What a disappointment! I had high hopes for this movie - it started in black and white - I thought this was a good sign. Then the hot air balloon gets pulled into a cyclone, Oz is knocked out, and he wakes up in technicolor just like the original Wizard of Oz. There were some visually stunning scenes that I think were created specifically for the 3D version.We opted to see the regular movie.
James Franco played the great and powerful Oz. There's no beating around the bush - he was awful - he played the whole thing as if he was half baked. Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz played Theodora and Evanora - the evil witches in Oz. Their performances were tolerable but Michelle Williams as Glinda the good witch sounded like Marilyn Monroe through the entire show. Not good.
Here's what I think - this movie would be ok for kids except that the flying baboons were MUCH scarier in this movie than the flying monkeys were in the original. Otherwise, I think only kids would appreciate this movie. Truthfully, some people actually applauded at the end of the movie. However, when the movie ended, Ron looked at me and said, "I'm not sure why they thought they had to make that movie." I couldn't have said it any better myself.
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Thanks for the warning. When I was a kid, I must have seen the original a dozen times.
"Some people actually applauded at the end of the movie." Maybe they were applauding because it was over.
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