Wicked Movie Review : We live in times where villains are being deified in real life, East or West. So, it makes sense that our cinema is obsessed with humanising villains, including characters we grew up hating. Sometimes, these films, or "prequels" as we call them, end up altering these characters so much that we find ourselves siding with them.
Look at what Cruella did to the Dalmatian-skinning crone. Or how Transformers One reimagined Megatron as a wronged labourer rising up against his employer, only to be labelled a villain. Now, it’s time for the Wicked Witch of the West to prove she’s not so wicked in Wicked .
Get ready for a nearly three-hour runtime exploring how she’s green but never mean, sings songs, and—what’s more—there’s a sequel coming next year. Google Adds Playful New Feature for ‘Wicked,’ Allows Users to Defy Gravity by Clicking on Green Hat That Appears on Searching ‘Wicked Movie’ . Wicked is based on the popular, long-running stage musical and serves as a prequel to the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz .
If you remember Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful , which starred Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz, just forget it ever existed. In Wicked , the Witch isn’t some scorned woman who turns green with jealousy. Instead, she’s Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo), a girl born green due to her mother’s affair with a mysterious stranger.
She’s hated by her father, discriminated against her whole life, and eventually becomes a powerful wit.
