods” so I’ll have to say that’s my favorite song since it brings back memories. I also felt from the shadow of the Giant she looks like Mrs Garret from the facts of life

Part of the reason I think people prefer the stage version is because the most commonly viewed recording featured Broadway royalty of the day (Bernadette Peters as the witch, Chip Zien as the baker, Joanna Gleason who won a Tony for her performance as the baker's wife, etc.), but also Sondheim really takes a lot of work to convert to a movie format and they didn't do nearly enough with this one to make it work. It's been done very successfully with West Side Story and Sweeney Todd (another Depp movie where he actually gets to act rather than play a bit part), but they had to completely transform the pacing, characterizations, and vibe to do it well and this movie did not do that. And I love Anna Kendrick but they did her dirty with this movie, she wasn't getting any direction in her speaking parts and it really shows. As far as my favorite song, probably Children Will Listen. Last Midnight is a close second though, you're not wrong about the flow.

I am an actress and I’ve been in this show a few times. I love the movie the only thing is it doesn’t quite give full context like the stage play does. You should watch it and compare❤❤

The play is much better- more nuanced, the overall lesson and message is communicated better, the timing and humor is better, things happen back to back in the movie that doesn't happen in the play- the play gives room to breathe and all the characters are flawed and complex all of which gets lost in the movie. no-one is alone is my favorite song and I have seen a production of the pay (not on broadway)

I own the blur ray and seen the live play on KZfaq i really like them both and i have to agree with you the song ( your fault) and the first ( into the woods)songs r mt favorite

I have top three favorite songs in no particular order: agony, steps of the palace, and my fault. Also, I never saw into the woods live, but I was in the musical, in my own community theater place…I was the evil stepmother

I love the live performance with Bernadette Peters even better. There's some great stuff cut from the live show for the movie. I highly recommend it! The movie is a Lot darker and has a lot of great humor in it. The best song is also cut from the movie: No More

When you do your “research” on the fairytales just read Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen … they wrote down the folktales from oral traditions while Disney tamed them and merged them. They’re short and worth knowing.

Agony! That song/scene is hilarious 😅

Favorite song is "it's your fault" the stage version was much more tongue in cheek and knew it was making fun of itself . This version was too serious. Still fun to watch though.

These are more based on the original stories than the Disney versions. Like, in the original Cinderella, the slipper was gold and the ball lasted 3 nights. As for the differences between play and movie: the play is funnier, darker, and more nuanced. Some stuff was cut or changed in the movie that really doesn't work. Plus there's a couple songs that I'm pretty sure they slowed down

Even though this is a Disney film, these are not Disney 'princesses' or Disney storylines. Please remember, this musical predates ANY Disney involvement at ANY level. I'm old, like in-my-70s old. When I was in third grade, I became interested in myths, legends, folktales, and fairy tales from all nations and cultures. During those pre-internet times, I read deeply into original renditions as far as I could find English translations of them. One thing I learned is that what modern people (and especially Americans) have experienced of the stories that have come down to us has been transformed from cultural subconscious creations (often very dark and feral) into these squeaky-clean safe-for-children tales. They are nearly unrecognizable from the originals, whether the source was Hans Christen Anderson or the Brothers Grimm. The stories in "Into the Woods" mainly come from the original Brothers Grimm, who collected folktales throughout Germanic Europe in the 1800s. I recognize these stories from my elementary school research and reading. 'Jack and the Beanstalk' is British, but dark; being forced by poverty and hunger to sell the cow at market, selling it for magic beans, the mother slapping the beans out of the boy's hands, the beans sprouting overnight, the climb to the giant's castle on a cloud, the giant's wife taking pity and feeding then hiding the boy. In the original story, the boy climbs several times, first to take a look, then to grab the harp, then to bring the goose that lays golden eggs; the last theft reveals the boy to the giant, who pursues, the boy reaches ground first, chops the beanstalk, the giant dies in the fall. The End. The other stories, 'Cinder Ella', 'Rapunzel', 'Red Riding Hood', are Grimm stories and grim in nature. And western cultures have 'civilized' the stories to pap. If Rapunzel had been more accurately depicted, she would have still been impregnated with twins; at least the part of the original where the prince is blinded and Rapunzel's tears heal him has been retained. Rapunzel is depicted as the very beautiful daughter of a baker and his wife, is kidnapped by a witch, and is brought up in an isolated tower with the witch claiming to be Rapunzel's mother. The magic beans being stolen from the same witch, that's genius poetic license that is part of the device that binds these stories together in the musical. Cinder Ella was the daughter of a widowed nobleman or wealthy merchant; he marries a widow with social ambitions who has two daughters of her own. In short order, the father dies, and the stepmother presses Ella to take on housekeeping duties. Before long, she is the 'dog' everyone kicks. The fairy godmother is a reworking of the original spirit of Ella's mother, over whose grave a weeping willow has grown. Willows required wet ground to grow, and Ella's tears are plentiful enough to provide what the willow needs. There's the ball, the tiny lentils tossed in the hearth, the birds sent to help, the stepmother's rescinded permission to go to the ball, the gown/carriage/footmen/driver provided, the race home at the strike of twelve. The original includes the slicing of one stepsister's toes and the other stepsister's heel to fit the sipper, the dripping blood each time that reveals the fraud, Ella brought out and fitting the shoe, and the stepmother and her daughters having their eyes pecked out by birds. This is the original Grimm tale. The poetic license that binds the stories in the musical is Ella's prince and Rapunzel's prince being brothers; also, that Cinder-Ella suffers culture shock growing up servile and now is a 'princess' by virtue of marriage (not to mention Prince Charming being a womanizer; I absolutely LOVE his line "I was raised to be 'charming', not 'sincere'"). With Red Riding Hood, Granny lived a bit aways from Red and her mother; Red's mother pulls together some bread and other foods for Red to take to Granny. She meets a wolf along the way, short conversation answering 'leading' questions, Wolf takes a short cut to Granny's, the almost ritualistic back-and-forth, the swallowing Granny whole, the wolf dressing as Granny and climbing into bed, the repeat of the back-and-forth, the attack on Red which is heard by a passing woodsman, who kills the wolf, cuts the wolf open, and miraculously Granny falls out still alive. And THAT is the whole of the original story. The poetic license of the musical is the intertwining of Red's story into Rapunzel's parents' story and the baker taking the place of the woodsman. But any of the characters being in ANY way Disney princesses? Hard 'no' on that count. This musical was based on actual fairy tales, not the Disney version of them, and ran on Broadway for years before Disney came in to make a movie of it. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Strangely enough, the woman playing the giant is indeed a veteran of the Harry Potter film franchise, but is not Umbridge. It's Frances de la Tour, who played the headmistress of Beauxbaton Academy and love interest to Hagrid. Madame Maxime was a half-giant, as was Hagrid. Ms de la Tour is a well-known actress with a lengthy resumé. (You should put 'Vicious' in the KZfaq search bar and watch the full episodes of that delightful British sitcom she is part of.) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Favorite song is "You are Not Alone", followed closely by the softer version of the song "Stay with Me" that's sung at the film's end ("children will listen"). And while I really like this film (the musical, actually), the reason I like it might help explain why others don't. It's unconventional. In every respect, it's unconventional. It takes creative risks. It runs counter to the Disney appropriation of ancient stories and weaves stories that were never related into a well-unified single story. Some people are disturbed by the darkness of tales they learned as pretty children's literature, not knowing the terrible originals. The lyrics and melodies are unconventional; that can grate on some ears. To me, the melodies are thematic; just as in classical orchestral music, certain characters are provided 'characteristic' musical motifs that help identify the character taking action in classical music. You hear a certain arrangements of notes and you instantly know who is 'speaking'. The lyrics are highly structured and singsong-y, which some take as annoying. But I see it as representative of characters living in a fairytale; they speak Nursery Rhyme, not standard English. For me, it works. For all the structure and pretension of the music and lyrics and the fantasy of the storylines, the humanity of the characters bleeds out and rings true. Fear, stupidity, pride, lust, self-doubt, gullibility, ambition, positivity, depression, all of it very human and in this production palpable. And though people don't contend with the EXACT issues the characters are forced to handle, we can draw parallels between their problems and ours. And we can sympathize, empathize. The cast did a great job. In parsing the lyrics, in expressing the emotions, in making it feel real. But I can easily see how it would be irritating for some.

The original 90s production the flow of the music is so much better it's not chopped up for exposition, the acting is better, it's so funny, and it has the narrator who was my favorite character in the play and I was so upset they cut him out in the movie and they shortened some of the songs in this version so the stage production has the full length and it just makes the ending so much more meaningful in my opinion plus so one can do better than Bernadette Peter's as thw witch not even Meryl Streep I said what I said

I love this movie! I think the people who didn't like it probably didn't like they didn't do the Disney ending of the stories. Most fairytales don't have happy endings in the original story.

I was in a production of this. We called it “Into the Words.” The play is way funnier! There’s also a steampunk version of it that is UnHiNgEd 😂 Giants in the sky/your fault/agony are all fantastic

Johnny Depp is both Willy Wonka and the Mad Hatter to me🍫🎩😄!!! Though he's been in too many of my favorite childhood movies👏😃!!!

I think that’s the thing I love about grim fairy tales, although some have happy endings, they also show the ugly truth of the real world and humanity. We all have flaws, morals, and sins, it’s how we decide to move forward in our lives to see if we deserve our happy endings.

the actress who played little red ridinghood was in a skit on youtube from about 2014 that had a bunch of broadway stars in it which i think is cool! the skit is called russian broadway shut down if anyone is wondering!

The fast claps got me over here 😂😂

Ik it was Anna Kendrick my boy love himself some snow😆

"Last Midnight" 💙

The baker's wife's story make a lot more sense in the play. As do Rapunzel and Cinderella's stories. There's a reason you were confused

Great reaction! This play has a special place in my heart-especially since I was in a summer production my last year of HS and got to “die” on stage multiple times; I was multi-cast as Jack’s mom AND the giantess, along with the “spirit” of Cinderella’s mom (in the tree). This was an enjoyable film adaptation! Still, I personally prefer the filmed stage production - which I HIGHLY recommend for Bernadette Peters alone!!

I love the songs Agony and Giants in the Sky (as sung by baritone Ben Wright in the original B’Way production) In the beginning of act II the narrator dies and the storyline goes south. He warns the main characters that there will be negative consequences without him to tell the story.

Another suggestion: Sweeny Todd: the demon barber of fleet street

for at 3:49, the movie is okay, but the thing it fails to show (that the play does) is that Into the Woods is a comedy!! It's a big parody, think Shrek levels. Half of the fun of Into the Woods is the 'reality' twist on fairytales and how a lot of it doesnt work in real life, but the movie takes most of the ridiculousness out and play the jokes straight (for example, the 'tears' curing the prince's eyes? Rapunzel was hysterically boo-hooing and prying his eyelids open😭😭😭). The message/nuance of the 'woods' also gets lost a bit since they made it 'edgier' but still cut out the parts that made the play 'dark' in a good way. for example, the whole theme of nice vs good, and how you have the power/ability to decide your moral code isn't underlined nearly as well in the movie as it is in the play (in the play they kill the narrator and as a result, have to make their own choices. they fuck up tremendously😭)

I'm one who loves the Broadway play better. LOVE Bernadette Peters and the rest is probably nostalgia and how they did all the elements as a play.

I think both the movie and the play are done well. Personally, I would put the play higher, though, because there's just a different level of connection I think the actors have in the play. Not to discredit the actors in the movie. But since plays are straight through and film can be filmed at different points. So, I guess there's a different feel of awareness? If that makes sense? Edit: also a couple of comedy moments you can do in the play that never happend in the movie. Like how the narrator was an important character that does affect the pace of the story, yet never appears in the movie.

I enjoy the film, but the play contains scenes that inform the characters' arcs better. Also, it pulls off the humor better.

The movie on its own isn't bad, it's just an adaptation of a musical that happens to be better because the movie had to cut some important content/characters. So some love it, some don't. I love the visuals/special effects so I like the movie, but it's not as good (or nearly as funny) as the stage version. Edit: to answer your question, Your Fault (the one where they're all arguing) is one of my favorites in the show! IMO it generally sounds better when it's sung faster than they sing it in the movie. And I've seen it live twice! Once was a community theater production, I've seen a high school production, and I've seen the recent professional touring cast from a year ago

I WOULD SO SO SO SO SO SO SO RECOMMEND WATXHINF THE RECORDKNG OF THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST. ITS A DIFFERENT AND FAR BETTER EXPERIENCE. PUHLEASE

You’re fault is my favorite song.

I miss the second song the two princes sing, and I miss the narrator. The movie is fine... but the stage production is just another level of excellence.

also if you did 25th anniversary phantom or even the 2004 phantom with gerard butler id pee with excitement like a chihuahua

Personally, I don't dislike the movie, but it has a much more serious tone than the stage version. I prefer the stage version because it's so much funnier and more playful, while still getting into serious themes

There’s a pro-shot of the original musical, you should definitely watch it sometime. Personally, I think the play is funnier and also carries the message better

Favorite Depp roles have to be Sweeney Todd and Edward Scissorhands

This movie is all over the place. A lot is happening, but at the same time nothing? Idk it's weird. You're reaction was nice tho and funny ^^

37:14 I feel like they would of been great sisters ❤

Hey Brian!!! My Favorite Song is Into The Woods. 💜💜💜💜

I grew up watching my DVD of the original cast (Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife my god chef's kiss), as well as reading the original screenplay. This movie is awesome as a movie. It is not awesome as an adaptation of the play. There was so many aspects that didn't have the feel that the actual play had. To the point you couldn't see that character being themselves through the whole production. And it failed to accent on the meaning of a lot of the fairy tell story aspects that the original play managed to show flawlessly. Love your reaction, though! As someone who didn't know the previous version, who reacted wonderfully.

This was my shit back in the day

i really liked the movie and my fav song is no one is alone

Would love to see you react to the filmed Broadway show

Fav song "your fault"

I LOVE the film but the reason people don't like it is because it's VERY rushed compared to the stage version. Lots of storylines are cut out and it all happened very fast on the film. I think the film is wonderfully cast, beautifully made and the designs are perfect

definitely last midnight

If you haven’t seen Sweeny Todd you should watch that! And Sleepy Hallow!

Movie was tough 🔥🔥

I like the songs but when I was watching it I had no idea where or what the story line was.

The 1989 pro shot is SO much better, truly. www.filmedlivemusicals.com/into-the-woods-1989.html The FABULOUS Bernadette Peters plays The Witch, and Joanna Gleason was the featured performer playing The Baker's Wife. I definitely recommend watching that one (available on Blu-Ray, DVD, and to stream via Amazon and Apple TV.).

I like this movie but definitely prefer the stage version (grew up watching the original Broadway cast pro shot). They kind of toned down the comedy in the film as well as altering some key plot points and cutting characters that are pretty essential to the story (the narrator, who exists outside of the story until the characters drag him into it in a darkly comedic moment, and the mysterious man who features in the bakers story heavily and is incredibly important. Those two roles are traditionally played by the same actor tho are two different people in the world of the show).

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I like the movie but I know the play is better, I haven’t seen it, but it’s gotta be better. The movie feels disconnected at times and I think that’s cause of the condensing they had to do from the play. Favorite song is either On the steps of the palace or no one is alone.

You should react to MONSTER-IN-LAW! Jane Fonda, Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Lopez 😊😂 FUNNEEEEEE!!

Film is ok, but honestly, if you've seen the stage version it doesn't compare. There are officially recorded versions online from the original productions in the '90s worth checking.

Yo, this movie is intresting! little bit weird but hey! ITS A MUSICAL♥

I did this musical in 2021-22(my freshman year in high school) it’s an okay story but for ensemble I prefer “something rotten” more than anything else so far(did something rotten sophomore year

please do the live og Broadway show

you should watch sweeney todd demon barber of fleet street with johnny depp it's a really good movie

Can you react to Happy Feet

These stories are more based on the original Grimm’s Fairy Tales. I love those stories except for the princesses who are literally children and all the SA 😒 But other than that…great stories 👍🏽

Is there a way to recommend movies?

I’ve seen a high school version it’s shorter and more PG. I liked this version but the real musical on Broadway and the movie are way too long. But still enjoyable. The Agony song is meant to be ridiculous. Personally I like “children will listen/no one is alone” cause a like to sing along.

I prefer the live stage performance, more than the movie. Just my personal preference.

You have to do a reaction to twilight

Most people that didn't like it because of the differences between it and the play. Like a lot of things the the book(play) is better than the movie