thoughts on wicked: for good (spoilers)
cynthia just melts (pun not intended) into elphaba like she IS her she’s such a good actress but no one is surprised that’s her caliber anyway. her ability to carry poignancy is just unparalleled she has such depth as elphaba
to be honest cynthia and jonathan are the only fiyero and elphaba that make me BELIEVE they could be in love (all the others didn’t have a chance against gelphie otherwise)
marissa’s acting when boq turned into the tin man was SO good I could feel her terror
the scene with the cyclone was soooo gorgeous and nessa screaming for boq only to be crushed was genuinely horrifying. like I feel like that’s such a throwaway moment when we think of wizard of oz like haha dead witch with her feet sticking out ooh pretty shoes but I felt horrible watching everything that led up to her demise. despite her turning out to be an extremely controlling person there’s still such a tragedy in how she met her end. unloved and searching for an ounce of connection
ethan fucking SLAYED as the tin man he was genuinely unrecognizable. absolutely one of my favorites in march of the witch hunters. I’m so glad he got to show his range. his tin man is top 3 performances of the movie for sure
jonathan is one of THE best fiyero’s I’ve ever seen he has such a knack to adding depth to characters that are otherwise quite flat. I really BELIEVE fiyero grows and changes in this movie. and the way he fucking shakes after he threatens glinda and is just trembling as they go to hang him up made me sob. his eyes convey a thousand micro expressions and unsaid impulses
watching fiyero get kicked and hit literally made me gasp aloud in the theatre and glinda’s ‘fiyero’ scream into elphaba beginning “no good deed” was fucking amazing
no good deed is one of the best numbers in the movie. my heart was literally racing when I was watching it. at the end when elphaba was floating haloed by the flying monkeys it was so GOOD
I honestly did not mind girl in the bubble I liked the idea of glinda being faced by the horror that is boq turned tin man and that forces her to reflect on her life. it added more depth to her character instead of us just thinking of her as a pretty idiot. some of the lyrics were too on the nose but some of them were nice but some of ariana’s intonation made it hard to understand
the little scenes they interspersed w all of them in the field hanging out was really cute and sweet and I wish we had more of that in the first movie
I refused to listen to for good until I saw the movie and if you can do that I STRONGLY recommend it. the camera work was so beautiful and intimate and it’s one of ariana’s best performances throughout the movies. there’s a lot of layers to glinda in this number but you can also just see the sheer bond between cynthia and ariana when they sing to each other
the scene where they’re sobbing separated by the door when elphie goes to sacrifice herself is fucking DIABOLICAL. it is one of the most romantic yet tragic framings I’ve ever seen and honestly really confirmed the romantic aspect of gelphie to me in this movie. I know the whole romance in these movies is portrayed to broader (straight) audiences as fiyero/glinda vs. elphaba/fiyero but how do you not watch that and think it is the most romantic shit ever
the scene of glinda watching as elphaba was ‘killed’ literally had me sobbing like she’s watching the platonic/romantic love of her life fucking DIE it was so heart-wrenching
I looooved that they did not show dorothy’s face. I felt like it was really masterfully done and honestly added so much bc this is not dorothy’s story! we are not supposed to care about her. also maybe jon m. chu will direct a wizard of oz revival and they don’t want to commit to a dorothy yet lol
overall I was surprised how much I liked it because act 2 of wicked feels very rushed. there were moments that were definitely too stretched out but I do appreciate choices like cutting “a sentimental man” to the scene of jeff goldblum looking on in horror as he realizes he’s ‘killed’ his only daughter
also: do not wear makeup that is easily cry-offable because you WILL be crying
also: glinda calling elphaba ‘greenie’ lmfao that little fight scene when they’re going hand-to-hand was so funny
