Oz the Great and Powerful is a
prequel movie that attempts to provide a back story for the events that occurred
in the original Wizard of Oz that was released in 1939. The movie starts out
with Oscar Diggs, who would later become the Wizard of Oz, being taken away in
a tornado to the Land of Oz. After arriving and meeting Evanora, Glinda, and
Theodora, who would later become the witches of the original throughout the
course of the movie, he attempts to prove to the inhabitants of Oz that he is a
magician. Theodora eventually bites an apple that turns her green, which
signals her becoming the Wicked Witch of the West, and attempts to attack the
Emerald City. Using a mixture of technology in order to frighten her away from
attacking, Oscar is able to repel the attack. From this point on Oscar Diggs,
now taking the title of Wizard of Oz, uses the projector that he used to repel
the attack as his true form, becoming the character that would be encountered
later.
I can’t really say that I am a fan
of these prequel movies, especially given the fact that the original was made
so long ago and has become such a greatly loved classic. Even given the usage
of heavy amounts of CGI that was used in the movie, which did in a away make
the movie a bit better, the movie did not really capture the same aspects of
greatness that made the original so well-received. The original was created
before the heavy usage of CGI and really felt more real and was overall more
entertaining than this movie was to me. I believe that the heavy usage of CGI was really the main draw to the movie, and when coupled with a story that was
kind of difficult to understand at times, made the movie a bit of a wash in my opinion. The
movie was however commercially successful, which I guess is really all that
matters to a lot of producers anyway.
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