If you know the musical, the Wicked movie was fantastic, though I agree with the concerns about the lyrics being lost in places. The difficulty with the plot being underdeveloped in places (animal discrimination and so on) stems from the way the stage show really races through the story - you don’t tend to worry about it so much on Broad…
If you know the musical, the Wicked movie was fantastic, though I agree with the concerns about the lyrics being lost in places. The difficulty with the plot being underdeveloped in places (animal discrimination and so on) stems from the way the stage show really races through the story - you don’t tend to worry about it so much on Broadway because the songs are so good, but they could have explained things a little better in the movie. It seemed to me that the director was a fanboy reluctant to stray too much from the stage show. Overall though, for fans it was brilliant, and the kids absolutely loved it. Along with Moana 2, it just shows that if you put something good out for the whole family during a holiday, you’ll get rewarded with box office. Usually there’s nothing much available to take the kids to. With good family/kids movies going straight to streaming, there’s big opportunities for the studios being lost, and parents always need things to take the kids to see.
If you know the musical, the Wicked movie was fantastic, though I agree with the concerns about the lyrics being lost in places. The difficulty with the plot being underdeveloped in places (animal discrimination and so on) stems from the way the stage show really races through the story - you don’t tend to worry about it so much on Broadway because the songs are so good, but they could have explained things a little better in the movie. It seemed to me that the director was a fanboy reluctant to stray too much from the stage show. Overall though, for fans it was brilliant, and the kids absolutely loved it. Along with Moana 2, it just shows that if you put something good out for the whole family during a holiday, you’ll get rewarded with box office. Usually there’s nothing much available to take the kids to. With good family/kids movies going straight to streaming, there’s big opportunities for the studios being lost, and parents always need things to take the kids to see.