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Beloved had enjoyed Wicked so much when she saw it with Angel and Kelly Jo, she said, "You've got to see this," and took me as she watched it a second time (a VERY rare occurrence for her to watch a movie she's already seen). Because of that, I bought tickets for us to see For Good as well.
Because it had been a year since I had seen the first part ... and had only seen it once ... we rented it through Fandango at Home and watched it the day before Thanksgiving. Well ... when I say that we watched it, I mean that I watched it while Beloved sat beside me on the couch, paying more attention to her phone and the laundry. Can't really blame her. If seeing the movie twice was a rarity, you can imagine her lack of interest in seeing it a third time.
Be that as it may, if you have NOT seen Part 1, don't bother watching Part 2. You would be absolutely and irrevocably lost.
For those fans who are wondering, yes, what you've heard about how most of the musical's best songs were in Part 1 is true. There are only a couple in Part 2 that I even recognized. The music in For Good seemed to be more integrated as part of the narrative ... less "we will now pause the story so we can do a song". Some will like that, others will not.
The other noticeable difference between the two films is that For Good gets down to the business of intertwining with the Oz story as we know it from the 1939 film. That made it a bit more satisfying for me (speaking as a former Scarecrow).
Should you see it? If you loved Wicked, Part One, do yourself the favor of seeing the story come to its conclusion. 3.5 out of 5 stars
Current Events Note: MAGAphiles won't necessarily appreciate the whole plotline about the Wizard's anti-animal campaigning...unless they fail to see how it parallels a current political figure's rhetoric about immigrants.
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