re: Oz the Great and Powerful (possible spoiler)

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Shitty dialogue

Everyone is miscast. Williams, Weis, and especially kunis are really really bad in this movie

I don't know why they cast the midget from bad Santa

Disney seemed overly eager to show us there are indeed black people in oz. at one point a black munchkin pops onto the screen to say one word. I like having black people in oz, I did not like Disney ringing a bell and shouting "we have black people!"

Watching this, they should have cast zach Braff as the wizard, Franco fricking blew, and Braff was the only actor who didnt turn in a complete dud of a performance

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completely disagree with all of this, except for Franco. He wasn't great, IMO. but after hearing that Downey Jr and Depp turned down the role, I was disappointed. Either one would have been much better.

The dialogue was fine.

I thought Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz were actually quite good.

Not a fan of Kunis as a actress, but she was ok in this one.

Some friends saws it on the weekend and liked it okay, but were scathing on James Franco's performance.

Just got back from seeing it, and boy did I really not like this movie. Its just typical Hollywood bullshite when milking money out of a famous franchise.

First of all they royally fricked up the Wicked Witch of the West. Mila Kunis may be the biggest miscast since Kate Bosworth played Lois Lane. I am struggling to think of a decent actress who would be worse for the part. But what they did to her character is just baffling to me. She's merely a girl who instantly falls in love with someone and then turns into psycho stalker once he leaves her without telling. On top of that being evil isn't really her fault at all and she was merely tricked into it; that's a huge "frick you" to the history of the character. Couldn't she just be incredibly damn evil, since I don't think we're led to think anything else in The Wizard of Oz. The Wicked Witch is not supposed to be a sympathetic character, and certainly not a psycho stalker. Wasn't a fan of Franco in it either.

Also part of the fun of the Wizard of Oz were the companions on the journey, and the companions blow on this one. Plus I really see no reason to have the Wizard hook up with the witches, especially it being the climax of one of the witch's entire life. I think the movie would have also been better and truer to the spirit of the original film with some musical numbers, but the only one that starts James Franco interrupts it and acts like this film is better than going into song.

I do think the film is gorgeous and they certainly got the look of Oz right, but other than that I really didn't like this movie.

1 star out of 4



And here's a classic article from Cracked why Glinda the "Good" Witch is actually one of the best villains of all time: LINK

why were most of the Tinkers old black guys?

I thought franco was perfect for the role. The movie as a whole was pretty good, not great.

Mila in the leather pants.

Why you hating on little china girl?

Heartless bastard.

This movie was garbage.

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Hell, avatar was better than this.

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No, it wasn't. This was much more believable, and that's saying something.

I went and saw this Friday in 3D. I'm not particularly a Franco fan, and I didn't think he was great in the role. I do like that they tried to incorporate some of the books into this while also trying to make it a prequel to the film.

And that's the problem. The original is too ingrained in our heads with Judy Garland and musical numbers for this not to be compared to it. Hell, look how Return to Oz (another Disney movie) fared in our collective reviews.

When you watched the Wizard of Oz for the the first time, did you really worry about plotholes like the Wicked Witch of the West not offing the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion while they were walking? No, because it's a kid's movie for the most part.

This one is, too. The only difference is that we all have the original ingrained in our brains and approach movies with logic. Can't really have too much logic weighing you down when China people are alive and talking, flying monkeys wear bellhop uniforms, and a broken heart makes you turn into a acid-tear crying chick.

The movie was good for what it was. It wasn't Toy Story, but it certainly wasn't the Phantom Menace.

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No, it wasn't. This was much more believable, and that's saying something.

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I don't know. I bought that the guy liked blue cat vagina and flying velociraptors. It just felt like everything on here was in extreme flashfoward mode to where nothing really made sense.

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When you watched the Wizard of Oz for the the first time, did you really worry about plotholes like the Wicked Witch of the West not offing the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion while they were walking? No, because it's a kid's movie for the most part.

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To be honest, all the Wicked Witch really wanted was those ruby slippers back, which were rightfully hers. I'm not sure if she was particularly interested in offing them, just making that more of a last resort. The only time she directly tries to murder them is once they come to the castle to murder her, which I think its perfectly understandable. Plus she at least kept tabs on them well.

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This one is, too. The only difference is that we all have the original ingrained in our brains and approach movies with logic. Can't really have too much logic weighing you down when China people are alive and talking, flying monkeys wear bellhop uniforms, and a broken heart makes you turn into a acid-tear crying chick.

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It has to work within the context of its own universe though, which it doesn't. This is like this year's Alice in Wonderland, in that it completely misses the point of what the universe is about. The film looked like Oz, but it didn't feel like Oz.

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The movie was good for what it was. It wasn't Toy Story, but it certainly wasn't the Phantom Menace.

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I'd say it was worse than TPM, but not quite as bad as AotC.