Wicked: For Good
I feel so vindicated. I wanted to hate the first Wicked so bad, the excessive marketing was nauseating, and yet, it defied my preconceptions and turned out to be an undeniably good movie. But part two, Wicked: For Good, is horrible, and that just feels right. Ariana’s acting is probably the only good thing I can say about it - everything else was just wrong. The songs and dialogue were bad, and the plot was just laughable. Don’t let Jord fool you, this is worse than mid. It’s bad. Full transparency though, I am docking this film a quarter point for having to sit next to a group of unattended children that talked the entire movie. If your film attracts unmoderated talking children, you reap what you sow.
-Z
What a disappointment! The second act of Wicked was much more what I expected the first to be. Last year’s edition was surprisingly great for a musical, and didn’t feel nearly as long as it was. This year’s edition felt like an eternity and had a lot more of the musical aspects I don’t enjoy (mostly, singing just to sing, with songs that don’t really advance the plot). The set design and cinematography were still very well-done here, and I’ll be perfectly happy if it gets some nominations apart from best picture/directing, but I am now convinced that Wicked should have been one movie as this really just felt like a cash-grab compared with the first.
-E
When you look at the reviews, expectations should be low. When you think about the first part, I really thought to myself that there was no way this wouldn’t be really solid. Sadly, the movie is drawn out and just missing that ‘it’ factor that the first film had. Overall there was nothing noticeably bad, but as the kids say, the movie was extremely mid. Honestly, I wish they would have pulled a ‘Materialist’ secret and made it one long movie with an intermission. The music was forgettable and I think partly I feel like I had already seen this film so all thoughts of surprise and magic were gone. Overall, in no way is it bad, just disappointing in my eyes.
-J
