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.
Der Hexer von Oz, O Mágico de Oz, The Wizard of Oz 1, Das zauberhafte Land, 오즈의 마법사, Vrajitorul din Oz
my gal pals and i were absolutely hooting and hollering whenever the hot scarecrow came onscreen to do a silly dance and fall down. we decided scarecrow is a lanky, sensitive, DIY boy who stands in front of you at your roommate’s friend’s house show and at first you’re annoyed but then he notices he’s blocking your view and he apologizes soooo much, maybe even too much, and after the show you joke around with him and laugh when he trips over his own dirty converse laces, and suddenly it’s 2 am and you’re heading home and you think you’re gonna miss him most of all
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…
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(this movie tenderized me and im in love with life again)
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…
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.
Grade: MASTERPIECE (5 out of 5)
There is no review that I can write that will capture the uncompromising imagination on display in The Wizard of Oz.
Suffice to say that The Wizard of Oz changed movies forever, has lost none of its magic in over 80 years, and is required viewing for all.
P.S. The 4K restoration is stunning!
“How can you talk if you don’t have a brain?”
”...I don’t know. But some people with no brains do an awful lot of talking, don’t they?”
This timeless masterpiece came out in 1939, and this statement still rings true, perhaps more than I would like to admit.
It's a really good classic, but here are some really disturbing facts:
•The "snow" of one scene was in fact asbestos.
•Judy Garland's diet was chicken soup, black coffee and cigarettes to supress her appetite.
•The original tin man's actor almost died, the makeup infected his lungs.
•Judy Garland was molested by the munchkins.
•Margaret Hamilton received second and third-degree burns all over her body when the green copper makeup she was wearing got too hot during the fire scene. After that her stunt double also spent months in the hospital after a prop broom exploded.
And the most disturbing one:
•Shirley Temple once said in an interview that when she was 12-13 years old, she had a meeting with…
Oldest daughter's pick for her birthday for family movie. It moves through the plot much quicker than I remembered. It is just amazing how timeless of a movie this really is. A little melancholy after watching Judy and knowing more about what she was going through.
Iconic. But, as the band America once said,
"But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man,
That he didn't, didn't already have.."
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