"Wicked" Film Adaptation (2024/2025)

[MscleLovr]

4 hours ago, ShortCutie7 said:

it was about as good as it could have been given the material (which I love

 

3 hours ago, Jiminy said:

the soundtrack version of the songs….sound better in a theater, or surround sound speakers. No Good Deed was 🔥🔥🔥.

I saw it at the weekend, on a large screen with very good sound, amid a well-behaved audience of fans. 

I enjoyed it greatly. It was tremendous fun. I particularly admired how they incorporated aspects of the original classic film; the filming of those scenes was inspired. I was also surprised that the acting of Cynthia Erivo was so good. 
 

My only small quibble is that we didn’t see enough of Jonathan Bailey’s physique in the love scenes.

[BuffaloKyle]

15 hours ago, MscleLovr said:

My only small quibble is that we didn’t see enough of Jonathan Bailey’s physique in the love scenes.

Gotta wait for the unrated director's cut 😈

[Becket]

Noticed they are showing "The Wizard of Oz" in Vegas at the Spere, that new venue that everyone raves about. The article I read said they are selling lots of tickets to daily showings. Interesting.

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

On 11/23/2025 at 2:59 AM, Gar1eth said:

One thing may be that I'm not that much of an Ariana Grande fan. I remember her reviews on Hairspray Live weren't all good. She looks much too thin and fragile for me.

There's an effort to help her: 

 

 

Starving African Children Raise Money To Feed Ariana Grande

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MEKELLE, ETHIOPIA — Starving African children bravely banded together this week to raise money to...

 

[MikeBiDude]

3 hours ago, Becket said:

Noticed they are showing "The Wizard of Oz" in Vegas at the Spere, that new venue that everyone raves about. The article I read said they are selling lots of tickets to daily showings. Interesting.

Thread here about that topic:

https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/162340-the-wizard-of-oz-las-vegas-sphere/

 

[+ Gar1eth]

On 11/24/2025 at 8:45 PM, Becket said:

Noticed they are showing "The Wizard of Oz" in Vegas at the Spere, that new venue that everyone raves about. The article I read said they are selling lots of tickets to daily showings. Interesting.

 

On 11/25/2025 at 12:10 AM, MikeBiDude said:

Thread here about that topic:

https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/162340-the-wizard-of-oz-las-vegas-sphere/

 

I hadn't heard anything about this until a friend was in Vegas and saw it two or three weeks ago. He liked the physical Sphere itself but wasn't that impressed by the movie treatment.He thought it was overhyped. I wonder if I would agree with him as I've always loved the movie, and this looks pretty neat from the  Mankiewicz featurette.
 

I can remember waiting impatiently for it every year. One year I remember it being hosted by Mr. French, Buffy, and Jody from Family Affair (unless that was Peter Pan-another movie along with Cinderella I looked forward to yearly). I also used to love the yearly showing of Oklahoma. 
 

Back in 1977 I spent 4 weeks at a summer camp outside of Warwick, NY. They took us to NYC to sightsee for one day. While there, I think at Rockefeller Center, we saw  a movie called "The New York Experience."  They did a multimedia presentation-I can remember wind blowing at us during the presentation-an early day example of what The Sphere is doing with the Wizard Of Oz. 
 

I'm wondering if they might attempt "Gone With The Wind?" I'm thinking that would look pretty neat in 16k. 

Edited 16 hours ago by Gar1eth

[BuffaloKyle]

10 hours ago, Gar1eth said:

I'm wondering if they might attempt "Gone With The Wind?" I'm thinking that would look pretty neat in 16k. 

They cut Wizard of Oz down to 75 minutes for the sphere so just due to the length of Gone With The Wind I don't see how they'd do it.

I think The Sound of Music would be a good choice. Imagine the hills are alive scene on that screen although again it has too long of a running time.

[+ Gar1eth]

1 hour ago, BuffaloKyle said:

They cut Wizard of Oz down to 75 minutes for the sphere

Why I wonder. 

 

1 hour ago, BuffaloKyle said:

just due to the length of Gone With The Wind I don't see how they'd do it

Maybe a two parter?