Treven Meyers- Oz

I thought that Oz the Great and Powerful was a very interesting and thought provoking movie.  I went in with the expectations of it being a kid movie that would never measure up to the Wizard of Oz.  I was actually quite surprised.  I thought the movie was very well down and contained a lot of biblical principles.

The movie seemed to do a very good job contrasting the different between good and evil in the world.  It was interesting to see how the "Wizard" landed in Oz and was immediately found by the witch and they fell in love.  As the story goes on, her love turns into hatred for the "Wizard" and she begins her plans to try and kill him.  I thought this was very interesting because it mirrors very accurately how hatred is started in society.  Most hate just comes out of misconceptions and not asking the other person their side of the story.  I thought it was cool how the witch became evil by biting into the apple.  This models the story of the fall in Genesis when Adam and Eve bite the fruit.  It was also interesting to see how once the witch bit the apple, she was able to gain all knowledge and found out that her sister was actually the evil witch of Oz.

Another area that Oz mirrors the story of the bible is when the Oz "dies" and raises back from the dead to protect the citizens of Oz.  I thought the line the Wizard stated "people come back more powerful after death" was a very interesting statement.  I thought it was an amazing act of love for the wizard to give up his actual human life, to live behind a veil, in order to protect the people that he had grown to love in the land of Oz.  This movie had many biblical principles within in it and I found it very interesting and thought provoking to watch.