Wicked - Is It Good or Nah?

[@thisusernamewasnttakensomehow]

Fun fact: This movie is based off of a play, which is in turn based on a book, which is in turn based on a movie, which is in turn based on a book. True franchise-ception going on here

[@HotCoals]

And Wicked 2: Elphaba Boogaloo is going to be a movie based on a movie based on a book based on a movie based on a book!

[@ajzeg01]

It goes deeper. The Wicked adaptation was actually conceived as a movie before a stage musical, so this is a movie based on a musical based on a movie based on a book based on a movie based on a book.

[@1LaziestPotato]

whoah dude

[@mattiasilva1705]

Ok, but how BASED it is?

[@The_New_King_of_America]

Eat your heart out, Kingdom hearts

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

The best musical film about the discrimination faced by a green skinned protagonist since Shrek 2

[@nezaniatoimya]

But shrek 2 isn't.... a... musi- ah fuck it I NEED A HEEEEROOOOOO

[@shawerful5209]

So Thats why schaffrillas liked

[@mikeyy525]

Still waiting for the musical Mike and Sully are in. Yknow, the one called “Put that kid back where it came from or so help me!”

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

@mikeyy525 We already got it in the credits

[@mikeyy525]

@@ronaldeliascorderocalles ik but like i need the movie adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

Finally, the movie version of the musical which inspired Twisted.

[@maxwellgrimsley]

This!!!

[@jovic_sawyer]

Now we need Twisted the movie

[@Idk-e9l9h]

@@jovic_sawyerno

[@tibby4503]

​@@Idk-e9l9hyou ok?

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

@@Idk-e9l9h Yes.

[@LlamaLlama213]

theatre kids r never recovering from this movies pr 😭🙏

[@base4yrface]

They do it to themselves

[@Charles_Stewart_Parnell]

Radiohead reference ​@@base4yrface

[@thtswutshesaid]

Real ​@@Charles_Stewart_Parnell

[@thebeingdestroyerofworlds8690]

Good

[@AzuraTheGoodWitch]

Nuh uhhhh- 💀

[@giorgimamalashvili4220]

wow im happy to hear Wicked is actually good despite all the nonsensical stuff that happene-WAIT THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL GUY DID WHAT-

[@Diana-jo1wg]

Me learning about the weird poster situation bcz why would you freak out over that

[@davidanthonymercado7064]

What did he do exactly?

[@donuko]

@@davidanthonymercado7064cheated on his wife

[@yeahitsmeeveryone]

@@davidanthonymercado7064 left his wife and CHILD for ariana grande. yup, this man broke up with his wife, who he had a CHILD with, to smash with ariana grande. (obvs, i could be wrong on small details, but u can get the jist from my comment )

[@grammy_hnng]

i guess that when he sang about The End that was Coming he was talking about his morals

[@rigatonipasta]

My friend was cringing a little bit during Glinda’s early scenes, and I put my hand in their knee and said “Dude this is 100% accurate”

[@AugustRx]

like inside their knee? That's a bit rude

[@Never-t4y]

That's really hot

[@Owl_BunnyXD]

This feels like something that Caitlyn would tell Vi when they’re watching something lol

[@202cardline]

Never seen the musical but I know what musicals are. I was bored and cringing in the beginning, but settled into apathy for the rest of the movie.

[@sibilansnel]

@@Owl_BunnyXDnooo just finished the finale and this comment just took me back, literally makes my heart explode in anguish 😭😭

[@ronaldeliascorderocalles]

Fun Fact: The Latin Spanish dub (and some other dubs) have the voices of the original cast dubbing their respective roles from their own theatre productions.

[@wolfcrisp]

Ceci de la cueva and Dana Paola are such great artists I'm going to be watching the movie once in Spanish and once in English The voice of Glinda is very different to all other Glindas I feel though, but that's still good

[@larajurado8001]

Same with the Brazillian dub (Myra Ruiz for Elphaba and Fabi Bang for Glinda.)

[@hoshihime9835]

Italy too!

[@eduardaguidugli1386]

I literally turned to my friends (who never saw Wicked and aren't fans of musicals like I am) during No One Mourns The Wicked that Glinda sounded like Fabi Bang. I stayed until the end of the credits to confirm my suspicions that they got the original cast from São Paulo and it made me so, so happy

[@MaidOfPasta]

UNDERRATED COMMENT!! That is so cool!!

[@Jonathan_Collins]

"Hey! You know how iconic the Broadway poster is for Wicked? We should recreate that for the film!" "I have never been more insulted in my life." What the hell?

[@valentinkambushev4968]

To be fair, I heard that the actress was harassed a lot when the casting was revealed, so her meltdown made sense. Unfortunately, she was fighting the wrong people.

[@dr.shivago2404]

She stated later that she regretted reacting to that extent and “should’ve talked to her friends first”

[@Ambino47]

Nah, might have seemed like an overreaction at the time but the erasure is a full on problem. She’s English ffs and I’m EMBARASSED at how every single tabloid is plastered with pictures of Ariana and not Cynthia as the LEAD of the film, if you just went off of the tabloids alone you wouldn’t even know she was part of the damn movie. As a reaction to a fan it was quite a lot, but in the grand scheme of everything, she was still rightly concerned and upset.

[@valentinkambushev4968]

@@Ambino47 Also, why are black people often given roles, where they have unnatural skin color?

[@Depth217]

Black erasure is definitely an issue and given how chuds rampage whenever a black person, female, or just non-white male is cast in anything, I’m sure she felt it was a symptom of that outrage. She did overreact a bit but let’s not kid ourselves that she probably did worry with some justified reason it was out of racism.

[@spectacularslowpoke6018]

Honestly wicked the show moves at a really breakneck speed which is absolutely fine for musical theatre but would give you whiplash while watching a full scale movie, I absolutely think splitting it into two movies was the right move to make it more suitable for film.

[@AuraHero]

Especially when you know how much stuff from the original Wicked book had to be left out or were only mentioned as happening in the background of the musical. Plus, Defying Gravity is such a high note to end a movie on.

[@MarciaGlover-p5m]

I appreciate that Schaff avoided mentioning the film musical that he despises the most when discussing terrible ones.

[@FlamezOfGamez]

I accidentally saw the film in 3D, and I feel like it improved the visuals a lot. Not because of the 3D itself, nobody cares about that. It’s just that the 3D glasses have a bit of a dark blue tint to them, which helps cut down on the glare and makes everything feel more cinematic. And I kept swapping between wearing and not wearing those 3D glasses just to compare it with the intended lighting of the film, eventually deciding that the 3D was better.

[@al_fuzzy9280]

Did the exact same and I totally agree

[@awdsqe123]

To be honest, didn't even realize they still made 3d movies 😅

[@robbybevard8034]

When stuff is run in 3D the projection is brighter, because they expect it to be dulled by the glasses. So you weren't really seeing the "intended lighting" but the "intended for glasses lighting".

[@BugsyFoga]

Gotta say, It’s pretty funny that Disney released Oz the great and powerful on Disney plus, simply just cash in on the release of wicked to say”Hey guys, we have a wizard of Oz prequel too if anyone is interested “😂

[@Idk-e9l9h]

No

[@BugsyFoga]

@@Idk-e9l9hNo what ?

[@frauleinzuckerguss1906]

​@@BugsyFoga I think it's a new bot thing, each comment I've seen so far had a completely unrelated answer of "no"

[@cityboy2092]

That movie was HORRIBLE oh my god I completely blocked it out of my memory until they did that. James Franco and Mila Kunis deserve both prison and perhaps some sort of special award for simultaneously giving two of the worst acting performances I've ever seen in the same movie in completely different ways

[@nocty7356]

@@cityboy2092 Nah James Franco deserves prison for different reasons

[@DanGamingFan2406]

All the songs are incredible. I wish they hadn't kept breaking up "Defying Gravity", but it still gave me chills, especially that final note. Cynthia Eviro has a fantastic voice.

[@shadowm2k7]

Yeah that was so annoying 😂🤣 im like COME ON, HURRY UP, I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM 😂😂😂

[@800Ms-k6n]

I honestly love that they paused a few times in Defying Gravity, it gave a much needed depth and tension for the last final few lines of the song

[@graceohanrahan2865]

The way they kept KILLING the momentum in Defying Gravity by pausing or cutting to the guards had me furious. The singing was fantastic but the pace of the song was just destroyed

[@megayeast]

Defying Gravity is like that in the stage show too. Most of the pauses were as originally written

[@crealiv]

i'm really glad Schaff brought up the butt ass color grading and lighting. Idk, I just feel like if you're not trying to imitate Technicolor as much as physically and digitally possible in your Wizard of Oz spinoff you have fucked up in a pretty big way

[@GhoulishTeatime]

Idk i hate the wizard of oz but i like wicked. Im fine with wicked distancing themselves from the crappy wizard of oz lmao

[@tahjkuemmerle]

​@@GhoulishTeatime "I hate the Wizard of Oz" At that point, don't even bother watching movies, because you wouldn't recognize a good one if it kicked you between the legs.

[@ImTMZ]

If you know Jon's work, the color was right up his alley

[@crealiv]

@@GhoulishTeatime true lol I have some big time issues with Wizard of Oz too (mostly in the story and production areas) but i was more talking visually. as much as i hate the way the actors playing the munchkins were treated I still think the og film is really really pretty to look at, and I feel like this film would've hit even harder if they'd leaned into that look. it's like remaking Singin' in the Rain but making the whole color palette 30% more brown. like what are we doing here💀

[@crealiv]

​@@ImTMZ i mean yeah true I haven't seen all his films so maybe it was a stylistic choice, i just feel like it's a little weird to make the movie so washed out when (from the clips i've seen) the color work in In The Heights was really bold and pretty. Crazy Rich Asians wasn't even a musical and I feel like that was still more colorful than this (especially the wedding scene with the lights and the water, that was really pretty). He's definitely a good director so maybe whoever was in the cinematography or editing chair was the person responsible for Wicked looking a little bland by comparison

[@DanGamingFan2406]

The movie adaptation of the musical that inspired Twisted is here! And I'm so glad it's actually good. Everyone really understood their characters and the songs are breath-taking. I'm interested to see how part 2 is handled.

[@AuraHero]

I know there was a lot of stuff that happened in the background of the second act, so there's a chance we'll be able to see all of those events happen. Plus you still have the original events of Wizard of Oz happening, so they might be able to weave that into the movie.

[@thefreelancequeen]

Wicked peaked with that one Evangelion Popular animation by Nate Sandhart

[@Sirdilophosaurusthethird2.0]

Yep

[@LoganFugelseth-zm4ud]

Yes

[@crunchyscarfdeluxe8491]

Link?

[@Idk-e9l9h]

@@LoganFugelseth-zm4udno

[@Idk-e9l9h]

@@crunchyscarfdeluxe8491no

[@zacharygate9842]

The glow up from Dear Evan Hansen to Wicked is insane.

[@800Ms-k6n]

And it's funny that both movies had its Book Writer being involved as a screen writer. One failed to make a faithful adaptation of his own source material and the other one succeed 😅

[@quick4912]

The whole reason everything was able to be put together so well and be so cohesive and good across all departments (costume design, production design, performances, score, VFX, etc) is because of Jon M Chu. I think he deserves a Best Director nomination for adapting this so well. Also visually I thought it was actually pretty good. Some of the shots they got, specifically in the opening and dancing through life with the ladders, were really well done on the part of the cinematographer and camera operators. Sometimes the back lighting was a bit much but I do think it deserves to be in consideration for best cinematography. Great review as usual!

[@herryami]

yeah, i was thinking almost the same thing. now i haven’t seen the movie and i don’t know too much about directing but i was also thinking he wasn’t giving chu enough credit for the film being good 😅 like i don’t want to downplay all the amazing work of everyone else that worked on the movie but the director has a pretty big impact on how it turns out right?

[@800Ms-k6n]

Remember that Wicked was supposed to come out in December 2019 but Universal Pictures swapped that with Cats as Cats was ready for production whereas Wicked was still searching for writers, stars, and the rest of the film crews (Stephen Daldry signed on as director but the movie had a very slow development under his belt whereas Tom Hooper fast tracked Cats as he finished the script way earlier). Be glad that Wicked took it's time properly to developed it's production that ended up being a great movie even if it's still Part 1 but atleast, it's already a huge promising start

[@brenlc1412]

I like that when talking about bad movie musicals, Schaff didn’t talk about the one he has the most burning hatred for.

[@timcuniobrowne4707]

I really liked the film and didn't particularly notice the weird lighting. The thing I was most annoyed about was how they kept stopping the songs, most of the time was fine, but defying gravity, while performed incredibly, just didn't feel like one song. I don't need emotional flashbacks just before the climax, it's an emotional enough song as is

[@trinaq]

I'm glad that this movie is getting rave reviews, thanks to the sublime chemistry between Cynthia and Ariana, which is important to portray Elphaba and Glinda's bond.

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Nah, Ariana is a terrible brat while Cynthia is a drama queen

[@Birdyboys]

Sorry but one annoying insta story should not be enough for you to completely wave off someone’s incredible singing and acting (can’t defend Ariana though. She’s talented but why the fuck did she do all that)

[@ryanstanley1802]

@@danielgudinojuarez6729who cares, theyre good actors

[@LovelyLivelyV]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@BirdyboysWhat about racist behavior, getting angry at a fancast for Hercules because she considers the Muses as ensemble roles that are beneath her, and generally being difficult to work with? Just like Ariana, she’s talented but why the fuck did she do all that

[@grandempressvicky6387]

​@@LovelyLivelyV that still has nothing to do with her acting and singing abilities

[@avaklein9145]

i truly believe they made it two parts in order to fix the atrocious pacing in the musical. i dont think they extended it for money. i genuinely belive it was just to help the flow and pace

[@alexmills9223]

Honestly James, it warms my heart when you talk about a recent movie that's actually good. Gives me hope for the Film Industry.

[@Depth217]

I really truly and deeply enjoyed it. I wish the colors were a bit better but they pulled it off. So glad they didn’t mess it up like I thought they were going to.

[@BluMndy]

Schaffrillas a MOANA behind YOU 💜

[@flamurajdini1496]

Moana 2 ❤

[@kamota8523]

you only capitalize the last WORD 💜

[@sugarpuffartemis]

I work at a cinema, opening day for Wicked was yesterday and we showed the movie back to back all day. I was on screen cleaning duty and I got carried away multiple times just standing at the back of the seats and watching when I was meant to be just briefly checking everything was working. This movie is so good from what I’ve seen and I can’t wait to see all of it.

[@jacksykes4680]

I just cant wait for movie goers who have never seen the musical to be surprised by everything in act two

[@elrite]

nah

[@azural8347]

Act 2 was beyond insane😭

[@jacksykes4680]

@ sure was

[@doritodorito492]

Can't wait to see their reaction to where Nessa and Boq end up

[@jacksykes4680]

@ yep 😢

[@tytyty]

watched it today. really liked it. went into it blind and thought the last 30 mins or so was the best.. when it ended for part 2 i was like whatttt. i will def watch part 2 when its out

[@RoyalKingOliver]

It’s been a while since we actually had something from the world of Oz. It just feels good to come back to this.

[@LindseyLouWho]

@@Idk-e9l9h I concur. No.

[@nicolasnamed]

Do I care about Wicked. Not really. Do I care about Shaff sharing his opinion about Wicked? HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!

[@YourAveragePlayer432]

Average Schaffrilous fan

[@SBSP02]

Same

[@someoctopus8749]

TRUE

[@imstupid7614]

Schaff fans after regurgitating someone else's opinion for a movie they haven't watched:

[@snooze1927]

​@imstupid7614 yeah I mean do you expect me to formulate my own opinions? When a perfectly good opinion is right there?

[@ajzeg01]

The Wicked adaptation was actually conceived as a movie before a stage musical, so this is a movie based on a musical based on a movie based on a book based on a movie based on a book.

[@Glorp-y5o]

How dare KZbin hold this masterpiece from me for a full 2 minutes

[@Idk-e9l9h]

No

[@Cheez_Doodlezz]

This copy pasta comment isn’t as bad as “i liked my own comment”…

[@thereyofwater]

Saying Jon M. Chu's direction doesn't have the sauce is a WILD take holy shit.

[@Yo1297]

I agree I want to see him be the go to for movie musical adaptations from now on. Rob Marshall is good but he can be hit or miss

[@800Ms-k6n]

I think this is an example of a good Part 1 because while it definitely ends with a cliffhanger, it's still a movie that managed to stand on it's own in building it's conflict with an extended climax on Defying Gravity that worked so well

[@matthewdyck5503]

The pacing was astounding. It didn't feel like 2 1/2 hours long. I had a really fun time with Wicked. Hopefully part 2 is solid

[@800Ms-k6n]

It definitely improved in my second viewing. I can feel how stretch the movie was in the first viewing but after seeing it second time aswell as getting used to the songs, I loved it even more. I only checked my watch once and was shocked to find out that it was already 2 hours in

[@TheMiraculousVillain]

John M Chu really gets what makes musicals work, the production value, the choreography, the staging, just everything that makes a musical movie amazing

[@caffeinatedquill]

Fun fact: The nickelodeon YT channel streamed the Spongebob Squarepants broadway musical FOR FREE (And it's still being streamed) and IDK I find that hilarious that they chose to do that the day Wicked released

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

Whatever idk, arcane s2 just ended and i needed at least 5 business days to possess the peak i just experienced.

[@ParkerOrosz]

It was beautiful, the final Glorious evolution

[@onepresence9460]

This and Dandadan were the best things i watched this month. Pure masterpieces of animation.

[@Meatloaf_TV]

3:44 thats why i always thought i hated musicals. But the prince of egypt made me realise that musicals can be good

[@azural8347]

Funnily enough,that movie has the same song writer as wicked

[@AuraHero]

@@azural8347 He was also the lyricist for the animated and stage versions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@lydiavalentino]

stephen schwartz one of the greats

[@dashafts]

Literally just watched the movie, like 7 hours ago. Was a pretty good watch. Pacing was really good and it genuinely made me laugh a lot more than it should. Was a lot better than I thought it would be going in. Great film overall

[@grapefilms521]

I cried when the goat guy died in wicked.

[@YkfKeanu]

Cap he didn’t die

[@grapefilms521]

@ yeah he didn’t but he can’t speak or think smart thoughts which is worse

[@Whyiseveryhandletaken6942]

Man, all of the really good movies this year have terrible marketing.

[@thefilipinonerd]

the color grading surprisingly didn't bother me as much as I thought it would? I think especially when we get to the Emerald City a lot more POP would've put the film at a 10/10 for me but it wasn't off-putting. I have more of a nitpick with the framing (to me it looks like a lot of the film was shot to perfectly crop to 9:16 for short-form promo and I noticed it enough to knock down the rating) but like with you, the good elements still wowed me more than the nitpicks bothered me. I am curious about how they're going to tackle Act II. I would argue the songs are WAY stronger so I'm hopeful that next year the plot will have as much time to breathe and expand as it did this time.

[@cab4cab]

I watched this in cinema yesterday, and I didn't feel like it was gonna be good. Since most movie musicals tend to have directors who are ashamed of the fact they're making a movie musical. But this, this movie-embraced that fact. And truly it's so good.

[@sjonks7256]

Ariana Grande surprisingsly good in this role.

[@theboringkaren]

Agreed about the pacing! I was floored it didn’t drag for me and didn’t feel like they unnecessarily added scenes. I went into Wicked very doubtful and walked out incredibly impressed. So now I’m hopeful they’ll fix Act II.

[@alexander_bone]

A quickie so that Schaff can continue working on the monster 4 hour free birds appreciation vid next week.

[@gangrene_gaming]

I really felt the padding personally, and it held me back from enjoying it like I wanted to

[@VidGams]

My Machiavellian plan to work part time as a film extra so I finally get to appear in a Schaff video finally came to fruition. Some would question if this roundabout method was worth it, but I have no regrets.

[@odin3141]

From all the interviews I've seen, I get the impression that, even if Jon M Chu hadn't done the best job at, well directing, it seems like he certainly did help foster the environment around him which did contribute to the movie being great in so many ways. I think the movie certainly could have been better in a few specific areas, but that's a tall order when so many other aspects are this good. I agree, 8/10

[@gramsxg2297]

Can’t wait to check out "Moana 2 is a movie that exists" 😁😁

[@nileshollowthorn]

I’ve wanted to see this story for years and it has never lined up for me to see the Broadway show…totally obsessed after seeing the movie! And that’s just based on the original story and characters, not just the movie hype itself. Not to mention the singing and choreography! WOW!!!

[@800Ms-k6n]

I saw this movie twice, second viewing in IMAX. I can tell you that the movie is a much improvement viewing after I saw it second time and I absolutely didn't feel the long runtime meaning that the pacing was actually much better than I thought first time around. I only check my watch once in the second viewing and was shocked to know that the movie was already 2 hours in. I guess it's because I slowly get used by the song with hearing the soundtrack before watching the movie second time, it gets so much better

[@bababababababa6124]

Wait, you mean this movie is actually good? What? I’m still not gonna watch it, but good on them I suppose

[@warnejoseph]

It really is a shame that the film looks like the Disney live-action remake of itself because there's genuinely so much good here, but man it's a bad sign when Disney's own Oz the Great and Powerful holds up better visually.

[@CrowLady0_0]

i dont know which answer i want edit: huh. it doesn't feel as bad to have to be so wrong as i thought it would! i was like an extreme hater of this and ngl... i'm just excited now. might go see it with my dad soon! i know my grandma really wants to watch it. i actually saw the musical itself with her, so i might try to see if we could maybe try to work out a movie date at some point?

[@stormdaboo]

Hey guys!! PLEASE help me convince this man to review Firefly!! 🙏 🙏

[@ropecrewman36]

I wasn't particularly looking forward to this because of the recent track record of stage-to-film adaptations. But this gives me hope! Now I'm actually looking forward to it!

[@celebijojo14]

SPOILERS BELOW, BE WARNED . . . . . . . . . . This movie had me sobbing like I had seen Defying Gravity for the first time in my life even though I’ve seen Wicked twice. Also my mom and I were so SHOCKED at the Idina and Kristen cameo, like that was so cool and unexpected!! When Idina put her hand under Cynthia’s chin, that felt so sweet 🥹

[@andreasmeelie1889]

🥰

[@thatrandomredengine9430]

I find it funny how Wizard of Oz themed productions are almost always a disaster but the actual movie is good. 😂

[@thewoodpeckers655]

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[@Daniel-ws8ug]

the hunter x hunter stage show in the backround kills me

[@invertedLOL]

I mean, if the problem with act 2 is the pacing and being clunky, an expanded runtime could fix it

[@ginaaristiga]

i truly believe that the story being made in two parts is to fix the big issues the second half of the musical had expand the story and make it overall a fantastical two parts

[@BR-jw7pm]

If Schaff thinks a Movie adaptation of a Stage Musical is good, then it must be good!

[@YAH93]

It might also be called personal preference

[@Vlogwithathought1278]

A kinda big complaint I had with the movie was that most of the songs for me didn’t naturally start.

[@MetaNiteFM]

I definitely agree with the criticisms of the visuals and blocking. SOMETIMES. But then there are sequences like Dancing Through Life and One Short Day that have excellent direction and blocking. So I don’t know seems like just certain sequences could’ve been a little better. I still think this is as close to a perfect adaptation of the stage show we were ever gonna get

[@tanishamuntslag6369]

i consider this a great adaptaation and i am shocked by how good it is. i missed musicals like this

[@TheforeverPigeonKing]

Man, movies are just up this year. I have seen very few flops from movies I wanted, joker 2 aside. It’s shocking how straight this year has been with its hits. Not to mention the surprise hits from the movies I weren’t expecting to be good. Like who would think that both the transformers movie and the Lego Dave feral movie would both be 7 and 8 out of 10s

[@AshlynnBee]

By splitting it into two they were able to add so much context, characterization, background, and introduce the setting so much better. The weakest part of Wicked the musical has always been the book, the movie (part one at least, so far) has fixed so many of the plot problems that come with the stage version.

[@ninjajack6457]

This isn’t a part of the sandwich 6 arc cuz Schaff wasn’t allowed to bring in outside food into the movie theater

[@Yo1297]

I really like the way Jon m chu directs movie musicals personally over and would love to see him do more movie musicals in the future

[@PauLtus_B]

I just can't get over the flat Disney-live-action-remake kind of look this has.

[@moistwrmonastring1017]

I didn’t have an issue with the lighting in this movie, I think this is a 10/10 film by itself, let alone an excellent adaptation

[@Slion43]

I agree it felt like they didn't add much even though it's like 1 hour longer than the first half of the musical

[@ten-ze1pq]

Yeah no Jon M Chu deserves his flowers. It takes a good director for everything across all departments to come out this well and so consistently at that. See one clip of him on set and he’s clearly the glue binding everyone together

[@bagofgroceries]

Agree on everything EXCEPT Jon M. Chu not having the sauce. MAN IS THE SAUCE.

[@ginaaristiga]

when that last riff of defying gravity hit oh my god my body levitated out of me, i turned to my friends who don’t even like musicals and they were crying and we had like a universal out of body experience, might just go back to the movie theater to relive that one last note again

[@Charles_Stewart_Parnell]

i forgot this movie was even gonna come out

[@drip2575]

On bro the marketing was so ass

[@fruitbythefoote]

Fun fact: in a get-to-know-the-cast interview for Victorious, Ariana Grande said she wanted to do Wicked when asked what musical she would do if she went back to Broadway. Liz Gillies said pretty much what you would expect.

[@benjisaac]

I saw it in IMAX and it looked great. I only noticed a glare in dancing through life and I never noticed the muted colors other people are talking about. I was actively thinking about how vibrant it was the whole time

[@Dracubecca1600]

My one critique is the lighting as well especially when Fiyero and Elphie were in the forest like even in the theater you could barley see it was so dark

[@MarvelMystery]

A little off topic but one of the few musicals I’ve ever listened to is Epic the Musical which it’s not finished yet but I believe that it is amazing and I highly recommend it to people that like musicals and the creator Jorge Rivera-Harrens has two livesteams splitting up act one and two and the last two livestreams should come out from Christmas to new years so yeah just one more time I highly recommend listening to it

[@sammybeanson]

THANK YOU for talking about the color and lighting. I was told I had to see it in IMAX or Dolby because I didn’t get the full effect, but I shouldn’t have to see a movie in a certain format in order to enjoy it. The colors were bland and dull, it’s like they put a bad filter on them.

[@fonixrider]

I never thought I'd find out about the Chainsaw Man Stageplay from a Schaffrillas Video. I'm not complaining.

[@bradyharpe6051]

2:42 IS THAT FUCKING HISOKA!?!?!

[@SpinyPuffs]

I haven't even seen the original stage musical at all, but I was pretty impressed with this movie. I only know Ariana's acting from Victorious and SNL so I didn't quite know what to expect, but WOW she was great! I definitely agree with you on that. I didn't even realize that was Ethan Slater as the munchkin dude and the whole dama makes it funnier.

[@queentj3674]

The moment that the Oklahoma/Wizard of Oz/30s inspired text of “Wicked” appeared I knew this movie was going to be SO FUN

[@maxmeidl4909]

It’s always nice seeing Ariana Grande in something decent, especially after more than a decade ever since that train wreck spin-off that was “Sam & Cat” was cancelled, ending THAT part of the “Schneider-universe” on Cat getting arrested in another state and Sam basically not given a shit about it.

[@CharlesMoss091]

Hard agree on the lighting. That’s literally my only issue with the movie. We should campaign #ReleaseTheTechnicolorCut once both parts are out.

[@VinylTees]

Les Mis is one of those rare movies that I know is objectively bad for all kinds of reasons but I also love it.

[@DJG333]

supposedly part 2 is where they mention where the book comes more into the play. Where a lot of the book is taken out of the show is going to be in the movie.

[@MiloW456]

My screen in the cinema was almost booked out (which is rly good news) and I feel so sorry for the ppl next to my group, bc we were absolutely losing it for so much of the movie, especially Pfanee and ShenZhen and that cameo scene (ykwim)

[@concordiaharmony2302]

I want to see this film purely because Johnathan Bailey is in it. Any Fellow FFXIV players could probably understand why.

[@DJG333]

I'm glad you mentioned Jon. M Chu. I felt the same exact way visually. Some musical numbers were absolutely incredible and some were dull. Like half of defying gravity made no sense to me but the other half had huge weight. But I disagree I think he does have the sauce but he is just inconsistent with it. I think he has a bright future and these Wicked movies might finally give him direction for a future.

[@dscrib2492]

i'm so glad i'm not alone on thinking the lighting was shit. i swear i feel like the entire movie i was either squinting to see or squinting so that i didn't go blind

[@judgegrumble]

The Les Mis movie gave us some amazing KZbin poops and for that I'm forever grateful.

[@Ferry1411]

Pretty much agree with everything you said, i'm really hoping they took the chance to improve on the second act, specially considering it is like 1 hour long on stage. They can double the run time and make the story much more coherent. They even confirmed they added new songs in the second act so let's hope for the best!

[@IndyFilmProductions]

My 2 biggest hopes for part 2 is that they: 1. Hire a new color grading team 2. Make some pretty big changes to the structure of act 2 so that they can hit all the necessary beats but have the beats make more sense and flow better as a story

[@benjisaac]

3. don’t stop to talk during as long as you’re mine