Don't go all hipster. I'm a fan of the books, and nowhere in the books does it mention anything in this film. In fact there's over a dozen Oz books written by Baum and rather than use one of those and introduce more people to the series they just made a bunch of new shit up because they felt the source material wasn't good enough.It stayed true to the material it was based on and was probably one of the best done 3D movies I've seen since the whole scam of 3D overtook everything.
If you aren't a fan of the books it's based off of or a fan of Wizrd you probably wont like this, correct. For anyone who is even somewhat a fan of any of the before mentioned, it's well worth the ticket price.
This. I work with a girl who said "I hated it, I didn't think it was funny at all."Im curious what the hell some of you guys were expecting
The ceramic girl and the monkey were the only characters that had any charm. Weisz was decent; the rest of the cast were in way over their heads. Raimi should stick to ruining comic book heros.The best part of the movie was the little ceramic girl, and it certainly wasn't enough to buy tickets for.
Agreed. I liked Franco in some of his films, but as a serious actor... He just can't do it. He plays himself in everything he does. That works well when he's playing a normal guy, stoner, blue-collar worker, etc. But put him in a role that actually requires a bit of character acting and he fails every time. Like playing a scientist in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I really liked that movie, but couldn't stand Franco in the lead. Same thing here.it was entertaining overall but it suffered from terrible pacing and james franco was miscast.
I don't know about the acting but I would have crushed Michelle Williams in that outfit 10 times a day and make the munchkins cheer me on.The ceramic girl and the monkey were the only characters that had any charm. Weisz was decent; the rest of the cast were in way over their heads. Raimi should stick to ruining comic book heros.