We find enough to recognize that director Sam Raimi and others realize viewers will be well-acquainted with the old movie, but they avoid excessive winking at the audience. I regard that as good, as I think too much self-reference would become tiresome.
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In this case, Oz nods toward the 1939 movie at times and gives fans some knowing allusions but it doesn’t overwhelm with those. Of course, any Oz project since World War II realizes that it sits in the 1939 effort’s shadow the question becomes how each one will deal with that particular 800-pound gorilla. I suspect the answer’s more complicated than that, but it does seem interesting to note that arguably the two most successful post-1939 explorations of Oz come from projects that lack the 1939 flick’s lead character. Unlike its failed predecessors, Oz takes the path found in the hit Broadway show Wicked and presents a prequel.
So what makes Oz the Great and Powerful different? Perhaps it comes from the lack of Dorothy. (I also recall seeing the animated Journey Back to Oz in 1974 I don’t think it made money, but it was notable because it cast Margaret Hamilton as the voice of Aunt Em.) In particular, 1978’s The Wiz and 1985’s Return to Oz provided notable bombs. Oz meets fellow witches Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Williams) as he eventually embarks on a quest that allows him to befriend talking monkey Finley (voiced by Zach Braff) and a China Girl (voiced by Joey King) while he tries to eliminate the Wicked Witch and take the throne.Īs I alluded at the open, movie history comes littered with unsuccessful stabs at Oz-related flicks. This proposition comes with challenges, mainly from the Wicked Witch, as she wants to dominate the Land of Oz herself. Oz scoffs at this – until he learns that the Wizard of Oz gains control of a vast repository of riches. There he encounters lovely Theodora (Mila Kunis), a witch who believes he arrives to fulfill a prophecy and become the realm’s king. The twister carries Oz far away – all the way to the Land of Oz. On the run from the strongman, Oz flees in a hot air balloon – and winds up caught in a cyclone. Their reunion gets interrupted when the circus strongman (Tim Holmes) finds out Oz tried to woo his wife (Toni Wynne). When Annie states that John Gale asked to marry her, she clearly hopes Oz will step up his game, but he chooses his quest for fame and success over the love in front of him.
Sideshow magician Oscar “Oz” Diggs (James Franco) sells his tricks to the rubes but aspires to more, and he glimpses a reminder of a life he could’ve had when he re-encounters former love Annie (Michelle Williams). Oz takes us to Kansas circa 1905, as we visit the Baum Bros. The 2013 film became a pretty decent hit and showed that crowds might just accept Oz without Judy Garland. None of these struck a substantial chord with audiences – not until Oz the Great and Powerful, that is. Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (June 3, 2013)Įver since 1939’s The Wizard of Oz became a cinematic classic, we’ve found occasional attempts to revisit the magical land created by L.
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