REVIEW: "WICKED PART 1"! ONE THE YEARS BEST FILMS! PICKUP A BROOM NOW AND FLY TO SEE THIS FANTASTIC MUSICAL NOW!

I have seen November's 2024 best picture and one of the best pictures of 2024 and it's "Wicked"! For a solid 2 hours and 40 minutes it's truly a enchanting film to watch with your family, friends and those who love a great musical and fantastic it is. It's this year's "The Greatest Showman" and all walks of like are going to eat it up. Wicked fans of the decade long Broadway are going to lose their minds and with "Moana 2" I hope it kicks "Gladiator II" pointless sequel ass (Ridley Scott it is time to retire now and save your once superb film legacy.) till end of 2024. It is really great and can't get "Popular" out of my head since seeing the film last week.

Why does it deserve to be a box office smash? Follow the yellow brick road and read one. For one due to Jon M. Chu wonderful direction and he didn't fanboy it do death. Two the smart casting of Ariana Grande as Glinda (Part mean girl, part dive, part barbie doll and with great comedic timing and nails Glinda's high pitched voice.). But it really Cynthia Erivo who literally soars as Elphaba (Cool green, you want to be on her side and wins your heart.). These are the good girls. The bad guys are good too with Michelle Yeoh as a wicked Madame Morrible and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz. It helps that got a very good and fine script by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. Come Oscar time watch it win for best costume design, best song ("Popular" anyone!) and best production design. My advice is your guy reading this is take your girlfriend to see this film now, girlfriends drag your boyfriend who be kicking and screaming and all you of LBGTQ you going to absolutely love this with all your heart!

The good news is that "Wicked Part 2" is slated to be released in November 2025 and I will be line with this (Maybe I dress in green too!). When it hits home video in hopefully by the end of December 2024 or early 2025 I will be getting on Bluray. Really hopes it makes a lot of green for Universal Pictures. Here something to think while you wait. "Wicked Part 1" belongs to Cythia Erivo and sent you defying gravity gravity when came out of the movie theater soaring on airs. "Wicked Part 2" will send you the moon and beyond the stars with it's incredible twists and turns (Go and search Wikipedia and type in search bar Wicked Broadway Play.) and watch Ariana Grande soar in 2025 and lots of people during Halloween 2025 dress up as Glinda and Elphaba. Don't be surprised that when it all over and this may come as a shock as "Wicked Part 1 and 2" could really give the MGM classic "The Wizard Of Oz" and run for it's money and a truly great musical classic! Mahalo. Trust me. Wake up.

By James Cortez Junior, Hawaii Independent Movie Blogger and Critic.

November 26, 2024.

Tuesday.

P.S. If you in need of a Oz fix. Go and search out Sam Raimi's (Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3) "Oz The Great And Wonderful" on dvd. Really misunderstood and cult classic from the glorious 1980's Walter Murch "Return To Oz". Remember only one year to "Wicked Part 2"!