Let's Watch: Wicked!!

The guy who does the number with Idina and Kristen was the understudy for the original Fiyero !

Currently watching this film for the first time with your watch-a-long and I'm having a wonderful time. Makes me excited to see the see the sequel in theatres :)

Some fun facts! most of the sets are practical, they even planted thousands of tulips for the outdoor shots! They also sang live on set, while doing stunts! In the end, when Cynthia is singing defying gravity, she is doing that live while being flung around on wires! I think everyone did a FANTASTIC job in the film, especially our two leading ladies! Rewatching the opening is so good because you can see Ariana's subtle acting choices to show how she really feels. Like her singing "She died alone" makes me SOB. She cares so much and can't show it. This adaptation makes me cry so much. Both the younger and the older versions of Nessa are the very first actual wheelchair users to play the parts, which I think is so cool! Baby Nessa is adorable, her "yeah" made my whole theater go aw every time! The crystal shoes are the ruby slippers, in the l Frank Baume series they were originally either crystal or silver, but they were made red to really pop in the Wizard of Oz movie (the invention of technicolor and all that) the ruby slippers and the Wizard of Oz rights are technically owned by Warner Bros, so they can make an adaptation like this but "ruby slippers" is something they can't infringe on. Luckily the rest of the characters are either named differently here or named just for this adaptation. And you can't copyright "The Wizard" lol. Some Cameos: the original Broadway actresses (Idina and Kristen), the woman who says "he must be a wizard" during that song is the person who wrote the stage play and co-wrote this movie, and the man who said "the wizard will see you now" wrote the songs! Also, I ship them so much. If it was a guy and a girl, people would see it for the blatant enemies-to-lovers trope that it is haha Glinda and Elphaba even kiss...several times in the wicked book! Also, an overall fact: the author said he wrote this to explicitly comment on the George W. Bush administration and his war on terror, the Wizard is George W.. I think it fits that so well but also it fits our current administration as well. This came out at a really poignant time!

This was a fun one. Also not exactly a musical, but would love for you to check out Stardust (2007) for a fun fantasy film

Her singing is fantastic of course, but I was SO surprised by Ariana’s comedic timing, she’s hilarious in this 😭

pls do a rewatch of wicked part 2 when it comes out later this year!

If this is a safe place to be a little dramatic lol Id like to say: The moment after of just sitting in silence is exactly why I like productions like this. It makes you want to stop and take it all in and that's a rear and beautiful feeling somewhere between joy and sadness. I'm glad I watched this film.

How about those EAGLES

Arianna said that everytime Glinda sings high, she’s lying. The only time she sings low is What Is This Feeling?

You said they were the notes of Defying Gravity, when the original notes are from Over the Rainbow in the original movie. Edit: I’ve never heard you sing before Nat. You have a great voice

It was a really fun reaction to watch (I watch it together with Funnylilgal's reaction) and the film actually was a lot better then I thought it was (I knew nothing of Wicked before this). Also didnt know there would be a 2nd film, but now November of 2025 is gonna be a long wait haha. (Even though its not that long).

If your instinct is to talk about mucus for 3 minutes at the beginning of a rewatch chances are you have brain fog. Its a self-fulfilling prophecy

rewatch lamn

Sincere question for Nat or whoever wants to answer. I haven't seen this (the movie or the stageplay). Should I watch it before watching the reaction video with it, or is it safe from a spoiler standpoint? (I only ask because sometimes reactors - not just Nat - can foreshadow too much when it's something they remember well.)

give a count down for a pause girl lol - also the HAT lmao - as a cinema geek the pacing for me was on point. imo it would've hurt the film if they didnt have the risers / let the film breath, especially in the friendship dance scene. Timing & pacing felt right. A film that moves too quickly can hurt the film, but didnt feel like anything dragged on the first / second watch. 10/10 me and BOQ

LETS GOOO

So cool when you get to thoroughly enjoy something, especially when it comes to your theater background.

Do i need to get a tiara as well, not too sure pink suits my skin colour though... looking forward to seeing Nat singing along with us 🎶

Looking forward to watching along when Wicked hits streaming for me 😁

i’m sat

Happy Feature Friday Nat. Looking forward to watching this movie for the first time over the weekend with you 😊 I really enjoyed watching along with you Nat. This movie was certainly epic in scale with a lot of imagination poured into it, and the songs and score were really cool. I enjoyed you singing along. Thanks for a fun reaction, and for all your awesome work this week. The cosy livestream last night was a lot of fun. Will have my fingers crossed for you tomorrow 🦅 🤞