will this be fun?

I have great doubts. The original stage musical was nothing high brow but it was tightly produced, had a lot of humour and the right dose of heart. It also gave the performers a lot of space to add their own personality to it: obviously Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel did some fantastic work on that. The musical was flawed in some ways but it was a lot of fun and understandably very successful.

The trailers for the film however make it seem that the tone is much more dramatic and much more focused on the visuals. It certainly makes it feel much more like an average blockbuster in the style of recent Tim Burton movies. Also the two lead actresses seem a little light for the parts. Not sure if they have something to add to all the stuff that has already been done on the stage. Or that they can really carry the songs. I am not optimistic about this one.

I hope so. It looks good.