Really honest and fair review. Your point on Cynthis not being wicked enough- her being wicked is actually from the perspective of the political spinning and manipulation by the Wizard. Hopefully when you see the second part, it will all click into place. Thanks for a great review though! Interesting to hear from someone not into broadway etc
always good to hear when people who claim not to be in a movie's demographic are able to enjoy and appreciate the film for what it is. i think opinions like yours are more valuable compared to people who are biased for or against it. thanks for sharing your thoughts! as for not buying that elphaba will one day be an evil witch: the story of wicked obviously differs from the wizard of oz in many ways, and one of them is how the witch is perceived by the citizens of oz vs. what she actually does, and since wicked is elphaba's pov we get to see how she gets her reputation as the wicked witch and decide for ourselves whether or not her actions/intentions make her "evil." the witch in the original wizard of oz was pretty much just there to be mean for the sake of it
Good to see you enjoyed it. This movie is for musical theater lovers, but it's so good to see people who have never heard or seen the original play enjoying it too!
What a great review. Your honestly and personality is perfectly suited for this field. Awesome to find your channel! Looking forward to checking out more of your reviews...
Don’t worry about it ruining The Wizard of Oz. It is not based on it and is only very loosely based on the characters and connections. Just like the book Wicked, The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of the West is very loosely based on the broadway show and this movie. That book I mentioned is extremely dark, graphic and violent, completely different than this movie/broadway play.
Interesting hearing a review from someone who doesn’t know the musical and what happens. If you can’t see her playing a witch in the second movie you will be surprised as to why you can’t see her as that. I’d be interested on a reply after you see it. Glad you enjoyed the movie. I’m so used to reading things online that are negative that I’m rereading what I wrote and it’s not supposed to be negative, but it sounds negative to me, and I know it isn’t. Lol.
There is still gonna be part 2 which will REALLY showcase how she becomes fully bitter and wicked. Part 1 was mainly just backstory and how she got branded as the wicked witch
In the second part, it is DARK! Like she fully becomes evil in part 2. My favorite song in the whole musical is in part 2 and it’s where she becomes wicked and it’s such an amazing powerhouse of a somg
Ohhhh interesting, actually i have a system I use off camera to get me to these numbers. Maybe I should do video on it. This was for Wicked. Wicked Story 5/10 Acting 8/10 Cinematography 8/10 Writing / dialogue 6/10 Editing 7/10 Sound design / music 8/10 Ending 6/10 Effectiveness 7/10 True to its genre ( horror, comedy, etc. ) 9/10 Rewatch ability 6/10 Bonus: +2 for terrific signing Total: 72/100
Really honest and fair review. Your point on Cynthis not being wicked enough- her being wicked is actually from the perspective of the political spinning and manipulation by the Wizard. Hopefully when you see the second part, it will all click into place. Thanks for a great review though! Interesting to hear from someone not into broadway etc
I appreciate that 😀
Thank you for keeping an open mind and letting the film speak for itself.
always good to hear when people who claim not to be in a movie's demographic are able to enjoy and appreciate the film for what it is. i think opinions like yours are more valuable compared to people who are biased for or against it. thanks for sharing your thoughts!
as for not buying that elphaba will one day be an evil witch: the story of wicked obviously differs from the wizard of oz in many ways, and one of them is how the witch is perceived by the citizens of oz vs. what she actually does, and since wicked is elphaba's pov we get to see how she gets her reputation as the wicked witch and decide for ourselves whether or not her actions/intentions make her "evil." the witch in the original wizard of oz was pretty much just there to be mean for the sake of it
It was very good 🤓
Good to see you enjoyed it. This movie is for musical theater lovers, but it's so good to see people who have never heard or seen the original play enjoying it too!
What a great review. Your honestly and personality is perfectly suited for this field. Awesome to find your channel! Looking forward to checking out more of your reviews...
I very much appreciate that!
Don’t worry about it ruining The Wizard of Oz. It is not based on it and is only very loosely based on the characters and connections. Just like the book Wicked, The Life & Times of The Wicked Witch of the West is very loosely based on the broadway show and this movie. That book I mentioned is extremely dark, graphic and violent, completely different than this movie/broadway play.
The Broadway show is based on the book, not the other way around.
I was worried it would ruin the wizard of oz for me but now I am so excited
I very much enjoyed it!
I'm glad you warmed up to it. 🙂 I think you're gonna appreciate WICKED: PART TWO (2025), as well.
Interesting hearing a review from someone who doesn’t know the musical and what happens. If you can’t see her playing a witch in the second movie you will be surprised as to why you can’t see her as that. I’d be interested on a reply after you see it. Glad you enjoyed the movie. I’m so used to reading things online that are negative that I’m rereading what I wrote and it’s not supposed to be negative, but it sounds negative to me, and I know it isn’t. Lol.
There is still gonna be part 2 which will REALLY showcase how she becomes fully bitter and wicked. Part 1 was mainly just backstory and how she got branded as the wicked witch
I'm very excited about it.
If you haven't seen John Chu's in the Heights I highly recommend it, he is very good at filming musicals.
Yes i have heard great things!
she's not supposed to be nasty in the future, the story is about how ordinary, good characters are villainised -- it's ironic
This is more of a retelling than a prequel - Dorothy arrives in Part 2 which gets pretty - dark.
Heck yes.
In the second part, it is DARK! Like she fully becomes evil in part 2. My favorite song in the whole musical is in part 2 and it’s where she becomes wicked and it’s such an amazing powerhouse of a somg
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I'm PUMPED
Ariana Grande the Queen of Pop.
Good review! But, how did you come up with 72? Not 71. Not 73. 72. 😅 I would have watched another 5 minutes to see just how you broke it down.
Ohhhh interesting, actually i have a system I use off camera to get me to these numbers. Maybe I should do video on it. This was for Wicked.
Wicked
Story 5/10
Acting 8/10
Cinematography 8/10
Writing / dialogue 6/10
Editing 7/10
Sound design / music 8/10
Ending 6/10
Effectiveness 7/10
True to its genre ( horror, comedy, etc. ) 9/10
Rewatch ability 6/10
Bonus: +2 for terrific signing
Total: 72/100
@TheMovieDive ... YES! PLEASE! DO tell! 😎
Not you posting this well before the embargo lifts 💀
lol! was the day of.
What did I Ariana do to you ?
Honestly nothing, just being a hater lol
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2.5 hours to get to Defying Gravity? Nah.
Time for the musical to disappear again.
I have seen. It’s awful