Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet,” “The Color Purple”) and Ariana Grande (“Victorious,” “Hairspray Live!”) reprise their roles as Elphaba and Glinda once more to complete their story. However, if you are looking for more of the “gelphie” happy scenes we all loved and got to know in part one, this is not the story for you– part two is much more wicked.

The year-long intermission is finally over as “Wicked: For Good” flew into theaters Friday with $150 million in the box office for opening weekend. The sequel defies gravity over last year’s profits of $112.5 million and is runner up for highest-grossing movie in its opening weekend this year behind “A Minecraft Movie” with $162 million, according to Variety.

While part one was a prequel to the story we all grew up with, “The Wizard of Oz,” part two can be seen as a behind the scenes of Dorothy and the gang’s journey. Themes of the first act were about discovering identity, friendship and injustice while the second act was more focused on internal struggle, transformation, vengeance, betrayal and freedom.

With Glinda trying to be the good witch she claims to be, she is seen throughout the movie questioning if she is in fact good. To remain popular, she must pretend she hates her truest friend, Elphaba, as she is exiled. She also has to keep those in power satisfied, be one half of a power couple and pretend she has magical powers.

Elphaba is trying to get the people of Oz to know the truth while out for revenge for both the animals and herself as she discovers more about the real evil behind the smoke screens. She has the purest heart while being perceived as wicked and has to deal with the betrayal of her best friend.

Though this film was the conclusion of the story, there were many questions left unanswered. Elphaba’s main journey throughout both films was to help the animals of Oz who were losing the ability to speak. The film never specifies how the animals lose their voice nor does it show how, or if, they get it back.

Although the movie is 2 hours and 17 minutes, the timing in this film felt rushed and all over the place. The ending of part one left off with Elphaba takes to the skies, leaving Glinda in The Emerald City with Jeff Goldbloom’s (“Jurassic Park”) The Wizard and Michelle Yeoh’s (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once”) Madam Morrible, the sorceress who was behind a lot of the manipulation during their time at school.

Part 2 does not pick up where part 1 left off, but with an unspecified time jump with Elphaba and Glinda already in their new roles in Oz. The rest of the movie had similar timeline jumps. This might have been because of the director, Jon M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “In The Heights,”) wanting to leave Dorothy’s image nostalgic to what viewers grew up with by never showing her face as she is a pawn in Elphaba and Glinda’s story, according to Deadline.

Dorothy’s posse, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion and Scarecrow are characters who we are familiar with, and are crucial to the plot. Keeping their journey out of the film took away from allowing the audience to see how their transformations affected the characters we got to connect with.

The movie as a whole was visually appealing. Similar to the first film, the production team focused on making the set and special effects as real as they could by using practical effects, and utilizing CGI only when needed, such as bringing Coleman Domingo’s (“The Color Purple,” “Euphoria”) Cowardly Lion, the other animals and the magic to life on screen. The Industrial Light & Magic that worked on “Star Wars,” and Framestore that worked on “Harry Potter,” helped finish the story providing the film’s visual effects.

The music was phenomenal, including fan-favorites from the Broadway musical and two original songs. Part 2 showed a lot of parallels from both halves of the story throughout the music, but from a different narrative. In the beginning of act I, there is a happy celebration through Munchkinland while everyone comes out of hiding now that the witch is dead, but act II is quite the opposite as we see fear that the witch is back and munchkins run and hide. There are many more times throughout where a scene or song parallels either the first movie or the good side and bad side which is done well.

Besides the unanswered questions and confusing timeline of the story, everything else was “oz-mazing.” The acting, visuals and music really brought the story together. The actors showed how their characters developed as time went on. Like done in part 1, the live singing showcases the emotion through each song. The movie as a whole was a great experience.