Wicked Movie

I know what a brilliant voice Ariana has, but none of the trailers have really put her centre stage. Watching that video of Popular, it's clear that this film, or at the very least the music, is in very safe hands. Knowing what a huge fan she is of Kristen Chenoweth in the original, that is just about the best possible tribute to her.

He’s not the only one! Ariana is the only one getting away with that as far as I’m concerned.

Expectations are high. Full reviews aren’t out yet but the early reactions have been so strong with Wicked now being talked about as a strong contender for Oscar nominations and wins. In this weeks predictions Variety has forecast Wicked to receive 9 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. They also recently held a For Your Consideration screening for Academy members which had the highest turnout since Oppenheimer and received a rare standing ovation. Let’s see how things pan out next week but it’s hard not to get excited when you hear things like this. I’m sure some critics won’t be as hot on it but there’s definitely a lot of love at the moment from those that have seen the film.

Agree, I'm also surprised how his singing doesn't sound all that pleasant either.

I see Greenwich has now been renamed Greenwitch. To be honest I'm kind of sick of Wicked already and its not even opened.

I wonder what they'll do about submissions for awards? Assuming her performance deserves it, submitting Cynthia for Best Actress seems a no-brainer with a role like this. However 'Supporting Actress' seems to rather minimise Ariana's role, especially with new music added for her, and those who have seen the film are already raving about her. 

Would they put the two head-to-head as a publicity thing?

Which also makes me wonder if this kind of thing is negotiated ahead of time.

I'm so happy this is a musical movie being unashamedly promoted as such, as opposed to the recent trend of hiding the musical bits!

I'm not sure what annoys me more, the constant tie-ins, or it being 'amazafying' when it should obviously have been 'amazifying'.

I've been paying some attention to a few threads on X (despite trying to break my addiction and move to Bluesky!) that are talking about the seemingly dull color grading on some of the clips that have been released so far. Having just had the same criticism of Paddington In Peru, I really don't like this flat feeling color grading and cinematography that seems to be the trend of late, especially for something set in OZ?? Supposedly CGI doesn't look so fake under such conditions, but I'd prefer more vibrancy if this turns out to be the case.

They keep going on about how this is not only a love letter to Wicked on stage, but also a love letter to the Wizard of Oz, and the technicolor of the 1939 movie is one of the most glorious things in cinema in my opinion.

Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful was a pretty middling film, but something it did have going for it was its beatiful colour saturation.

Maybe it’s deliberate so that we’re “amazified” when we see it for real.

Cynthia gets more unlikeable as the days go by. Just no need to be rude

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Nope, Patti is just as rude too. At least Cynthia can sing I guess.

I'm sure the press are hyping stuff up, but at the end of the day Cynthia is saying these things. There was no need to mention previous actresses who auditioned for the role, and especially not in a derogatory way. Cynthia would freak out if someone said that about her.

And in that red carpet interview its more her tone than anything. If she had made it more a light hearted tone it wouldn't be so bad.