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.
So I watched The Wizard of Oz, a time-cherished, beloved classic. I don’t usually write about works of this nature for a few reasons. Mainly, I’m not intelligent enough to add anything to what has already been said. Also, I’ve seen this too many times. All my best thoughts have already been washed down the drain like so many childhood memories. The magic is still there but it is impossible to retrace the wonder one might see as something like this in one’s youth. Lastly, the rumors and pop-mythology surrounding this masterpiece are endless, so it’s hard to see it with virgin eyes after so long. One thing is for sure. Having seen several thousand films from all over the…
Do you ever wish you could forget one of your favourite films, just so you could experience it again for the very first time?
I have.
The two options are probably extremely dangerous brain surgery or numerous rounds of expensive hypnotherapy.
I've decided having children is the marginally less dangerous but ridiculously more expensive way of achieving this.
I've just watched The Wizard of Oz with my daughter on my lap. I experienced her every laugh at something funny, her every squirm when the witch got scary. The film I've seen countless times felt inescapably new again.
Before we started the film I explained that it would be in black and white because it was very old.
"Yes, even older…
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.
I have just done a shit load of days at work, and have unfortunately not been able to watch any cinema over the past week... It has been DREADFUL! Truly dreadful!! I have hated every minute. I haven't even been able to read many reviews on here, to which I apologize! I'll catch up soon, I promise.
But jeez, what a relief... I needed to watch something today, and just grabbed this off my blu ray shelf. What a return back to normality for me.
I have always adored The Wizard Of Oz. It reminds me so much of my Grandma. She used to have both this, and Return To Oz on VHS. As far as I remember, we only…
How is this still such a masterpiece? Honestly this is ageless and amazing and I'm along for every song and beat of this magnificent film just as much as I was when I was 4 and watching this on vhs for the first time.
Since I first watched this movie back when I was 5 or so, I've been "low key" marked. For example, I bet someone around me has caught me tapping my heels together three times when I didn't feel comfortable in a situation or place. Those red shoes... everything! such a magical dream
The Wizard of Oz is so ingrained in my childhood memories that I was surprised that I never caught on to the fact that the Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion were the farmhands and the Wizard was the magician (yes, that is embarrassing).
The old-school fantasy tale that takes a young girl into a magic world that is filled with peculiar creatures. The Wizard of Oz might very well be the very epitome of the fantasy genre, blending in some exciting adventure, elements of musical, and inevitably becoming a perfect family movie. The set pieces and design are spectacular considering the time they were put together, while the actual flow of the story-telling does work wonders for what one’s CGI-trained eye might have caught missing in terms of visuals. The acting is so over the top in a good way and generally incredible from the entirety of the cast, bringing out the team-up spirit of the journey-like mission. However, I am one of…
I've always wondered how Auntie Em and Uncle Henry felt when they learned that they weren't in Dorothy's dream, but that con artist Dorothy met like 10 minutes before passing out and the dumbass who was scared of pigs were.
Got a new Blu-ray and holy horse of a different color, does this look even more fantastic than it already did! It's still hard to fathom that this film is over 75 years old, and honestly looks better than a majority of modern films.
I guess that's why it's timeless cinema.
my all time favourite film, so glad my mum showed it to me when i was little. judy garland is an absolute doll in this and i love the score and songs in this so much. what a wonderful time
It's been forever since I've seen this so I barely remember it but holy crap this movie actually holds up. Not in the dialogue and certainly not the special effects, but it has so much heart and imagination that it just feels warm, like comfort food. The music is so iconic and it's been covered and even parodied to death, but it's fun to see it in its original form.
Admittedly, I had to watch this film for my film art class so I went in kind of begrudgingly because of how old the movie is, but damn I was wrong about it.
Also Toto is the cutest dog ever oh my god 11/10 he's a good boy.
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