The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Follow the Yellow Brick Road, Go Over the Rainbow, and You'll Have a Feeling You're Not in Kansas Anymore!

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2011)

One of the most wonderful and beautiful entertaining family masterpieces is 1939's all-time classic, "The Wizard of Oz". Directed by the same director of "Gone with the Wind" in the same year, Victor Fleming has helped to bring L. Frank Baum's timeless children's' stories to life on the big screen. The story tells about Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto, who get sent to the land of Oz, after their house in Kansas was sent in a tornado. Along the way, they meet singing munchkins, a scarecrow in need of a brain, a tin man in need of a heart, a lion in need of courage, a beautiful kind witch, flying monkeys, a green nasty witch, and a wonderful wizard of a green city. "The Wizard of Oz" is one of my all-time favorite movies for many reasons. It's a movie for all audiences to enjoy, and it's perfect for the whole family. The performances by Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, and Margaret Hamilton as these wonderful characters were quite memorable to watch on screen. The characters are memorable, the art direction and costumes are imaginative, the story is timeless, and the music is still wonderful, with all of those classic songs we used to sign to as children. The songs never leave your head, and you always want to hum to them. "The Wizard of Oz" is a beautiful memory of our childhood, and it brings some heartwarming moments of love, courage, and how home matters. I can watch this movie over and over again, because it's the definition of an entertaining classic family film. "The Wizard of Oz", in my review, "a wonderful masterpiece of entertaining proportions".