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Heavenly Deposit (2019)
Had big hopes
Starts off very slow and actors don't seem to click so it all feels forced. Then it starts to get more believable and actors begin to feel more relatable. But then like so many faith based movies they say the magic prayer, God becomes a vending machine and even though there is still things to wrap up in the plot, they rush to the end as if they forgot they needed to write an ending and so they just quickly threw it together. It became forced acting again leaving you disappointed as it had so much potential. Everyone else left the room within the first 30 minutes but I unfortunately stayed until the end.
Into the Woods (2014)
amazing let down
This is a hard review to give. I'm a huge fan of Into The Woods ever since I saw it on PBS with Bernadette Peters almost 30 years ago. I've made it a point to see it whenever a nearby theatre puts it on as well, even if just a high school play.
First of all the visuals are amazing...the cinematography brought this to life. The actors were also well cast and for the most part did an excellent job. But the director failed in my opinion to capture the essence of the story and the movie lost almost all the humor although he did capture a bit of it in the Agony song between the two princes. The music was mostly dark which took away from many of the comedic lines.
My biggest complaint is they cut out the wrong parts. I've seen this shortened before and a high school drama teacher did a better job keeping the essence of the story. Part of what made this great was how they tied in so many fairy tales yet there was no Sleeping Beauty or Snow White (as there was no second Agony song by the princes). What about the slotted spoon, which really captures the story behind the story of how we often miss what is amazing right in front of us because we have this constant desire for more.
People who I've watched it with didn't see hardly any humor that I saw...but I was seeing it with a bigger picture of the entire story. It just had gaps and it had a depressing ending rather than an inspiring ending.
And what was with the David vs Goliath bit at the end there... it just seemed really out of place.
I bought the original 1990 PBS version where the visual quality is seriously lacking in comparison but it is just so much more enjoyable to watch. It is a shame the 2014 version didn't do honor to the talented actors that were cast for this nor to the writers of the story.