The Wizard Of Oz Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

Pure Gold.

I thought I'd try this out on my kids age 4 and 7.

So many cartoon movies are around these days, I just thought it would make a refreshing change for them to watch a real movie. They thought it was absolutely brilliant, kept them quite for hours as they would watch it again and again.

It has the added bonus of being a very watchable movie for children and adults alike. It may be old, but it's pure gold

Great family film

Im sure evryone knows the story of Dorothy, a young Kansas girl who gets caught up in a storm and transported to the world of Oz, but I imagine a lot of people have not actually watched this film. It is great to watch such a famous film all the way through to see and hear all the famous scenes and songs such as 'Follow the Yellow Brick Road' and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow'.

Judy Garland is wonderful as Dorothy and thoroughly deserved the Oscar she received. Speaking of which in the special features section there is actually a short clip of her recieving her Oscar from Mickey Rooney! There is also interviews with some of the cast 30 years after this film made and some trailers. The rest of the special features are stills of the actors but there are some deleted scenes and an odd news reel from the 30's featuring just a bit of the set and two of the actors.

All in all well worth watching and you'll be singing the songs for weeks!

What Family Entertainment

This is a must for all families to see, it has a scene in it with flying monkeys which got into the top 20 of scarist moments in a film of all time. A classic film which will last forever.

boring

boring not worth watching

A True Classic!

A must see for young and old alike!!

Wizard of oz

The wizard of oz is a very interesting story about an adventurous girl who finds herself lost in a world of fantasy. She makes freinds and meets evil. will she ever make it back to kansas? watch the movie to find out! :)

Classic

This film is highly recommended.

Very good and never fails to entertain the children. If you do not like this classic then there is something seriously wrong with you.

Children will be glued to this film right to the end.

Happy viewing!!!

can't be repeated

There are very few films around that can’t be repeated. These films are made at the right time to give them something extra. The Wizard of Oz is one of them (Casablanca too). As a child I never notice the pantomime quality that comes from a film that is nearly seventy years old and I just got absorbed by the story telling… and as an adult I see earnestness in the acting coming from the great depression and the coming of the Second World War. Maybe this is why the flying monkeys looking like bombers is so strong an image. This gives it something more real than pantomime. MGM might have removed a lot of the fiscal metaphors, but heart, courage and bravery are just as important now as they were in 1939 and a lot less dull than gold standards etc. It is a modern fairy tail. The use of colour in the narrative of a film has probably never been surpassed; especially when Dorothy makes it back to Kansas. Who cares if the lion has crappy ewok feat and the good witch looks like she belongs on a Christmas tree?

Classic

You must have already seen this film - surely everybody has seen the Wizard of Oz! I really enjoyed it when I was a kid but I think I have out grown it. They have made better films since.

Classic

This is a wonderful classic film and I highly recommend anyone with children to show them this film. I used to watch it when I was a little girl and it never ceases to amaze me.

The black and white at the beginning may put some children off but I made it exciting for them by telling them why the old lady was upset with the dog etc and that something amazing was going to happen. This kept them glued.

Again, I thoroughly recommend this film!!! Happy viewing!!!