Wicked

An adaptation of the musical and book titled Wicked, and set as a prequel to the Wizard Of Oz, Wicked is a good adaptation of the musical to the big screen. Almost everything seems to be in it, the songs are done well (and arent made by Lin Manuel Miranda) and Ariana Grande really steals the show as Glinda. She really brings the energy and life to a character everyone forgets about because she's just the sidekick. Plus I thought she was gonna be annoying so to see a funny performance instead was a nicr suprise. However I said earlier the movie almost adapts everything. What I felt they left out and chose to expand was smartest in my opinion. Now what I'm talking about is the expansion of the Animal activist role for Elphaba and the shelving of Fiyero as Elphaba's love intrest. Instead of Fiyero its more of Glinda, which is sorta fine but it takes away the magic of the musical. Thats mainly why I'm ranking it this low despite giving it good praise is because there's a lack of theater magic that was in all the plays. A lot of this got translated to dull scenes that seemed like placeholders almost. Honestly maybe its not that there's a lack but nore of a reminder of how good the musical did it compared to the movie. Which isnt necessarily bad but it kinda undermines the movies independence. And also the expansion of the Animal activist thing is just annoying in my opinion. Overall a good solid adaptation and hopefully part 2 can fix (or at least smooth out) the mistakes in part 1.