Originally Posted By RoadTrip I just watched "Oz, the Great and Powerful" on USA and once again I LOVED it. I am convinced it is a far more repeatable movie the Frozen, and overall much more creative. It is on my top ten list of all time favorites, which I know makes me seen as an idiot around here. I don't care. I think it is a great movie on many levels. So there. One annoying song shy of being a major hit!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I just watched "Oz, the Great and Powerful" on USA and once again I LOVED it. I am convinced it is a far more repeatable movie the Frozen, and overall much more creative. It is on my top ten list of all time favorites, which I know makes me seen as an idiot around here. I don't care. I think it is a great movie on many levels. So there. One annoying song shy of being a major hit!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Sorry for all the double everything on this. This time I an NOT on a netbook. It is LP strangeness pure and simple. I'm going to stop apologizing for something that LP does. Sorry.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I wanted to love it too. After all it was suppose to follow up on the production values of the '39 classic we all know. So, it achieved the "aesthetic" of the MGM version. That's for sure. But, for me, the script was juvenile. The various witch's scripts particularly made me cringe. And though I do like James Franco .. Robert Downey Jr would have been THE PICK for that role. I can just imagine how Downey would have pulled it off. Just the right personality to put 'Professor Marvel' on top! Though Downey is a professor of sorts in the Marvel films ... LOL
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes, some of the dialogue is rather cringe-worthy. I really like the development of the Wizard character in this film. We know from the very start that he is not much of a wizard. But by the end of the film we discover that he is in fact a pretty good man.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost You're not alone, I really liked the movie. It seemed to explain so much about the original story and was very dynamically done. So you are not the only freak. Personally, I think that the freaks are on the other end of this argument.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I tried to watch it on an airplane but fell asleep about 20 minutes in. When I woke up, I didn't bother to watch it again since what I had seen didn't impress me too much Regardless, I like plenty of things that I know are pretty terrible. There's no shame in liking a movie that got crummy reviews; I'd probably put Atlantis: the Lost Empire far higher on my list than I realistically know it should be
Originally Posted By Yookeroo " It is on my top ten list of all time favorites," Wow. I still haven't seen it yet. I do want to watch it. It seems to me the art direction alone will make it at least watchable for me. "which I know makes me seen as an idiot around here." Or just someone who has different tastes. " Regardless, I like plenty of things that I know are pretty terrible." I think better phrasing is "things that the consensus says is pretty terrible". In the end, it's all subjective.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: You're not alone in the least, Road Trip, duckling. Not only did my sisters and I love this movie but so did many of our friends. Obviously the Disney company thought it did well enough or they wouldn't have considered a sequel to it--plus they've considered a land/attraction for it at Disneyland. ORWEN: I think it's one of the best live action Disney films they've done in a long time. ORGOCH: Got ruby slippers?
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Ah RoadTrip - movies are very subjective. I liked the 'Oz' movie until he went over the rainbow. But, whatever. I really don't judge other people's taste in movies.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I liked the 'Oz' movie until he went over the rainbow. But, whatever.>> Which is when I really started to love it. For some reason I really LOVE movies that use a lot of vivid color. I really liked Benny and Joon because of that, and it really was a good movie. I also really liked "What Dreams May Come" because of that, and it really wasn't a good movie. So it can go either way. But I though OZ was actually a very good movie. As you say, it is subjective...
Originally Posted By basil fan I can't say I loved it. I liked it. But something about Franco's performance just doesn't work for me. I really like everything else but him. Which is too bad, because he's, you know...the star. PS I respect someone whose taste veers from the average viewer. If you tell me your 3 favourite Disney animateds are Lion King, Frozen, and Beauty and the Beast, you'll just put me to sleep. PPS Atlantis deserves to be at the top of everybody's list. Disney Glitches <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/dglitch.html">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...tch.html</a>
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>Jim in Merced CA I really don't judge other people's taste in movies.<< After all ... Jim likes the Bewitched movie with Nicole Kidman. :O) ha ha ha ha ha ;~J
Originally Posted By oc_dean Hey ... I'll add myself to the minority for liking 'John Carter', 'Malificient', and 'Lone Ranger'. Especially Long Ranger. I thought that was excellent. I'd love to sit through that again .. in a theater. Loads of fun that film was. Editing excellent. It didn't drag. It was fine. And yet audiences were horrible about it. That one, I did not get. And once I saw Malificient on Bluray .. I thought ... what's with the mediocre reviews. I thought it was well done.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I liked Treasure Planet. I even liked certain elements of Home on the Range. Although I wouldn't put it anywhere near the top of any list, I thought it was kind of unfairly maligned as awful, when it was only so-so, if that makes sense.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Yes it makes perfect sense. Home on the Range is a film behind its time. It would have been a big hit had it been made in the mid to late 1970's, due to its rural, country content. But at this late date it falls short in comparison to all its competition. Still it wasn't that bad of a film. ORWEN: I sometimes wonder if Roseanne Barr's connection to the movie turned a lot of people off because she lost a lot of popularity around the time the film came out--or so it seemed.
