I watched OZ this weekend

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not to judge it against the original. Knowing that this was a stand alone prequel movie.

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I haven't actually looked much into this movie at all. Briefly, what is the deal with it? Like you said, is it just supposed to be a story of Oz before Dorothy gets there?

Haha what? That's fricked up

Would have been better if Raimi had gotten RDJr like he wanted for the role.

"Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain!"

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Is there a hole in the curtain?

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Yes there is, and it is glorious.

Holes in it? Sure, everywhere, but hey, who cares the hot Russian witch could have just killed the wizard when she landed in the village near the start looking and acting like our wives do after a year or so into a marriage.

I took my 6 year old to go see it and she was on the edge of her seat the entire last hour. She happily clapped her hands at the end.

Really, that’s all I was hoping for. Kind of like Wreck it Ralph. That was nothing great, but I thought it was pretty good and entertaining for a kids movie.

As for an adult going in not expecting much more than a bunch of eye candy, I was amused. It does not have the tremendous screen play the Wizard of Oz sported, but with the technology today, the visuals are just as good and probably even better.

I found myself thinking about half way in that this is a very good escape from reality movie and it almost has that dream feel to it as well.

Does it have a classic ending. No, not really, but it does have a lot of action and it has a pretty good story line.

You are putting too much thought into a movie that's predecessor featured talking scarecrows and bitches who melt when they get wet. That last part is just a regular day in lacour's life.