What Katie Watched

Tag: movies

  • Wicked (2024)

    2h 40mins

    10/10

    6th time watch in the cinema

    Yes I am obsessed with this film and proud of it! As much as I enjoy being able to watch it from home now, I feel this is definitely one to be enjoyed on the big screen if you have the opportunity to. So I will continue to go to cinema screenings for as long as I can!

    My original review from 20th Jan still stands:

    I felt like I came floating out of the cinema the first time I saw this. I felt so light and full of joy.

    I held off going to see it for a while where it had been so hyped and I love the theatre show (seen 4 times). I always have lots of reservations about anything I love being remade as I am not a fan of change. I went to see it by myself so that I could leave if I was hating it and not worrying about the opinions of anyone with me.

    Within the first few minutes I knew this was not going to be a problem. I felt the goosebumps creep up my arms and spread up my neck. I was hooked into the magical world of Oz. The music was beautiful, singing epic, dancing fantastic, sets mesmerising, costumes stunning and acting superb.

    I cried multiple times as I was pulled in and swept away in this beautiful story.

    It stayed pretty true to the original musical, no changes that made me recoil with it being “too different!”.

    I loved how grand it was and all the musical numbers having the epic scale like old musicals do.

    My only complaint is that I have to wait until November for the second half, Wicked For Good.

    I wish I could give this film a hug for all the joy it has brought me.

    I’m still listening to the soundtrack on repeat.

    Would watch again

  • Wicked (2024)

    2h 40mins

    10/10

    Rewatch

    This was my first time watching the film at home and I had a fantastical time singing along rather than mouthing along to the songs when in the cinema.

    My original review from 20th Jan still stands:

    I felt like I came floating out of the cinema the first time I saw this. I felt so light and full of joy.

    I held off going to see it for a while where it had been so hyped and I love the theatre show (seen 4 times). I always have lots of reservations about anything I love being remade as I am not a fan of change. I went to see it by myself so that I could leave if I was hating it and not worrying about the opinions of anyone with me.

    Within the first few minutes I knew this was not going to be a problem. I felt the goosebumps creep up my arms and spread up my neck. I was hooked into the magical world of Oz. The music was beautiful, singing epic, dancing fantastic, sets mesmerising, costumes stunning and acting superb.

    I cried multiple times as I was pulled in and swept away in this beautiful story.

    It stayed pretty true to the original musical, no changes that made me recoil with it being “too different!”.

    I loved how grand it was and all the musical numbers having the epic scale like old musicals do.

    My only complaint is that I have to wait until November for the second half, Wicked For Good.

    I wish I could give this film a hug for all the joy it has brought me.

    I’m still listening to the soundtrack on repeat.

    Would watch again

  • Better Man (2024)

    2h 16mins

    6/10

    First time watch in the cinema

    I went into this film really wanting to like it, but it just didn’t click with me.

    I do not understand why it is being so heavily criticised, where although I didn’t love it, I don’t think it’s a bad film.

    It left me wanting to listen to Robbie Williams and remember some of my old favourites that didn’t make it into the film.

    I found myself comparing it to the recent biopics that have been around the past few years. I absolutely love Rocketman (2019) and have watched it multiple times. I really like Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), but find the ending too sad to want to watch it frequently. With Better Man, I understand that Robbie wanted to address his struggles with his mental health in this film, but I found the way it was portrayed quite repetitive, staying at surface level and didn’t tap into anything for me emotionally. I also felt that the different aspects of his life were dipped in and out of too quickly for me to get a feel of what was going on for him with the different people in his life.

    I guess I was hoping for something that felt more like a celebration of his music and what he has overcome to get to where he is now. Instead, I felt a bit like I was watching a “f*ck you” to the people Robbie has felt wronged by in his past.

    Would not watch again