(trailer review) - Wicked: For Good

 

If I am going to be real honest with you, this trailer did not blow me away, nor did it sell the sequel to me. Labelled as an official trailer, and not a teaser, I am not sure if the trailer did what it was meant to do, and that is, to make me excited about the movie. Don't get me wrong, I've seen the first movie and I absolutely loved it! It was so well done. I've seen the stage play, many many moons ago and I enjoyed it then too, again, so well done, but seeing a bunch of Monkeys chasing Elphaba, is not IT, unfortunately and if anything, I am more sold on watching the movie, on the back of seeing the first one.

I love how the trailer starts with Elphaba doing her best Batman and Commissioner Gordon meeting and it is interesting to see that Glinda is still open and honest with her, they are still friends, but Elphaba seems to be hellbent on a revenge quest while the "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is still trying to be master manipulator and gas lighter. Seeing Dorothy and the gang is really nice to see them follow the yellow brick road, but I wonder how the story will pan out, especially with the 'Wizard of Oz' storyline seemingly coinciding and running parallel. Maybe the second trailer will be better for me. And that "I'm off to see the wizard", maybe because that phrase is so embedded in our heads from 'The Wizard of Oz' and the song, it just felt a little forced than an easter egg. We shall see, but I am definitely interested in seeing this movie.