Oz:
The Great and Powerful
Kansas 1905. Dust-bowls, storms and
whirlwinds can be a deadly daily duel. A mysterious circus with
wonders of fire, illusions and magic, (I always found these
travelling circus's caressed at my curiosity) With one selfish
egotistical Oscar (aka Oz) using his powers of deception to gain
hearts and money. The screenplays brilliant here as they decide to
make the entire scene black and white, which really adds to the
feeling of the era.
After a hot air balloon in which
anyone who is purely factual would have to leave, for it is purely
'impossible'. Oz is in an Avatar type land, and meets Theodora, the
youngest witch, played by Mila Kunis. Looking absolutely stunning in
her entirely Red outfit. Oz works his charms and there is a romantic
scene as she falls for him. They carry on and meet another witch,
played by Emily Weisz. Oz then goes on a quest to defeat the Wicked
Witch of the East with a talking flying monkey and a china girl.
After meeting Glinda the table's turn as Oz works out which witch is
the really the bad witch. A 'battle' of trickery and magic ensue for
all of Oz.
This film is a prequil to the Wizard
of OZ film. I enjoyed picking up on the clues relating it to the
original film, such as the yellow brick road, lion etc. A real feel
good film, a must for anyone who has seen Wicked! Took me back to
childhood roots … so afterword I indulged in pick n mix with great
company.
As a representative of the green and aged population I feel this film makes the gross misjudgement of assuming that we're all evil. If you took the oppertunity to meet some green and old people, you would actually discover that we're quite nice. :)
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