Wicked 2

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Anonymous wrote:My god, how did Michelle yeoh get that part. She can’t act, sing, and her accent is horrible. Such a weak link in an incredible cast.

I hope you’re joking. Michelle Yeoh is phenomenal. Did you ever see Memoirs of a Geisha?

To be fair, that movie is 20 years old and I have never seen it. But she was in Crazy Rich Asians, and she just won an Oscar recently for everything everywhere all at once, so she's a star.

But yes, she can't sing--and told the director John Chu that, but he wanted her anyway.

I had heard that as well, that she turned down the part multiple times because she said she can't sing. I thought she did okay, considering that, and many of the best performers on Broadway, especially character actors, are not necessarily the best singers.

I wonder why he wanted her so badly?

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Anonymous wrote:The sex scene was disgusting and I can’t believe they would have that in a family movie. Not one teen thought it was appropriate- they thought it was gross. And absolutely no one bought the Fiyero/Elphaba pairing, let alone how Fiyero pointed a weapon at Glinda. Awful character development.

What sex scene? I just got back, nudged my daughter that there was gonna be a sex scene because I heard it here, and there wasn’t.

Well then you’re blind. It was totally implied. Plus Fiyero took off his shirt, Elphaba was disrobing and she laid on his bare chest and they kissed.

That’s not a sex scene!

To me it is and it had no business in this movie. It gave all of us the ick factor. The teens all thought it was disgusting. Absolutely no one bought the Elphaba/Fiyero pairing.

Ok, you are a weirdo and a prude. And so are your teens. Not sure why a very PG kiss and a hot guy’s bare chest would give anyone the “ick.”

[Anonymous]

Can we talk about Nessa Rose?

Why did they make her so so wicked? I get that she was desperate to keep the feeling of being special and chosen and she was excessively spoiled as a child, but it seemed to go too far too fast. I could tell from the foreshadowing in the first movie that she would become the other witch, but I think I was hoping it would be more like Elphaba in that she was misunderstood. I guess it could just be the nature of a movie as opposed to a TV series, but I would have liked to have seen more complexity.

Despite that, I liked the movie a lot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My god, how did Michelle yeoh get that part. She can’t act, sing, and her accent is horrible. Such a weak link in an incredible cast.

I hope you’re joking. Michelle Yeoh is phenomenal. Did you ever see Memoirs of a Geisha?

To be fair, that movie is 20 years old and I have never seen it. But she was in Crazy Rich Asians, and she just won an Oscar recently for everything everywhere all at once, so she's a star.

But yes, she can't sing--and told the director John Chu that, but he wanted her anyway.

I had heard that as well, that she turned down the part multiple times because she said she can't sing. I thought she did okay, considering that, and many of the best performers on Broadway, especially character actors, are not necessarily the best singers.

I wonder why he wanted her so badly?

She isn't much of a singer but she does look like she can kick your @$$.

I liked that feeling of power for this character

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Anonymous wrote:We saw it yesterday. I could not get past AG appearance/bony chest. It was so distracting and triggering for anyone with an eating disorder.

I loved the first half. I am not sure if I love the music from the second half. I will listen to the whole soundtrack again.

My teens loved it.

SAME on the bony chest. Went to it last night with my DD and her friend - DD struggled with anorexia all through high school, thankfully is doing well now. But that bony chest was a loud dog whistle and I was just praying through every scene that it didn't spark anything for DD. I know she noticed it - but she and her friend went out for chipotle right after so I'm hopeful we are getting past something like that starting a long struggle with the eating disorder again. We are at the stage where if she slips up it takes weeks, not months/years to set things on a better path - but she definitely doesn't need struggling to eat added to her last two weeks of the semester.

I'm sure you are keeping an eye on her

Super thin seems to trending again unfortunately

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My god, how did Michelle yeoh get that part. She can’t act, sing, and her accent is horrible. Such a weak link in an incredible cast.

I hope you’re joking. Michelle Yeoh is phenomenal. Did you ever see Memoirs of a Geisha?

To be fair, that movie is 20 years old and I have never seen it. But she was in Crazy Rich Asians, and she just won an Oscar recently for everything everywhere all at once, so she's a star.

But yes, she can't sing--and told the director John Chu that, but he wanted her anyway.

I had heard that as well, that she turned down the part multiple times because she said she can't sing. I thought she did okay, considering that, and many of the best performers on Broadway, especially character actors, are not necessarily the best singers.

I wonder why he wanted her so badly?

She isn't much of a singer but she does look like she can kick your @$$.

I liked that feeling of power for this character

True.

I wonder how they decided on the accent.

[Anonymous]

You have to use your actors to your advantage. She was perfect in Crazy Rich Asians, embodied that character perfectly. Here, not even close.

[Anonymous]

Saw it yesterday, after rewarching the first one on Friday. Part 1 has better music, part 2 has a better story/is more interesting.

If you guys thought that was a sex scene, you're watching the wrong movies! It didn't bother me or the teens or 20-something group of kids/cousins we brought to the movies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish they would have cast better singers.

Like ones with BMIs over 10?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sex scene was disgusting and I can’t believe they would have that in a family movie. Not one teen thought it was appropriate- they thought it was gross. And absolutely no one bought the Fiyero/Elphaba pairing, let alone how Fiyero pointed a weapon at Glinda. Awful character development.

What sex scene? I just got back, nudged my daughter that there was gonna be a sex scene because I heard it here, and there wasn’t.

Well then you’re blind. It was totally implied. Plus Fiyero took off his shirt, Elphaba was disrobing and she laid on his bare chest and they kissed.

Are you the same poster that's having trouble understanding that a green witch is not real?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to use your actors to your advantage. She was perfect in Crazy Rich Asians, embodied that character perfectly. Here, not even close.

They should have cast Donna Murphy. She would have killed.

[Anonymous]

Fiyero and Glinda looked so much better together than he and that ugly green witch (who isn’t real of course).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fiyero and Glinda looked so much better together than he and that ugly green witch (who isn’t real of course).

I’m trying to understand. You’re upset because a scarecrow named Fiyero ended up with a green witch instead of a failed witch in a life sized bubble?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have to use your actors to your advantage. She was perfect in Crazy Rich Asians, embodied that character perfectly. Here, not even close.

They should have cast Donna Murphy. She would have killed.

Hannah Waddingham would have been the BEST.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fiyero and Glinda looked so much better together than he and that ugly green witch (who isn’t real of course).

I’m trying to understand. You’re upset because a scarecrow named Fiyero ended up with a green witch instead of a failed witch in a life sized bubble?

You’re taking this way too seriously. lol. You don’t need to understand it.