Okay, it's the new movie adaptation that came out just before Thanksgiving. I still haven't seen the original musical yet but now I want to remedy that.
Today is Christmas Day. Two of my dearest friends live the next town over and they didn't want me to spend the holiday alone without us doing something fun together. They picked me up and after a bit of lunch at Waffle House (maybe the only restaurant open on the holiday) we proceeded on to the theater nearby for the 2:45 show.
I knew nothing about Wicked other than it's based on The Wizard of Oz and the musical is composed by Stephen Schwartz (who also created my all time favorite musical Children of Eden). I figured out early on though that it's about the Wicked Witch of the West, the main antagonist of the books. But that's pretty much it.
Well, talk about subverting expectations!
Wicked was unlike anything I've seen in a film. I genuinely was not prepared for either the sheer cinematic spectacle or the twists and turns that the story took. And after the movie one of my friends told me that almost everything in the movie, the effects and the sets and whatnot, are practical: not computer-generated at all. Which absolutely astounded me to be told that.
I could say so much else about this movie. But if you haven't seen it yet, my advice is to go in and see it cold. So I'm not going to say much more than what I've already told you. I must note though: the casting of the Wizard is perfect. So looking forward to seeing Part Two!
2 comments:
Merry Christmas Chris!
Merry Christmas Grundy :-) Thank you for being a loyal fan! :-D
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