Wicked, the movie...

[TrashMaster G 18072]

On 11/25/2024 at 8:54 PM, Hermanator said:

I checked my phone twice for the time. 

It was solid. The singing was excessive, and I felt it could have been much better executed by restricting the singing to major plot points instead of every minor plot change. That could have cut the run time by about 30 minutes and made it a more enjoyable watch. 

They were not shy with the political allegory, way more apparent that the original wizard of Oz. The animals representing migrants and minorities, the Asian Sorcery fascism enabler representing Trump, fox news, and Republicans, and the wizard representing Zuckerberg, Musk, Bezos, Koch's, Thiel, etc. 

Oh, for fuck's sake.

[UpperWestside 6268]

On 11/29/2024 at 12:33 AM, BearSchlong said:

Indeed. Just returned home. Thoroughly enjoyed most of it.
 

One of my co-workers loved it. He was really anticipating seeing it and he said it lived up to his expectations. This is a movie that is not really one for me so I am going to take his word for this being a great experience. He is not prone to hyperbole either which makes me think it must have really been a fantastic movie.

[Mo Horn 8937]

Saw it this weekend and really enjoyed it. I've seen it live multiple times and nothing can beat a live musical when it's done well... you can feel the music and it's an awesome experience, but this came pretty close. Looking forward to the 2nd part. 

[jimmyjazz 47126]

4 hours ago, Mo Horn said:

Looking forward to the 2nd part. 

So is this expected to be Wizard of Oz or just more of the prequel?

[mdmost 43943]

16 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

So is this expected to be Wizard of Oz or just more of the prequel?

The 2nd half of the musical is not as long so I would imagine they are going to pad for time with more story and maybe having more with Dorothy. There are going to be 2 new songs added. But this is Wizard of Oz adjacent like Maleficent with Sleeping Beauty adjacent. 

[Guadaloopy 11129]

On 12/2/2024 at 10:43 AM, jimmyjazz said:

So is this expected to be Wizard of Oz or just more of the prequel?

The second half of the live musical has always felt rushed to me.  I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it with more time. 

Spoiler

There are a couple of other key story arcs for "Wizard of Oz" characters coming up in the second half as well.

 

[Guadaloopy 11129]

9 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

The second half of the live musical has always felt rushed to me.  I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it with more time. 

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There are a couple of other key story arcs for "Wizard of Oz" characters coming up in the second half as well.

 

Yeah... yeah, quoted myself but it was too late to edit my spoiler above.

Spoiler

We already saw the lion's origin story in part 1, but many folks might have missed it.  This will get confirmed in part 2 as well.

 

[mdmost 43943]

I think we're going to get a Wizard of Oz story reboot in part 2. 

And to answer an above question, this is more Wizard of Oz adjacent where it's a retelling of the story similar to Maleficent was a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. It's not a prequel. More like an alternate version. 

[Guadaloopy 11129]

8 minutes ago, mdmost said:

I think we're going to get a Wizard of Oz story reboot in part 2. 

And to answer an above question, this is more Wizard of Oz adjacent where it's a retelling of the story similar to Maleficent was a retelling of Sleeping Beauty. It's not a prequel. More like an alternate version. 

It's both... so far we've been given a lot of backstory leading up to the events of "The Wizard of Oz" and that will continue for most of part two, so that is all prequel.  Towards the end of part two, we will get a story concurrent with the events of TWOZ from a different perspective.  There are years and years between the end of part one and TWOZ.

[austingirl 2194]

On 11/25/2024 at 8:54 PM, Hermanator said:

The singing was excessive

I literally laughed out loud

[austingirl 2194]

I'm going to see it tomorrow. I've never seen the stage version. My friend sent me this, and the first part is definitely me right now, so we'll see if I end up crying at the end like this guy. 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYy57Qst/

[bmbmd 1040]

On 11/30/2024 at 2:16 PM, atomheartbevo said:

1939 was pretty in the nose for contemporary issues.

Wonder who won the college fb championship that year?

[atomheartbevo 90636]

3 hours ago, bmbmd said:

Wonder who won the college fb championship that year?