Into the Woods

This is another film that I have added on to the blog as I somehow managed to miss it off the list back in December.

Into the woods as a film is fantastic. Anna Kendrick's voice is fantastic, much better than it was in pitch perfect. Her voice has come a long way, its stronger and her range has been shown fantastically in this film.

Lets not run away with praise for Anna Kendrick because the whole cast were fantastic. I take my hat off to Meryl Streep because her voice has come on ten fold since Mama Mia and her confidence has really show in this film. I love her entrances and exits, they made me roar with laughter every time. As the witch she is fantastic, wacky enough to really make a fantastic witch.

Alongside her is James Cordon who surprised us all with his voice. Much better than expected and I loved his character in it. For someone that I have only previously seen on the big fat quiz of the year with Jack Whitehall and at that point didn't like because i don't like Jack Whitehall, James Cordon was absolutely fantastic and very surprising in this film.

Emily Blunt was just as good next to him and all the more praise for making that film while pregnant and catching Meryl Streep in rehearsals when she fell off the table.

Now we welcome back to the scene young mister gavrosh. Daniel Huttlestone is really making a name for himself as a young singer and actor. He was pleasant and wonderful in this film. With a few singing lessons he would be able to hide his accent and would find a whole range of films open to him instead of just the ones that require his accent.

Lets not forget Chris Pine. How could we forget the cocky, arrogant, yet charming personality playing the prince. I loved the agony song. He was another one with a surprising voice but in a way was very much playing himself. The song was slightly comical to watch but it really gave you a feel of how it would have been performed in theatre. 

This was the main thing that made the film so enjoyable. Certain characters like Mr. Depps character was done as if it was in the theatre and not as if it was a film in a studio.

The budget was small for a movie and yet it managed to produce one of the best musicals created in the last decade for film.

I loved it. I cant compare it to the stage because I haven't seen it but I would welcome comments from anyone that has seen both.

Sondheim is wonderful and his works are wonderful.

What did you think?