i can’t recommend it enough, so much love and care went into this adaptation and the result is the most beautiful and immersive experience ever and yes ariana grande is that good as galinda, cynthia’s beautiful voice will make you cry, jonathan’s fiyero will literally make you swoon, the sets are stunning, the practical effects are gorgeous and the colour is so fun and vibrant goddd this film deserves the love it has been getting and more!
taterhole omg it makes me so happy to know you liked it!!!! i literally just got out of my fourth rewatch 😭 (its serious as hell for me) and i’ll be waiting patiently for your podcast episode <3
taterhole i waited soooo long for it and it truly did not disappoint, i hope you enjoy it as much as i did (and i also wanna hear your thoughts on it when you watch it) 🫧🫶🏼
vampire I’m going to talk about it at length on the next episode we record of our podcast!!!!! My beloved cohost does not want to see it because she’s afraid of being disappointed lol 😭 I will also drop in here in the comments to let you know what I think hehe
I can’t say Wicked is the best movie I’ve seen in theaters but it was an awesome experience. I went alone on a rainy night, the first Friday it was out. the theater was jam-packed with gaggles of gays, women dragging along their reluctant boyfriends and husbands, little girls (many dressed like Glinda!), and young women having a girl’s night. There were middle school girls sitting behind me who were chattering away while we waited for the movie to start; when a Target ad came on, one of them said ’Has anyone noticed that Target just isn’t as fun anymore? Maybe this is just growing up.’ All of the women in the theater were audibly sobbing throughout the movie including myself. The middle school girls cried the most and one of the college girls sitting next to me said at the end ‘I can’t believe I cried watching WICKED that’s so embarrassing.’ The gays were screaming and jumping in the street outside afterwards about how good it was. It was… beautiful. (You can hear my actual thoughts on the movies here).
(The Substance is objectively the best movie I’ve seen in theaters; you can hear me talk about it here if you’re interested).
Ariana, come back to broadway sweetheart. We miss you. Is it perfect? I don’t know. But so many elements are so immaculately done and I am including the press tour.