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OZ The Great & Powerful

Jul 18, 2012 13:56

In case you missed it, Disney recently released the first trailer to their upcoming film "OZ The Great & Powerful" (prequel to "The Wizard of Oz", directed by Sam Raimi and starring James Franco, Michelle Williams & Rachel Weisz!

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You can also find some great images here of the stunning visuals that will be seen in the film:
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georgeslymaniv July 18 2012, 21:31:37 UTC

meh. The only adaptation I actually liked was Return to Oz. I feel that James Franco was horribly miscast.

jelene78 July 18 2012, 21:44:34 UTC

I love Return To Oz as well. If you don't like the original film starring Judy Garland I can understand why this film wouldn't appeal to you. It seems to pay homage to it stylistically...in that is does the b&w to color, the entrance from the forest to the Emerald City looks similar, and it appears the Wicked Witch will be green. This something that I actually like about what is shown in the trailer though.

theda July 18 2012, 21:41:22 UTC

That looks wonderful.

jediknightmuse July 18 2012, 23:16:10 UTC

I'm actually excited/semi-skeptical about this movie, but I'm definitely going to go see it. I LOVE the Judy Garland version, and Return to Oz and Wicked.

James Franco is...the wizard? Hm. Interesting.

jelene78 July 19 2012, 00:19:19 UTC

I am a bit skeptical too, but excited at the possibilities. Hope it's a good one!

kartoon_kompany July 19 2012, 21:44:07 UTC

I'm skeptical too. I thought Alice in Wonderland was going to be a runaway hit, but it just kind of drifted away....I don't know about the rest of you, but I am growing a bit tired of all these dark, "steam-punk-type" versions of the fairy tales.

Is Pinocchio next?

jediknightmuse July 19 2012, 21:50:28 UTC

Yeah, I wasn't thrilled with the Tim Burton version of Alice. My favorite live action version is the 1980's TV musical version. :P My parents taped it onto VHS and I grew up watching it. The cartoon will always be my favorite. I've actually found that I'm really usually not fond of Johnny Depp+Tim Burton combinations...I wasn't a huge fan of Alice in Wonderland, wasn't a huge fan of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...I loved Edward Scissorhands, though, so maybe it's just that combination when it's based on a book/fairy tale.

Haha, possibly. I vaguely remember the version with Johnathan Taylor Thomas (who was like...the main reason i wanted to see that movie, because I LOVED him).

Though there's also that Maleficent movie that's coming out at some point...which I have mixed feelings about. I like the idea of getting to see more of her background as a character, but at the same time I'm still skeptical.

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