Sean Daly

I’m not really a fan of musicals, so I came into wicked not to excited especially with what Cynthia Erivo retweeted in pre release press. I was really surprised by the amazing visuals and cinematography that made it hard to look away from the screen. I found the acting was really compelling, the stand outs for me were Ariana Grande and Peter Dinklage. All of the songs except for 2, those being defying gravity and popular, were forgettable, repetitive and boring. There were lots of plot holes like; Elphaba not melting when she cried, the guards taking forever to knock down the doors at the end, etc. I found the movie to be stretched out through out a majority of the movie and to have it end on a cliff hanger just comes off as a cheap ending instead of making a full movie that didn’t have lots of filler. Overall I’d give it a 3/5. There were multiple redeeming qualities like; the visuals and acting, but the filler, repetitive songs and plot holes made this movie a hard one to get through at times.

I’m a pretty big marvel fan and I got most of the references, but this movie felt like it had to ruin important moments in their movie and other movies for jokes and humor. It was a funny movie, but the plot was forgettable and it didn’t know when to be serious.