Placing aside my unending hatred of The Wizard of Oz for just a second, this movie is actually really good. It was surprising to me, let me tell you, but it’s well executed, the acting is right on par, and the story while really rather dark at times is well written and takes the right cues from the book its (loosely, but not as loosely as the original movie – bleh!) based on.
It incorporates my favorite parts from The Marvelous Land of Oz – Tock the royal army of Oz, Jack Pumpkin head, and the flying Gump – and adds original touches to tie it back to the original film (Dorothy having trouble re-assimilating to life in the “real world” after her adventures in Oz) without kowtowing to the really bat-shit loco crap the movie made up.
And as an added bonus the film includes the unmistakable work of Jim Henson and his ever-lovable animatronics. Now, I do have an undeniable weakness for animatronics, but you just can’t go wrong with the work of Jim Henson.
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