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And looks objectively terrible compared to basically ANY major motion picture released this year (perhaps just short of the great film but terribly-lit “Rob Peace”).
I was flabbergasted that such horrifically flat lighting and incredibly dismal/uninspired camera work didn’t trigger any reshoots (particularly with the $150 million budget they had and, as a consequence, the equipment they had at their disposal.)
people didnt seem to mind
They could have shot it on a potato and most people wouldn’t have noticed.
I’m probably not most people since I do this professionally.
fair enough, im not saying it doesnt look like shit, just that people who like wicked ate it right up. I didnt see it because I am straight
Maybe your theater didn’t illuminate it correctly? I saw it twice, both IMAX and non-IMAX and it looked incredible both times
I used to be a projectionist.
The projector was fine.
There are articles with the cinematographer about how they deliberately made everything grey.
Anytime I hear anything about this movie I remember the hissy fit the lead actress made over the fan edit of the poster. “How dare they erase my face! Racism!”
*erasism
Bigger than “Grease”?
Grease (1978): $328 million
Wicked (2024): $634.3 million
Unadjusted for inflation, of course.
Adjusting for inflation shows this Wicked claim to be marketing bullshit.
https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1978?amount=1000000
When talking about box office grosses, Hollywood never adjusts for inflation unless specified otherwise.
I enjoyed the movie overall, but casting Jeff Goldblum as the wizard was not a good choice.
The amount of marketing for this movie makes me not want to watch it. Tbh I was never going to watch it in a theatre anyway. Would you guys recommend it to a non Disney fan? I’ve been watching all major 2024 releases digitally, so I was wondering.
It was fine but not exceptional in my opinion.
As others have mentioned, this movie looked like
dogshit.
This is what happens when you give an inexperienced, low-budget DoP a 100 million project because of little more than gender.
Listen to her squirm: https://youtu.be/ZRL8NSOgOj8
We have TONS of examples of “inexperienced, low-budget” male DPs shooting blockbusters. Sometimes they look great, sometimes they look terrible. Women deserve those opportunities too. That’s how they become experienced.
interesting case you stumbled upon here 😭 they disappear from comments for ten months then return to exclusively trash on Alice Brooks, stating without evidence that she is a meritless recipient of DEI benefit. all their recent comments (that don’t get banned straight away) have no less than 8 immediate upvotes with their interlocutors often getting mirror downvote treatment—which just screams vote abuse to me*. very unique character here.
*this is speculation and i could be wrong