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Post by inthenose on Oct 5, 2022 21:20:43 GMT
seeing this in the morning, can’t wait!! Jealous!!!
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Post by ctas on Oct 5, 2022 21:55:09 GMT
Just back from the Gala at London Film Festival. This was such a treat, lovely to see so many enthralled kids in the audience. The cuts to the book have left the non-Trunchbull adults underserved (especially when you have such incredible cast as Andrea Riseborough and Stephen Graham) but the children are very very good and Lashana Lynch was excellent as Miss Honey. Loved the inventive staging of some of the show’s stand out numbers - don’t want to spoil but there’s some fun surprises and cast in minor roles I hadn’t realised I’d see. Really enjoyed this and can’t wait to see it again!
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Post by theatrelegofan87 on Oct 5, 2022 23:45:22 GMT
I would recommend people check their local non chain cinemas. I casually checked HOMEmcr Cinema and there is a screening this saturday 😍😍😍 Glad to see local cinemas are getting s head start after the pandemic Cannot wait to watch on saturday
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 6, 2022 7:37:54 GMT
Headed to the Southbank centre for this morning's screening - can't wait.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 6, 2022 8:11:34 GMT
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Post by johnie21 on Oct 6, 2022 17:33:38 GMT
Headed to the Southbank centre for this morning's screening - can't wait. Hope you enjoyed it. I can't wait to see it. Has any of the songs been cut. I did hear the parents songs have both been cut.
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Post by blobble84 on Oct 6, 2022 18:45:23 GMT
Absolutely loved this earlier - a great adaptation.
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Post by Jon on Oct 6, 2022 19:01:48 GMT
I'm waiting until it's released at the end of November but I'm assuming much like the musical, it's much closer to the book than the 1996 adaptation.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 6, 2022 23:29:53 GMT
Its unbelievably joyful and uplifting.
Great cast - Emma Thompson is BRILLIANT. I wouldn't be surprised if she got a best supporting actress nom. She goes all in, and god can she sing - Smell of Rebellion in particular a powerhouse vocal. Lashana Lynch really warm and lovely. Sindhu Vee as Mrs Phelps iconic in every scene she's in. The girl playing Matilda holds her own so well (I hate kids but they are without exception brilliant - loved Bruce)
Some cut songs - Loud is gone, so has Telly. The brother doesn't exist. Family role much smaller, but it works.
There are moments in the stage production that are unbelievably iconic that I couldn't picture how they'd do in screen, or how they'd match them. Without exception, the screen supersedes the stage version. I didn't think you could improve on the musicals When I Grow Up, but they've done it.
New finale number, which had me and my friends weeping. It's just an absolute joy.
The ultimate strength of the film is that it was made by the people who made the musical. Dennis Kelly, Tim Minchin and Matthew Warchus understand this material so microscopically that it just...works. They just get it perfectly and so it all works. Warchus has made an utterly brilliant film, that's going to do so well.
I loved it, as did the 500 school kids who were in this morning's screening. Reminded me just how good musicals really are. It'll be an introduction to musicals for a while new generation and that's only a positive. It's going to be a smash and I can't wait to see it again.
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Post by Jon on Oct 6, 2022 23:37:25 GMT
^Cutting Telly makes sense as well as Loud although I assume Miracle is still there.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 7, 2022 9:15:04 GMT
Miracle is still the opener - it's also whiplash for the amount of West End performers in the space of 2 minutes.
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Post by ronnette on Oct 7, 2022 11:28:17 GMT
I cannot wait to see this.
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Post by kathryn on Oct 7, 2022 19:47:25 GMT
I can understand why they would cut Loud and Telly, I suppose. A shame, though, as they get more and more relevant to our modern reality-TV-social media age as time goes by.
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Post by inthenose on Oct 7, 2022 19:58:35 GMT
Miracle is still the opener - it's also whiplash for the amount of West End performers in the space of 2 minutes. Can I ask, how well is this sung - generally? Liberties with the score?
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Post by Jon on Oct 7, 2022 20:02:47 GMT
I can understand why they would cut Loud and Telly, I suppose. A shame, though, as they get more and more relevant to our modern reality-TV-social media age as time goes by. Telly wouldn't really work on screen as it's a fourth wall break before the start of act 2. Loud, I'm guessing the scene with Miss Honey is now dialogue.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 7, 2022 20:27:51 GMT
Miracle is still the opener - it's also whiplash for the amount of West End performers in the space of 2 minutes. Can I ask, how well is this sung - generally? Liberties with the score? Lynch can belt, which I wasn't expecting - she was who I was most worried about and I thought she did really well. Thompson is arguably the best I've ever heard her sing - she really belts the end of Smell of Rebellion. The kid who plays Bruce is an icon and I'm obsessed with him - an absolute star. And Matilda for me takes a little time to warm up, but is still great.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 7, 2022 20:28:47 GMT
I can understand why they would cut Loud and Telly, I suppose. A shame, though, as they get more and more relevant to our modern reality-TV-social media age as time goes by. Telly wouldn't really work on screen as it's a fourth wall break before the start of act 2. Loud, I'm guessing the scene with Miss Honey is now dialogue. The Miss Honey things all happens in a different order and not at the point it nor ally happens - she's introduced almost immediately
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Post by emeraldbaudelaire on Oct 8, 2022 8:17:19 GMT
Is My House included in the soundtrack for the film? It has always been one of my favourites in the show.
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Post by ctas on Oct 8, 2022 14:24:26 GMT
Yes - and it’s a beautiful performance of it.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 8, 2022 18:05:34 GMT
I spent two thirds of the film trying to work out who Trunchbull looked like. Then when it had distracted me for over an hour I realised. {Spoiler - click to view} Derek Faye
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Post by theatrelegofan87 on Oct 8, 2022 20:07:34 GMT
Saw the film this afternoon. Overall i would rate it 8.5- the changes to “when i grow up” work but i miss certain things If anybody would like to know anything about the film feel free to ask
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 8, 2022 20:25:02 GMT
Can I ask, how well is this sung - generally? Liberties with the score? Lynch can belt, which I wasn't expecting - she was who I was most worried about and I thought she did really well. Thompson is arguably the best I've ever heard her sing - she really belts the end of Smell of Rebellion. The kid who plays Bruce is an icon and I'm obsessed with him - an absolute star. And Matilda for me takes a little time to warm up, but is still great. That sounded like shouting to me.
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 8, 2022 20:28:52 GMT
Interesting - didn't to me.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 8, 2022 20:40:21 GMT
Saw the film this afternoon. Overall i would rate it 8.5- the changes to “when i grow up” work but i miss certain things If anybody would like to know anything about the film feel free to ask When I Grow Up was a brilliant concept but under delivered. We saw that adorable little kid as Evil Kneivel, and another kid as as a bus driver, and another as something else but it was all very half hearted. Sorry but I am going to be the voice of doom on this. It’s fine, I enjoyed it but it’s Netflix quality not Cinema quality. Totally didn’t believe in Miss Honey. Matilda is fab, as is Bruce and the little lad under the blazers is adorable. When i saw the show on tour my complaint was that the sound was terrible. I couldn’t hear the lyrics. On the film it’s ok for the leads but in the ensemble numbers again the lyrics are totally lost. And before you dismiss that comment, look at it in the light of someone who doesn’t know the show or the songs. It is a problem when you can’t hear the words that those very talented kids are singing.
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Oct 8, 2022 23:12:13 GMT
I understand their removal but I’m sad to hear Loud and Telly have been cut - they’re two of my favourite songs (I love a character piece)
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Post by inthenose on Oct 8, 2022 23:32:16 GMT
I’m so excited for this, I really am. Avoiding listening to the soundtrack (if it’s even out yet) until I see the film on 25th November. Probably the most excited I’ve ever been about seeing a movie musical, and that includes the sublime West Side Story remake.
How is the Doctor’s singing in “Miracle” - who plays him? Also, please tell me “Quiet” hasn’t been cut! Is it sung well?
So excited!!!
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Post by Being Alive on Oct 9, 2022 10:41:29 GMT
Matt Henry of Kinky Boots fame is the Doctor and he's good! It's quite a whiplash scene as it's West End bingo with the amount of people you recognise as parents etc.
And Quiet is still in - the only songs that we've lost are Loud and Telly, and Pathetic is a little shorter than normal but otherwise everything else is still there.
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Post by alicechallice on Oct 9, 2022 14:25:40 GMT
Has Aljaž from Strictly made the cut? I know he was seen filming for this
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Post by ctas on Oct 9, 2022 18:51:03 GMT
There was a blink and you’ll miss it photo of Mrs Wormwood and a dance partner in the background of the house set but didn’t even get enough time to see if it was Aljaž, the rest of his role has hit the cutting room floor.
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Post by stuartmcd on Oct 9, 2022 21:34:38 GMT
That makes me think they might have filmed Loud and then decided to cut it out later rather than it being the plan from the start to not use it.
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