1939 Directed by Victor Fleming
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
The story of an evil young child who goes on a fanatic witch hunt recruiting evil mutant minions in her wake.
For years and years The Wizard of Oz was my favorite film of all time. It still has a very special place in my heart and don't get me wrong, if I had listed a top ten films of all time, it would be amongst nine horror films.
Growing up in a small town, surrounded by farms and a seemingly black and white existence I found myself dreaming over the rainbow more often than not. I related so much to Dorothy without really realizing it until I was an adult. My favorite character was always the Tin Man but that is easily because of his angelic singing voice and beautiful blue eyes, his lack of a heart may have been…
Yes, I'm a friend of Dorothy....
....but don't tell my wife! O-ho!
Right, enough of that, it's time to make a fool of myself. Now I want you to remember throughout this tale that I was only 8 years old when all this happened. Plus I was a very, very stupid boy who grew up on a diet of Laurel & Hardy and Jimmy Cagney films, so you will surely be able to forgive my ignorance.
Simply put, when I was a young kid I thought the world used to be black and white. Remember - 8 years old! In olden days, when all these Laurel & Hardy films and old gangster films were made, it was always black and white in…
So staggering in its effortless magic and in its mind-boggling creation of worlds, characters, places, and discoveries that it almost makes me cry from beginning to end just because of how perfect it is. The Wizard of Oz is quite possibly the pinnacle of cinema, as it lifts our dreams, our fears, our longing, and our connection to a projected image to a height of heavenly nirvana. No matter where you watch it, you can feel the beauty and the truth radiating from the screen. Honestly, there's really no excuse to dislike this movie, mainly because it has everything you could want in a piece of cinema; an engaging story, likable characters, flawless direction, vivid and luscious colors, scrumptious costume design, untouchable pacing, emotional revelations, amazing set design, impeccable atmosphere, trees who throw apples, talking scarecrows and lions and tinmen, creepy castles, poison, and evil flying monkeys.
EVIL FLYING MONKEYS.
Whatever your argument is, It's invalid.
A psychotic teenage runaway, a retarded scarecrow, a heartless cyborg and a furry go on a killing spree across the Australian outback.
Packed with songs that aren't catchy at all, filled with people that are more annoying than one would care to admit, and testing my patience with its cartoonish visuals & childish character interactions, The Wizard of Oz may be the staple of American pop culture, and is undoubtedly legendary for its influence & cultural impact but it is also a film that belongs to its era, for it looks awfully dated today.
The story of The Wizard of Oz follows Dorothy who's swept away by a tornado but ends up in the magical land of Oz where she's greeted by a bunch of midgets after inadvertently killing the witch who used to torment them. The plot covers the journey she embarks on…
SAW: at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, with J.Y. (1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year)
Ding Dong my shows over, I am sad, let's watch the film, ding dong I'll drown in my sorrows
Wizard of Oz is one of the most innovative, original musicals of all time and will forever be a classic. All of the characters are memorable, all of the songs are pretty good, Somewhere over a rainbow, being my favorite. The movie has tons of fantasy elements, and is an ongoing adventure. The movie hasn't aged a bit, which is really unheard of for a movie made in 1939.
I hadn't seen The Wizard of Oz in many years but I watched it so many times as a kid that I still knew virtually every sight and sound of this classic film.
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