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D_o_H t1_j1p7mfd wrote

I love musicals and the Mara Wilson version but I really disliked this version. The songs were mostly unmemorable, the extra characters of the librarian/Miss Honey’s parents weren’t really necessary, and I think the prosthetics really hindered Emma Thompson’s performance. Also I hated how they just called it Chokey instead of The Chokey for some reason lol

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MrBeansBear t1_j1qgg3c wrote

It's very much based on the Broadway/West End musical version of Matilda, so will be very different from the Danny DeVito film. If you've seen the stage version, it is much closer aligned to that. Including calling it 'Chokey' (which is more of the British way of saying it). I've seen the stage version a few times and I thought this elevated it. But if I was comparing it to the '96 film, I would probably not love it as much.

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catsandpomegranates t1_j1ryi3t wrote

I agree with everything you said! I love the Danny DeVito movie. I’ve grown up with it. And then I saw the actual musical, first in London, and then in NYC (in the same year), and it was fantastic - blew my mind. But completely different from the movie I’ve grown up with. I think of the movies as two completely different movies, even though they’re based on the same book/story.

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MrBeansBear t1_j1tx0te wrote

Yeah, I think that's the best way to think about them, if you compare them, then it won't make much sense at all.

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