As promised, here is my review of Wicked For Good. And, as someone who watched Wicked twice, I can’t help but admit that the first movie was better. The choreography was more satisfying, the songs were catchier and I genuinely loved Shiz.

Which is not to say that this movie was bad. It definitely had its moments. And I have to admit, the acting was absolutely phenomenal. Of course, there were moments where it felt over-acted and I was pulled out of the story. But I think that’s the whole point.

This is a stage play that has been adapted into a movie. And yes, it was originally a book but let’s be real for a second, this movie is based on the musical, not the book. If it was based on the book, it would be a lot more depressing and a lot less appropriate for children. And I probably wouldn’t have bought tickets to watch it in the first place.

Because I absolutely do not want to see bestiality portrayed on the screen. And I do not want to see a threesome involving a mother, a daughter and a man with two dicks. (No, I’m not exaggerating, those are real scenes from the book).

But anyways, on to my review.

No One Mourns The Wicked

Even though I’d read the Wicked book by Gregory Maguire in high school, and I’d obviously heard various songs from the musical over the years, the first time I ever heard the song: No One Mourns The Wicked was after the Queen of England’s death.

I will never not laugh at the video of the man, getting on stage, informing the audience that the Queen was dead and giving a huge disclaimer that out of respect to Buckingham Palace, the play was being performed as it was written. And then two seconds later, all you hear is a chorus of people singing “Good news, she’s dead!”

So of course, I was already set up to like the opening of Wicked. But my absolute favourite part about it was the fact that the beginning of the first movie was almost the end of the story. And you didn’t even get to see everything that led to Glinda coming to Munchkinland until nearly the end of the second movie.

I adore loops. I think they’re an incredibly effectively way of telling stories about villains. Especially when there’s already an existing story about the hero. And even during the first movie, it did not escape me that Glinda was not happy to be celebrating Elphaba’s death.

And the second movie really drove home just how cruel it was to put her into that position and laid out exactly why it was necessary. Glinda doesn’t hate Elphaba in the end. In fact, I’d argue the real love story is between Elphaba and Glinda. Come on, you cannot have a scene where they’re on either side of a door, with their hands pressed against it, yearning for each other and then tell me the love story is with the man.

Ridiculous!

Not to mention, the montage at the end was all about Elphaba and Glinda. There were moments when Fiyero was right there and yet the two besties were laying on each other, holding hands and acting like the real couple.

You will never convince me Fiyero is either of their true loves.

A Brief Rundown of Opinions Everyone Shares

So, seeing as this movie is incredibly popular, there many shared opinions across its audience. And I don’t really think it’s worth going into depth into something other people have discussed to death so I’ll briefly mention them.

• Yes, we all hate Nessarose. She was a coward in the first movie and she only got worse in the second. Like, seriously, did she honestly think she could just trap Boq and that’d be enough to get him to love her again? And the fact that she had no concern over her sister’s safety and threw her under the bus at the first opportunity. So no, I’m not sad she got squashed by a house.
• Boq is an incel. He is exactly why women don’t like self-proclaimed “nice guys”. Sure, could Glinda have rejected him directly? Absolutely! But she also took every opportunity to redirect his attentions and reject his advances. Boq shouldn’t have let it go on for so long with Nessarose and he should’ve taken the hint with Glinda. She was marrying someone else and he was planning to confess his feelings? Ridiculous! Nessarose shouldn’t have trapped him and he was right to be mad at her in the end. But he wasn’t right to go after the woman who’d never hurt him and actually saved his life.
• The cowardly lion was a little bitch.
• Dorothy was just a pawn who got caught up in everyone else’s scheme. And Glinda did her dirty by giving her Nessa’s shoes, and thereby putting her in the middle of the whole conflict. She was also cruel to make the poor girl walk to Emerald City (in heels) when there was a perfectly good bullet train.

Final Thoughts

Overall, the movie wasn’t bad. It was just … half of a story. And honestly, the strongest part of the story was the first half. I think if I had to watch both movies in one sitting, I’d probably have enjoyed the overall experience a lot more. And even as I’m saying this, I do understand that it’s adapted from a play. And the story was written to be watched in its entirety in one sitting.

That being said, do I recommend you watch it? Yes. Because I think you should watch the first movie. And if you’re watching the first, you may as well watch the second. It ties the whole story together. And it’s enjoyable. There just wasn’t really a rewatch value.

At least in my opinion.

But please, tell me what you think. I’d love to hear some opinions that aren’t my own.