Oz The Great And Powerful
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Thing is, we know Oz and its wizard and those witches and the Munchkins are destined for a far greater adventure a little ways down the Yellow Brick Road. The landscape won't be as amazingly gorgeous and the witches won't be able to fly about and hurl fireballs with the ferocity they display here, but it will be a much more magical adventure all the same.
Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL opens in the familiar black-and-white landscape of early 1900s Kansas. Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a charming magician nicknamed Oz, charms a pretty country girl with an obviously fake story about his grandma's music box. During his show, a young girl in a wheelchair (Joey King) asks him to make her walk, but he demurs and has to stop the show in relative disgrace -- until he sees the one local girl he cares about, Annie (Michelle Williams). When a fellow carnie comes after Oz for flirting with his girl, Oz escapes in a hot air balloon that flies directly into a twister and then crash lands in ... somewhere that's definitely not Kansas. Confused by his colorful surroundings, Oz meets the beautiful Theodora (Mila Kunis), a young witch who explains that he must be the prophesied Wizard of Oz sent to deliver the kingdom from the evil witch. Theodora's older sister, the powerful Evanora (Rachel Weisz), promises Oz the throne if he kills Glinda and destroys her wand, but once he meets Glinda (Williams), it's clear that someone's story isn't quite right. With an adorable monkey Finley (voiced by Zach Braff) and a brave little China Girl (King) by his side, Oz must decide whether he's just a con man magician or if he can truly be the Wizard of Oz.
The fact that Oz is a shallow womanizer who transforms (ever so slowly) into a worthy defender of the land that bears his name isn't nearly as compelling as the story of an orphaned Kansas farm girl who desperately wants to find her way home. Oz -- quite unlikable at first -- doesn't want a home, and he doesn't want to be good; he wants to be great. Greatness in this film is courtesy of the supporting characters, but Franco, while perfectly suited for Oz' smarmy trickster, has trouble pulling off the more heroic acts necessary in the third act. Visually, Raimi offers viewers a true spectacle (like the unforgettable sequence in which a character transforms into the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West), but the magic you felt when you heard "Over the Rainbow" for the first time or saw Dorothy skipping down the Yellow Brick Road? It's just not there this time around.
There's actually a great deal more magic and a great deal more heart in Oz the Great and Powerful than I expected. This story of a con-man carnival magician and his unlikely band of accomplices out to save the land of Oz had many pleasant surprises, but none more so than the way it managed to bring a smile to my face.
I was actually really enjoying the film right up until this moment. I enjoyed that Oz was such a fraud. I liked that we began in Kansas, in black and white, that we rode the hot-air balloon to the colorful land of Oz. I liked the visuals there, the humor, the beginnings of some character development. And then suddenly, horribly, we're asked to swallow this great big heaping spoonful of implausibility.
Sadly, however harsh this review may seem, I probably enjoyed more of the film than not. I had a grin on my face a great deal of the time. It's this realization, that here was a film I could almost really love---but not quite---that let me down the most.
At Comic-Con, Disney showed off the first trailer for Oz the Great and Powerful, and then released it online as a nice way of saying, "Thanks for standing in line, suckers!" I thought the trailer looked very pretty, but I wanted to see more of the characters and plot. Six new images from the film have gone online, and they once again confirm that the movie will look very pretty, which isn't too much of a surprise considering that director Sam Raimi has a great eye for visuals and he has Robert Stromberg (Alice in Wonderland) as his production designer. These images are basically stills from the trailer, but they'll make for some nice desktop wallpaper.Hit the jump to check out the images, and click here for our recap of the movie's Comic-Con panel. The film stars James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, and Rachel Weisz. Oz the Great and Powerful opens March 8, 2013.
Disney’s fantastical adventure “Oz The Great and Powerful,” directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.
When Dr. Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus magician and con artist with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot - fame and fortune are his for the taking - that is, until he meets three witches, Theodora, Evanora, and Glinda, who are not convinced he is the great wizard that everyone has been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity - and even a bit of wizardry - Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.
Dr. Oscar Diggs (James Franco) is an ambitious illusionist/con man employed by a midwestern traveling circus. Despite being greatly ambitious, Oscar's magic career isn't taking off. His illusions are cheap, his suits are torn and patched, and he's barely making enough money to keep his head above water. Frank (Zach Braff), Oscar's circus assistant, barges into Oscar's caravan as he puts the moves on his latest magician's assistant May (Abigail Spencer). He produces a small wooden music box, which he claims once belonged to his great-grandmother, and gives it to May as a token of his love. Frank reminds Oscar, or Oz, as he's known, that his next show is about to begin. Frank hands Oz the show's cash takings: an old hat filled with a dozen quarters and nickels. Oz reluctantly plucks a pair of coins from the hat and gives them to Frank, and pockets the rest. Frank is unhappy with how Oz treats him.
Theodora's anger at Oz is at a boiling point, as is evidenced by her severely disfigured, acid-burnt face. Evanora, now in total control of Theodora convinces Theodora to follow along with her plan and become more powerful than any wizard ever. Evanora produces a small green apple and tells Theodora that it will remove her heartache. She bites the apple, suddenly realizing that her sister is the true Wicked Witch. However, she then begins acting as those she's in pain, demanding to know what the apple is doing to her. Evanora explains that it's only Theodora's heart withering away; soon she'll feel nothing but beautiful wickedness. Theodora sees visions of Oz laughing as she keels over near a fireplace; a table blocks Evanora's view of her. The moment Theodora falls, the fireplace's flames kick up. Evanora calls to her, worried that she may have killed her sister instead. To her surprise, a green-skinned arm reaches up and grabs the table. Evanora flatly explains Theodora is now hideous, making her sister examine herself; she offers to cast an enchantment to make her look as she did before. However, Theodora tells her not to as this is what she is now; Oz has to see what he's turned her into. Theodora takes her ruby-colored hat, transforming it into a black brimmed hat and puts it on. Evanora can only look on in shock as her sister laughs maniacally; she may have just made Theodora even more wicked than herself.
Glinda, shocked by Oz's death, cries, and prepares to die. Suddenly a booming voice echoes throughout the city and Oz's ghostly face appears on the plume of smoke. He explains shedding his mortal body was necessary to become the true Wizard of Oz, and that he is now immortal & all-powerful. Evanora and Theodora are speechless. They fire lightning and fireballs into Oz's ghostly facade, but they do nothing. Secretly, Oz, Knuck, Finley, and the Master Tinker sit huddled in the caravan at the center of the city, projecting a moving image onto the black smoke, putting-on a spectacular illusion. While distracted, the China Girl sneaks Glinda her wand and manages to break her free. Upon finding Glinda gone, the townspeople turning on her, and a massive floating head in the sky, Evanora escapes into the castle, leaving Theodora to deal with the town by herself. Theodora angrily calls her sister a coward, since she had always been called the weak one. Soon Oz, and the townspeople, rain fireworks down onto Theodora, forcing her to escape on her broom. Right before Theodora leaves the Emerald City, Oz tells her that he knows her wickedness isn't her doing, and that if she can ever find goodness in her heart again, she is more than welcome to come back to the Emerald City. However, Theodora shrieks a defiant "Never!" before taking off to the West. 781b155fdc