Oz: The Great and Powerful

[RobinGoodfellow]

Tin Man: One of those weird great acting/great visuals/bad script issues. If they hadn't tried so hard re-vamping the characters and adding darkness to them while making the Wicked Witch more powerful, it probably would have worked.

MisterMajestic: That's why you really debate following the source material. The original books had a lot of things talking that normally didn't talk.

Movie: So far so, so good.....

 

[tribemaster07]

I hope this Flick fares better than Return to OZ......The Studio went with a darker sequel to The Wizard of Oz...Return to OZ failure had NOTHING to do with the cast of Humans...It was the Oz animals/talking furniture/talking chickens and Rocks that sent it over-the-top....The Late-great Judy Garland would have thrown-up had she seen it.....

So Oz: The Great and Powerful is animated? I'll deff check it out because the story is promising...

I am glad someone besides me knows about the film Return to Oz which I love more than the garland film now that I'm older. I think the main problem people had with with RTO is that it was a very dark movie just like the books were but audiences hadn't read the books they had only seen the mgm version so they were not ready for a film that was not an upbeat/uplifting musical that the whole family could enjoy. I enjoyed it however and am a fan of the film as well as the mgm film.

This new oz film looks like it could be really good and I look foward to seeing it when it is released. I just hope people don't constantly compare it to the mgm film like they did RTO which led to its box office failure and why its been so long since disney has attempted to make another Oz film.

 

[goldenmoth]

If you're after great cult hits set in the land of Oz give 'The Wiz' a go. Seriously, it's fantastic.

 

[MisterMajestic]

I am glad someone besides me knows about the film Return to Oz which I love more than the garland film now that I'm older. I think the main problem people had with with RTO is that it was a very dark movie just like the books were but audiences hadn't read the books they had only seen the mgm version so they were not ready for a film that was not an upbeat/uplifting musical that the whole family could enjoy. I enjoyed it however and am a fan of the film as well as the mgm film.

This new oz film looks like it could be really good and I look foward to seeing it when it is released. I just hope people don't constantly compare it to the mgm film like they did RTO which led to its box office failure and why its been so long since disney has attempted to make another Oz film.

I was a kid when Return to Oz came out...I didnt think it was better than The Wizard of Oz.....Movie-goers knew Return to Oz wasnt gonna be a Musical...The studio didnt mislead the public when they promoted the film...I still remember being excited about going to see it.......Are you saying you didnt like Return to Oz as a kid but you like it now that you're an Adult because you appreciate the Director focusing on the dark side?

If you're after great cult hits set in the land of Oz give 'The Wiz' a go. Seriously, it's fantastic.

The Wiz is fantastic and all the songs are on-point...The Wicked Witch is beyond horrifying but she steals the scene.....If I remember correctly Dorothy's shoes in The Wiz are Silver as they should be according to the book...But this particular Dorothy is Black...LOL....

 

[MassRuss]

I always remembered from the original book that the good witches from the North & South were Glinda & Glenda, one whose "bubble" & dress were pink, the other's a pale blue.

I read somewhere that the ruby slippers were part of MGM's copyright, therefore won't be used in this prequel.

Had I been casting the witches, I'd have asked Liza to play Elphaba

I see that there is a character in the cast named Mrs Hamilton. Homage to Margaret?

 

[braex27]

Trailer #2 looks phenomenal.

 

[goldenmoth]

Looks awesome! I love the money shot at the end! I'm still not sure about Mila as the Wicked Witch but I'm interested to find out what she's like! I hope they don't go overboard with the 3D and just have nonstop things flying at the screen and matrix zoomaround etc!

I love the little porcelain girl.

 

[braex27]

For some reason I thought Rachel Weisz's character would become the Wicked Witch of the West. I agree, Goldenmoth, I am a little uncertain about Mila Kunis in that role. Also, isn't the Wicked Witch of the West meant to be the older sister?

Anyway. The trailer looks amazing.

 

[justndav]

I'm lucky enough to own an original Wizard of Oz book from 1899, lucky estate sale purchase, and I absolutely love the books/original movie. Have the Mego dolls from the mid 70s that I just bought this year.

Anyways, this preview looks great and I am excited to see this movie as it is a focus on the Wizard and how he came to be with probably a little backstory on the other characters as well.

I know a couple other avid fans of the original movie and they are psyched to see this picture too.

 

[goldenmoth]

Hey guys, what do you think of the first character poster of the Wicked Witch?

 

[braex27]

Looks great. Doesn't look like Mila at all.