Wicked and Returning to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

My wife and I watched Wicked in the movie theater. The audience was primarily young women, and while I am not the target audience for a movie like this, I thought that it was well-done and artistic. The sets were colorful and vibrant, the music was good, and the theme of friendship throughout the movie was apparent. Arianna Grande stole every scene that she was in, and it has been a while since she last did any acting. Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba did a great job and evolved throughout the movie. The best part of the movie for me was the climax, where truths are revealed and transformations happen. There was a real frenetic energy in some scenes of the climax along with some good artistic choices as well.

Otherwise, we are just looking forward to a shortened work week along with Thanksgiving coming up. The lingering cough from that terrible flu has pretty much gone away. Also, I returned to practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. It was my first day back in a little over two months while I still had a bit of a cough. My base was weak along with just my overall ability to feel things being weaker. I was out of breath early, and my energy was hardly there. Despite it all, it was good to be back. I will need more time to get back to where I was, but it felt good being uncomfortable.

It is always good to be pleased with a movie that I was not expecting to really enjoy. While that was unexpected, I did expect me to perform badly at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. As I practice more though, I should improve, and as the days go by, I expect more good movies to come out.