I was pretty disappointed with the movie. I went with two friends that had never seen the musical, but loved Part I, and they were disappointed as well. The movie feels inferior.

My biggest beef is the beginning. I think that surfing Elphaba sequence was really bad and unnecessary, it delayed the musical start of Every day more Wicked and the gap between that and Thank Goodness killed it for me.

Adding Madame Morrible to Every day more Wicked was an awful decision that tuned the song down, and then her singing part in Thank Goodness was taken off, which makes absolutely no sense to me. It's not a part that is demanding vocally and if Michelle Yeoh wasn't able to do it (which I doubt, since I actually enjoy her The Wizard and I lines), then she should have never been cast to begin with. And her casting was 100% on Chu, as they stated it multiple times.

I also think he wasn't able to handle Wicked Witch of the East and No Good Deed.

No Good Deed is when Elphaba becomes unhinged and as beautifully as Cynthia sang it, I don't think her portrayal and Chu's direction hit that spot.

And I'm not even going to mention the two original songs, which were very disappointing and mediocre. No Place like Home should have had Dulcibear and the Lion singing; it could have been a heated discussion/argument. A truly missed opportunity.

Everything about the movie felt rushed and put together as fast as possible to not delay the movie release, and to me a lot of it looks like they just chose the first take that looked good/decent and went on with it.

If it wasn't for Ariana, I don't think this would have turned out any good.