Anyone Seen The Wicked Movie?

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I’ve heard good things so far. What do you guys reckon to it?

It's not about celebrity!

Amazinggggggg!! I had only heard amazing things so I was worried it wouldn’t live up to the hype (esp as I’m a huge musical fan) but wow wow wow it did, and then some!

unfortunately the fire alarm went off half way through the film (kids messing about 😒) and we had to wait outside in freezing conditions for nearly an hour which is a shame because it pulled me out of the zone

@boysmuminherts , absolutely a wow moment, but I would have been a bit peeved if people were screaming through it! Surely people can be amazed/excited/whatever without disturbing others

boysmuminherts · Today 09:57

It's not about celebrity!

OK, but I hadn't heard of any of them...

Nothing to do with general celebrity, more specific than that.

agree, I didn't scream!! just internally :)

I saw it at the weekend.

I didn’t realise it was literally a scene by scene copy of the stage show. I was stupidly expecting a normal film with a song here and there not just continuous singing of every sentence.

That being said I still enjoyed it and it is a visual masterpiece.

Saw it yesterday - loved it.
Hadn't seen the musical and didn't really know what it was about when I heard a review discussion which had someone with the view it was too long and self indulgent - snd others who really liked it.
Anyway the ending was stunning and really lifted my mood in the middle of a hard week!

I didn't think it was non stop singing? There was definitely spoken dialogue between songs. I don't like non stop singing films (Moulin Rouge iirc) and I can remember being glad this wasn't like that.

I can't stand musicals but my 11 year old is dying to go. Will I enjoy it?!?

Probably not.

yes - good grief there was sooo mush singing.

I didn't know it was a musical, assured by my friend it wasn't a musical. I detest musicals

I'm curious about those who say the hate and can't stand musicals - I'm curious. What exactly do you hate about them?
Telling stories through song is a very old method - think of travelling minstrels of the middle ages.
I hate horror films but that's because they literally scare me.....but musicals?
What is it about them?

I enjoyed it but agree it was far too long. Loved Fiyero in it, but why was he there??? And I completely missed any cameo!!! No screaming in my cinema. What cameo?

Fiyero was brilliantly played by the gorgeous Jonathan Bailey and is important in the storyline, remember this is only Part 1.

Google the cameo if you wish, lets not mention it on this thread in case it spoils it for people!

Well Fiyero is really important to the story, more in part 2 because of the love triangle subplot and also because of who he becomes.

Yeah, I'd let it go, if I were you.

@Feckinlego needed more Fiyero definitely 😍

I won’t watch it as the interviews with Ariana Grande and the other girl make me want to cringe to death.

@TaylorSwish I saw a spoof interview and the person pretending to be Cynthia Erivo (Elphaba) the fingernails kept getting longer and longer 😂

😂I mean, come on, anyone who knows anything about Wicked will have a 50% chance at seeing this one coming a mile off...

I like musicals (well, some musicals -- more Sondheim than Lloyd-Webber), but in my experience, what people don't like about them is that they get impatient when something happens and the character stops to sing about it, thereby, as they see it, halting the action while whoever it is is belting out the high notes about being in love/moving into Mr Warbucks' mansion/discovering they're invited to their husband's mistress' mother's house for the weekend.

(I saw Wicked when it first came to London, and thought it was awful. 'Defying Gravity', 'Popular' and 'For Good' are memorable tunes, but the rest of it seemed deeply forgettable in terms of the rest of the musical, the acting, plot, sets etc.)

I hated the musical. I might see this now!

I definitely will see it at some point although probably when it streams on TV. I love the stage show and have heard the soundtrack. I knew cynthia is an excellent singer but i forgot arianna grande can really sing as her i find her pop music a bit dull.