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So What's The Problem

 

So if you remember earlier this year, I gave the first Wicked the top spot on my list of favorite movies from last year. Fast-forward 11 months later and its position has been deducted (I'll explain next month), but I was still looking forward to part-2. Obviously this is act 2 of the musical, which shows the aftermath of Elphaba's escape and the arrival of Dorothy.

It is to my understanding that critics are relatively divisive on this movie and I'm not really sure why (me disliking the actresses doesn't count). I will admit that the first one was better, but not due to lack of quality on the sequel's part. Not only is the first one more flashy, but it has the more popular (no pun intended) songs. Yes songs like No Good Deed and the titular For Good both have a strong presence, but the stronger songs are in act 1. So that's part of the reason why this movie felt mellow for me in comparison to the first. This is not a flaw, just an acknowledgement.

With that being said, I'm not really sure why this is frowned upon by critics. One suspicion I have though is probably the love pentagon that was happening throughout the movie. But I personally did not take issue with that considering it's literally in the original musical. Like the first movie, this one remained faithful to the musical with small altercations (original songs included).  The movie in my opinion did exactly what it was supposed to do and I did not see anything lacking in terms of quality. 

I will go ahead and admit that this movie will most likely not make my  end of the year list unlike the first one, but I personally do not understand what the issue is with the critics. Thank For Reading.

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