Wicked

My feelings for this film are so strong I can barely put them into words. Grande-Butera was surprisingly captivating, with a breakthrough comedic performance. And Erivo, wow. Thrillifying. Both of their voices were absolutely perfect for the role, with Grande-Butera's tasteful yet overdramatic falsetto playing into Glinda's character perfectly, and Erivo bringing a much needed smoothness and softness to Elphaba- but also releasing raw passion and delicious fury when she needed to. Goldblum's voice was actually pretty good, and Yeoh was a fantastic Morrible. While watching, I could tell that every single person that worked on this movie had so much love for it in their heart. This movie felt like a passion project by a bunch of grown-up theatre kids who sang the soundtrack in their showers, finally being allowed to show their love for the source material to the world for the first time. The sets, effects, costumes and videography was captivating. It perfectly captured the feeling of a stage show, with just as much beautiful substance and emotion conveyed through a screen. I don't know how they did it, but it was magic.