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Into the Woods (2014)
Into the Woods is a musical!
These reviews are hilarious. First of all, yes, Into the Woods is a musical. There is ample enough singing in the trailer for that to be evident and if you still don't realize that then you deserve what you get for going to this movie with that much ignorance. Second of all you also deserve what you get if you took your family to this movie because it's from Disney and you thought it would be suitable for children because of that alone. Disney IS the evil empire after all. They just disguise it well. But yes, this movie is a musical and it's dark and twisted.
Here is the crux of the situation. Into the Woods is a metaphor for Stephen Sondheim's lover dying of AIDS. It's about how fairy tales are bullshit and just when everything in your life seems to be perfectly on track, some kind of giant will enter and rip it all down. That's the giant that comes down the beanstalk. It's a metaphor for AIDS. Into the Woods was created in the late 80's in the wake of the AIDS epidemic blowing up. Everyone has giants, life is harsh, and fairy tales are just that...baloney. If you take things for granted, it won't be long until your perfect little world gets trampled by giants.
When the original version of this came out on stage audiences were widely upset that it didn't end at the middle when everything was tied up in a little bow and everyone lived happily ever after. They were upset that there was a another act, technically there are two acts, I'm not sure why some people seem to think there are three. They were upset that there was another act that sees the destruction of everything that seems perfect, but that's the point. Everything is not perfect, nothing lasts, it's not a fairytale, and there are always giants that will rip it all down.
So pile the kids in the car and go have a good time watching this dark and twisted tale of sadness from Disney, where nothing works out and no one lives happily ever after...oh yeah, and where they will be singing from beginning to end. Maybe you will find some of your own giants.
And for those of you who were disappointed that Johnny Depp's role isn't bigger, traditionally Cinderella's prince and the Wolf are played by the same actor. They just cast Johnny Depp as The Wolf to get you in the seats. And actually it's more interesting to have one actor dedicated to The Wolf. So if you're just there to see Johnny, you might have made the wrong choice. Although, The Wolf can steal the show.
Gone Dark (2013)
OH. MY. GOD! Don't listen to the haters. This movie is freaking incredible! Period. Watch it.
Wall to wall violence and sexy chicks. GONE DARK is a savvy exploitation film conjuring Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange, the early Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez days, and even seems to be somewhat of a parody or homage to the TV show 24. Reminiscent of Natural Born Killers and El Mariachi, GONE DARK is bloody, brutal, violent, edgy, and unapologetically irreverent in its pushing the limits of violence, skimpiness, and all out chaos in cinema. This is a movie!
Four super spies come to town hunting down their X-partner who they helped fake his death. When his little sister followed in his footsteps she was mislead to believe that they had killed him because they took the blame for it and she starts hunting them down. They only way for them to survive is to kill him and all the others and be the last one standing. To cover their tracks, the agency sends some ruthless hit men to wipe out everyone.
Adopting a completely new philosophy of violence in cinema GONE DARK shows what other movies would play off screen and satisfies by giving, instead of taunting, what others would just leave up to the imagination GONE DARK shows you more than you will imagine. Instead of spoon feeding an audience savvy enough from regurgitated ideas on television to know how these characters get where they are going, GONE DARK instead shows you what happens when they show up. Treating the audience as intelligent and respecting them enough to let them put the pieces together themselves. GONE DARK will not hold your hand but throw you in the deep end.
Showcasing innovative cinematography and visionary sound design with an earth shattering sound track this movie is following no paths but blazing new trails and rattling every cage along the way. An absolutely amazing ensemble cast giving ferocious and fearless performances. We are sure to see some of them rise to the top of the game. Groundbreaking on every level GONE DARK is not to be missed. Sex drugs violence and rock n roll. GONE DARK is what Hollywood is missing.