Imagine with me, if you will—it is a dark December night. You’re snowed in at your house, and you’re looking for something brand new to watch. Now let me introduce you to three movies that will change your life forever: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man’s Chest, and At World’s End.

As longtime fans of the original broadway musical, many Wicked enthusiasts, including myself, were on the edge of their seats waiting for this musical movie adaptation to hit the screens, only to be completely thrown off by the wonders of this story being brought to life in every aspect.

I decided to go back in time for a bit and watch what people (or the internet) calls a classic movie. Though I am a movie fanatic and have been in screenwriting classes, I realized that there are only a handful of classics that I have actually watched.