whatgift
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While delivered with a lot of enthusiasm by all involved, this does nothing to either expand or enhance the original stage play. It merely adds more characters, subplots, CGI and an hour to the runtime unnecessarily.
It's crazy that despite the bloated runtime, the switch of the two main characters from enemies to friends is almost instantaneous - it's not earned or in any way believable. The Glinda character here is so devoid of any nuance, her presence and chemistry with Elphaba seems utterly pointless and inconsequential to the plot.
The dance numbers were well choreographed and performed, they just felt flat and generic, also overly whimsical to the point of nausea.
I was so utterly bored in the middle act I could barely keep my attention on the movie,
The stage play is a masterpiece, and its a shame that this sullies its legacy by adding more elements just for the sake of it.
It's crazy that despite the bloated runtime, the switch of the two main characters from enemies to friends is almost instantaneous - it's not earned or in any way believable. The Glinda character here is so devoid of any nuance, her presence and chemistry with Elphaba seems utterly pointless and inconsequential to the plot.
The dance numbers were well choreographed and performed, they just felt flat and generic, also overly whimsical to the point of nausea.
I was so utterly bored in the middle act I could barely keep my attention on the movie,
The stage play is a masterpiece, and its a shame that this sullies its legacy by adding more elements just for the sake of it.
In terms of production, everything here is well done as always - excellent acting, cinematography, locations and characters. Its such a shame that so little attention was paid to the story and editing.
The first hour is mostly pointless exposition, recaps and intentional foreshadowing - this could've all been done in 10 minutes and while the plot is still moving.
The characters keep telling us about the stakes, rather than the viewer actually feeling them. It's also baffling that almost no character development happens in the long runtime, and very little action or thrills. The score is also the most generic you'll find in any thriller, trying desperately to make the audience feel something even though the clunky dialogue is working against it.
The underwater and plane sequences somewhat made up for the rest, being truly mesmerising and thrilling to watch - it shows that the MI movies can still achieve some amazing action set pieces! The few fight scenes were quite bland and filmed too closely to get much sense of what was happening.
This movie is definitely worth seeing, however it doesn't stand up against the earlier entries and bows out the series with a whimper rather than a bang.
The first hour is mostly pointless exposition, recaps and intentional foreshadowing - this could've all been done in 10 minutes and while the plot is still moving.
The characters keep telling us about the stakes, rather than the viewer actually feeling them. It's also baffling that almost no character development happens in the long runtime, and very little action or thrills. The score is also the most generic you'll find in any thriller, trying desperately to make the audience feel something even though the clunky dialogue is working against it.
The underwater and plane sequences somewhat made up for the rest, being truly mesmerising and thrilling to watch - it shows that the MI movies can still achieve some amazing action set pieces! The few fight scenes were quite bland and filmed too closely to get much sense of what was happening.
This movie is definitely worth seeing, however it doesn't stand up against the earlier entries and bows out the series with a whimper rather than a bang.