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Ariana snatching even more hits can you say legendaric
I haven't seen it yet but thanks to tiktok I've been saying 'don't. make. me. laaaugh' followed by a RIGHT!! All day.
I didn’t know that was happening
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I think one of the very few fumbles they made in the music is the limp ass “Like a froggy ferny cabbage, the baby is UNNATURALLY … green”
In Like that green is supposed to be full choral VOCALS and instead it ends on a dud.
In Like that green is supposed to be full choral VOCALS and instead it ends on a dud.
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I found that part always ridiculous to be honest and always have to almost laugh in the musical. So I liked the change.
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Just watched it again and I'm a total fucking mess. I found it so much more emotional this time. I've never cried so much at a movie, out of both sorrow and just pure thrill and giddiness. I can't remember when I've been so obsessed with a movie. This just affects me like I can't quite explain.
I'm still gobsmacked at how beautiful this is. Not just the practical sets, which are extraordinary, but the cinematography and editing. If there's a single bit of justice in the world, this movie will sweep the Oscars. It deserves all the technical awards, before we even get to the acting.
As someone who was initially dubious of Ariana, because of her younger acting roles, god was she perfect here. she was born to be Glinda. Yes I understand people saying that she was drawing a lot on Chenowith, but it's not that. She created that character, and everyone after just has to find their own voice within it while not fundamentally changing who Glinda is. Ariana nailed it.
Is Cynthia the best Elphaba? As an Idina truther, I've no doubt in my mind that she absolutely is. She ripped my heart out, and her I'm Not That Girl and Defying Gravity were just utterly sensational. If Cynthia did a couple of performances of DG, she'd take that to #1. And that improvised moment in the ballroom was incredible. I had a whole body reaction to that. It just broke my heart.
I said in my post after my 1st viewing that it was the best movie musical of all time. It definitely still is. But this just might be generally one of my favourite movies ever.
I'm not quite sure how I'll handle part 2.
I'm still gobsmacked at how beautiful this is. Not just the practical sets, which are extraordinary, but the cinematography and editing. If there's a single bit of justice in the world, this movie will sweep the Oscars. It deserves all the technical awards, before we even get to the acting.
As someone who was initially dubious of Ariana, because of her younger acting roles, god was she perfect here. she was born to be Glinda. Yes I understand people saying that she was drawing a lot on Chenowith, but it's not that. She created that character, and everyone after just has to find their own voice within it while not fundamentally changing who Glinda is. Ariana nailed it.
Is Cynthia the best Elphaba? As an Idina truther, I've no doubt in my mind that she absolutely is. She ripped my heart out, and her I'm Not That Girl and Defying Gravity were just utterly sensational. If Cynthia did a couple of performances of DG, she'd take that to #1. And that improvised moment in the ballroom was incredible. I had a whole body reaction to that. It just broke my heart.
I said in my post after my 1st viewing that it was the best movie musical of all time. It definitely still is. But this just might be generally one of my favourite movies ever.
I'm not quite sure how I'll handle part 2.
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$32M yesterday for the #3 biggest 2nd Friday of all time. Domestically, it'll be at around $250M by Sunday. Incredible hold on the 2nd weekend, with a drop in the 20-30% region.
I want this to be true, but I think the overseas numbers will let this down. It's doing HUGE business in the UK, but it's not a hot property everywhere. It'd need $900M just overseas to be getting close to Deadpool. I can't see this happening. I'm not even certain it'll do a billion, unless the overseas markets really kick up a gear. It does still have a few places to open, but I don't think they're territories that will bring in hundreds of millions.
I think it ends as one of the Top 10 for the year globally but lands easily Top 5 for the US. An incredible achievement given that people doubted this film the minute the trailer dropped.
While it’s been solid, if not spectacular, worldwide (the staggered release dates are making the international gross appear weaker than it will ultimately prove to be IMO) the domestic performance is incredible. To be pulling these figures at all is an achievement, nevermind going up against a juggernaut like Moana. I can’t even imagine how high it may have went had it not lost screens this week. The reports of extra screenings being slotted in because the existing ones are sold out, and IMAX screens intended for Gladiator II being given back to Wicked instead, is wild.
I saw it again last night in another fully packed theatre. And I’ve never seen that on a second weekend.
I saw it again last night in another fully packed theatre. And I’ve never seen that on a second weekend.
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Glinda, but replace weird and kooky with popular and pretty.
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I am relistening to the Broadway soundtrack and already being destroyed by Cynthia and Jonathan's take on As Long As You're Mine. It's such a stunning song.
And No Good Deed by Cynthia? We won't survive.
And No Good Deed by Cynthia? We won't survive.
