Just watched the second Wicked movie, so here are my unorganized thoughts:
As Long As You're Mine is very horny. The whole time I was thinking, these two are really about to fuck. And then they did! Good for them.
Madame Morrible has the best outfits. Everytime she appears on screen, she's slaying in a new cunty dress. Love Michelle Yeoh.
That said, Elphaba's sleveless outfit? Muah. Chef's kiss. AND it parallels Glinda's blue-and-pink dress with the sheer sleeves.
On that note, No Good Deed was SO GOOD. The MOST cinematic song in the movie, powerful performance, and the ending shot is stunning. I wish Cynthia's voice was a little more belt-y but I think that's artistic choice.
For Good is one of my favorite songs in any musical, hearing it always makes me bawl like a baby and this time was no exception.
Gelphieryo for the win. Polyamory could have solved not all, but at least some of their problems.
Glinda was a lot more take-charge at the end than I remember her being in the stage musical. The shot where she has Madame Morrible taken away feels a little villanous. It seems like Glinda at the end is a benevolent dictator, focusing on benevolent but the dictator part is clearly there too.
Glinda inviting the Animals back into Ozian society feels too simple and easy for me, all that propoganda and cultivated prejudice can't be forgotten just by Glinda being nice. Especially with the themes of mob justice and the rise of fascism so present in the rest of the movies. But "people are so empty-headed, they'll believe anything", so maybe anything can happen if Glinda says it to happen.
I didn't really like either of the new songs, maybe because they're new but I thought they were both just kind of boring. No Place Like Home I think is a little better. I liked the theme of mirrors shown in the cinamatography of Girl in the Bubble, but other than that I did not care at all about it.
There is a LOT of dialogue that's referencing lines from various songs, and some of them are fun and cute while some of them feel shoved in there trying to be clever. It happens so much it does start to grate, especially when they repeat the same words and phrases over and over.
Very much enjoyed the scene where Glinda and Elphaba fight. The Girls Are Fighting!! Very fun