Wicked

Everyone was so hyped for this movie so I finally watched it. I liked a few of the songs but the script and acting is bad. The story isn't great either. Ariana does a fantastic job and she is a delight in this movie. Everyone else in this movie is meh.

Also, it's almost 3 hours but for no reason. Like whyyy? Also a part 2 is coming ? No thank you. Some of the songs should have definitely been cut out as they were not good and didn't help the plot. Honestly I'm confused what the plot even was.

Side note: a lot of this movie is just weird and the visuals don't even make sense. Like a Tim Burton movie but not a good one.

Okay, my bona fides first. Saw a touring production of this show and really enjoyed it. Have listened to the Original Cast cd many a time. So was primed to enjoy this movie. But OMG was it slow. Which illustrates, to me anyway, that it did not to be in two parts. What's more, that putting it into two parts was a cynical cash grab.

In addition, it was frenetic. Stomping-style choreography in nearly every number, and quick cut edits that ruined songs like Popular and Dancing through Life.

Plus, the Emerald City didn't look much different from Munchkinland.

The two singers were fine, except I found it hard to understand Ariana G. When she sang high.

I have a feeling the rating will go lower as more people see this.

The acting's great, the sets and choreography are spectacular, vibrant and full of colour and there are some great songs (in between them belting out notes for no reason), but it's hard to recommend when so much of it is left unfinished. The light plot fells drawn out, mainly focusing on the relationship between the two leads, with other characters barely used and other plot points never really explained. There's some good humour and attempts at defying traditional expectations but I never felt in awe or amazed at the magical world of Oz and the ending, whilst dramatic, felt rushed.

Overall = 6/10.

I found myself bored while watching the first 3/4 of the movie. The runtime was too long, the movie had too many dramatic moments that dragged on. The characters talked more and more and throughout half of the movie I was wishing something interesting would just finally happen?? It just wasn't...fun. The story didn't suck me in.

I found Elphaba to be most enjoyable. Glinda on the other hand I found less charismatic, just because her development was unmotivated at times...The background characters are just drones with no minds of their own and I didn't find them memorable.

As a musical this movie did fine. I enjoyed the singing and choreography, although I don't remember most of the songs.

Visually, the sets, the costume design and the make up design was absolutely stunning....so WHY did they make the movie look so desaturated and unwatchable? There is a constant streak of bright daylight in my face! Can this movie switch to maybe the evening..? Or morning light?

I know everything's disaturated intentionally, cause they wanted to make it ''realistic''...But It's a FANTASY?! The animals talk and there is magic? And you desaturate it...? Other movie musicals which take place in the real world are more colourful than this movie, and it ''looking realistic'' doesn't add anything to the viewer, only frustration.

I found the last 40 minutes to be the most enjoyable part of the movie. There was no daylight, there were no uninteresting background characters and the plot was finally moving somewhere.

Overall, I gave it a chance and was left disappointed.

I genuinely wanted to love this film and was so disappointed with it in the end. I really enjoyed the West End play and so was keen to see this version. Boy did it drag. It was about 1 hour too long. The set was lovely, the characters were ok and some of the songs were upbeat enough to engage, but overall it just wasn't captivating enough. I didn't even like most of the musical score. At times it actually made me cringe and I wished for it to end. I know most people seem to love it, but I just couldn't. I tried, but I wanted to escape by the second hour. It was just far too long and not captivating enough to keep me interested.