cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22323359
The two tentpoles are kicking off what’s expected to be the biggest Thanksgiving in history at the domestic box office, which welcomes ‘Moana 2’ on Wednesday.
Went to see Wicked last night, it was fantastic. I completely understand the decision to make it into two movies, there’s a lot of story to tell in that musical. They didn’t really add very much, and song-wise only added a bit to One Short Day, but still easily filled the runtime with only Act I of the musical.
For fans of the musical, it’s a delight. I have to imagine people who haven’t seen the musical would also like it, since the musical itself is good.
Oh, I didn’t know they split it in half
Yeah. It makes a lot of sense having seen it. You don’t do establishing shots in a stage show. Or reaction shots. Or take time to let emotions show on a closeup. Or have long action sequences. Act I took the entire 160 minutes and didn’t feel (to me at least) like it was overstaying its welcome or milking the content or anything. It’s a good adaptation.
