Have You Seen Oz?

[Tinkerbellie16]

I thought the movie was good especially the Black & White to Color shift.

Let us remember one thing the 'Wizard of Oz' take place many years After this 'Oz'. Dorthy; one would guess is the Daughter of Annie (Michelle Williams). Who at the Circus lets Oz know she has become engaged to John Gale.

Also since Evanora was into Emeralds in this 'Oz', I would guess that she was given the Ruby Slippers by Theadora. Because if you look close after Theadora changes you see her Ruby ring pulses with power.

The ruby slippers belong to Warner Brothers, so they couldn't use them in this film (they're silver in the books). They walked a very fine line to make this without infringing the copyright in The Wizard of Oz.

I saw it a few weeks ago at the showing they did at Epcot for DVC members and thought it was ok...not great, not bad...just ok...I agree that James Franco didn't really seem to grab me as the wizard, but he had his moments...I thought the 3D was actually put to pretty good use visually and not overly hokey...besides the whole legal/copyright issue with the red slippers I figure they didn't bring it up because they will use it in a SEQUEL which will undoubtedly happen if the numbers are as big as they are hoping

So glad I stumbled upon this thread. I saw Oz with my kids and husband last Saturday. My husband and I both grew up seeing Wizard of Oz on TV (it was one of the few movies that would be on TV in the 70s) and my kids have seen the Wizard of Oz a couple of times but they don't seem to have the knowledge of the movie that we do. My husband fell asleep (he was really tired and we dragged him to the movie) and the kids enjoyed it but I was reading totally into it! I love all the connections to the original movie but I had no idea why there were some references and not others until I stumbled on this thread. That's when I searched for some more information and here's an article with the Director's answers on some of these things:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/05/sam-raimi-oz_n_2807673.html

In general, I adored the movie but really wanted to see some reference about the ruby red slippers. After reading this thread and the article, it sounds like they couldn't reference anything that was in the movie and NOT in the book. Since I have not read the book since I was very young, I don't remember what was in it vs. only in the original movie.

I also liked that there was reference to the cowardly lion and the scarecrow but was disappointed that there was no reference to the tin man (china girl though???)

I enjoyed the majority of the casting but I questioned Mila Kunis. At the start, I liked her part and her character but I felt it jumped to quickly to 'wicked' and she definitely didn't have the 'face' for the witch.

And when the movie started, I got the black and white/small frame but I didn't catch on to the sound. At first, I thought that they had forgotten the surround sound in the movie theater (which has happened to other movies I've been in and they have to fix it). But then when Oscar got stuck in the tornado, the surround sound kicked in - fabulous!

I think they could have cut some of his landing into Oz and some other slow moving scenes and added some more scenes in which Mila turns more and more wicked. Nice apple by the way

All in all though, I really enjoyed the movie and will be purchasing it to watch again and again!