“WICKED: For Good” and “Zootopia 2” were kind of a double feature because both were shown in the same cinema, with a restroom break in between.

I was amused while buying tickets for the two movies when I didn’t even have to tell the ticket seller my preferred seat number. No, it’s not my favorite 17. Hehe.

I realized she had already memorized that seat number when she told me it was already taken for “Wicked” but was still vacant for “Zootopia.” Movie patron pa more.

This is the second time for me to watch some kind of a double feature this year. Oh. Make that within one month. Wish ko lang this is how it’s gonna be from hereon each time I want to watch two movies on the same day.

In case you’ve been living under a rock since November 2024 when the first “Wicked” installment was released, here’s a warning: it’s a musical.

I don’t like watching a movie whose characters burst into song instead of simply saying what they want to express. That doesn’t happen in real life. Do you sing when you’re talking with someone? Of course not.

Just like what happened in other movies that I watched, “Wicked” and “Wicked: For Good” also had scenes that made me fall asleep.

But they had scenes that made me cry. For the first “Wicked,” it was “Defying Gravity”:

“Something has changed within me/Something is not the same/I’m through with playing by the rules of someone else’s game/Too late for second-guessing/Too late to go back to sleep.

“It’s time to trust my instincts/Close my eyes and leap/It’s time to try defying gravity/I think I’ll try defying gravity/And you can’t pull me down.”

And for the second installment, it was “For Good”:

“I’ve heard it said/That people come into our lives for a reason/Bringing something we must learn/And we are led/To those who help us most to grow/If we let them/And we help them in return/Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true/But I know I’m who I am today/Because I knew you.”

So, perhaps I do like musicals but I’m in denial. “Denial is not just a river in Egypt,” as the saying goes.

I did watch musicals on Broadway: “Chicago,” “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Miss Saigon,” etc.

I didn’t watch “Les Miserables” because, uh, it’s too miserable?

Broadway is one reason people go to New York City in addition to the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Times Square. And before 9/11, there was the Twin Towers.

But people now prefer touring Asia and Europe.

Anyway, since I watched a “double feature,” let’s discuss the other movie, “Zootopia 2.” Which was funny, like its 2016 first installment whose trailer I had to watch again because I’ve already forgotten its plot. The nine-year gap means I’m now older by nine years and therefore not expected to memorize stories. That’s why I’m good at keeping other people’s secrets—because I easily forget them.

What I do always remember about “Zootopia” is the sloth, Flash Slothmore. I was laughing so hard while watching his scene then as he worked at the Department of Mammal Vehicles, where he was taking things ever so slowly.

In “Zootopia 2,” Slothmore is driving a car. Ever so slowly again? Hmmm. Watch the movie to find out.