>>91808187DESU the movie kinda sucks compared to the play. I wanted to like it but they kinda ruined the themes for it.
For one thing they should have made it a pg13 movie. The play isn't a pg play.
They removed a lot of the more adult aspects of the play from the movie, like Rapunzel dying, the marital issues between the Baker and his wife, how even after getting their "happily ever after" the main characters weren't as happy as they thought they would be (this was mostly a consquence of making the giantess appear at Cinderella's wedding instead of months afterward.)
Also in the play the wife got crushed by a tree knocked down by the giant instead of accidentally falling off a cliff
And I can't forgive them for removing the Baker's duet with his dad. Thats basically his emotional climax of the play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h15HP_W4yrgI admit the themes of the song may have been confusing to children, but its still one of the best songs of the show.
So yeah, it was a pretty weak adaptation.
