THIS ENTIRE PARAGRAPH IS MY OPINION. FEEL FREE TO WATCH THE MOVIE AND MAKE YOUR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT IT.
It feels like an imitation but like not the good one. I don't mind it, the song writing is also okay, but the actual writing for the movie leaves me wanting something that they missed. The singing is what really gets me, the lead in the musical has a terribly flat voice, especially compared to the actress playing Regina, which does ruin the experience.
my other biggest pet peeve is that the jokes aren't funny, like they desperately *wanted* to be funny, but they just ripped the jokes from the og movie and delivered them poorly over the course of this one, making the run time feel like its dragging on much longer than it has every right too, and that it features a lot of slang, specifically gen z slang, and I am in fact gen z, but saying 'slay queen' in a movie doesn't make me like it, it sort of felt like a quick cash grab and a way to appeal to audiences.
I did like the fact that they brought back some of the original cast, and paid its respects by showing off costumes from the og movie, like seeing the tank with the holes cut in the chest.
also they made Janice less goth and more grunge and all I can say is bring back goth Janice.
Damien was a queen as always though.