Posted on 07/05/2013 7:50:19 PM PDT by The Wizard
I must do my fellow Freepers, and the Walt Disney Company, a service.......
We are pretty rough on the Walt Disney Company, Disney World and Disneyland, their movies and animations.....so I feel I must post this commentary when they do something right......
"Oz The Great And Powerful" will be a timeless classic that will run for as many years as the original "Wizard Of Oz"
I have just watched it for the first time, and it was clear when it was over, you could watch it again and again...
The casting, acting and story are perfect. It sets up the original story like it was made before it.
The characters are real, touching and perfectly acted.
To highlight just a few, the male lead, (James Franco) and the lady from the Mummy, (Rachel Weisz) as one of the evil witches are both great, believable, (for a fantasy) and played with the understatement that you don't often find in this type of film.
What I am saying is that this is a wonderful film: don't deprive yourself of it just because you may not be happy with Disney.....
This is a family film, and everyone will find something to like, (it does have a scary shot when the flying apes appear out of a cloud) but be advised, it will entertain you, allow you to accept the characters and the premise, and most certainly make some tear up.....
See it and enjoy it if this is the kind of film you can enjoy......did I say it was great...
take the family, get the bluray or DVD....you’ll be gald you did
The character arc of Oscar Diggs (a.k.a. The Wizard) left me unsatisfied. It appeared that he turned at least one woman to evil by seducing and abandoning her — what kind of hero is that? Did his saving Oz (for the time being) from the two evil witches (both of whom he seduced and abandoned) redeem him?
All that aside, I enjoyed the movie.
Twoo is my favorite all time
Kids gave me special 50 year annv DVD
I enjoyed this movie very much
Disney tied a lot in from the original
Had the tone of original
He was a rake but redeemed himself
We loved it! Need to get it to keep! Is it out yet?
That’s the spirit! Call a spade a spade!
I put it on our netflix list...thank you in advance as you won’t hear from me if I liked it. :{)
My kids and I thought it was a total dog.
I appreciate your input and have adjusted accordingly. He caught me in a weak moment. :{)
thx for the tip, Wizard.
And the witches were clearly hoes
Ping
that does not sound fam friendly
if you like this kind of film, you will like this one....I got it after seeing some clips of the CGI animation, but never expected to actually like it.....now I will buy it so I can watch it when I want to......very nice film..
The seduction is strongly implied but not explicit.
(IE a scene in Snow White had the Queen telling one of her henchmen to bring back her heart in a box, and had the queen walking past the skeleton of a man jailed reaching for water...Disney always played to more than one level)
Our tastes are eclectic. We’ll give it a look.
Oz, the Great and Powerful was an enjoyable movie, but it doesn’t compare to the original Wizard of Oz. And the lead does some morally questionable things.
What exactly does that mean?
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