Don't get me wrong, I like this movie...

Rating: 7/10 (16 October 2018)

But I don't feel like it's great cinematic masterpiece that deserves a 100 on meta critic. Sure, it was revolutionary for the time and sure the songs are timeless and catchy, but in this age, the movie is extremely cheesy and sometimes it is so distracting that you forget that the scene you were smiling at was suppose to be serious one. I mean yes, the story is well written, and yes it does have it's great songs and colorful visuals, but this movie (looking back on it now) has a lot of aspects that make it unable to take it seriously. You might be thinking, "But that's what Wizard of Oz is suppose to be!" Well, I'm gonna have to stop you there and point to where this all began. The original source.
In my opinion, the original book is closer to what the wizard of oz really is than the film ever did. Yes, they didn't have the technology at the time, but a lot of people are now so hypnotized by the film's magic that they forget that the book was never meant to be like that. It was dark, brutal, and every character has to earn what they wanted from the wizard. In the film, the wizard just gives them their courage, heart, and brain. But in the book, they actually try to earn it and it feels way more powerful then the film gave us. Not to mention, when Oz the Great and Powerful came out, everyone panned that movie mostly because they were trying to compare it to the original film when that was clearly not what they wanted. That film was suppose to be a prequel to the book. Because if this movie was all a dream, why would there be a prequel to it that explains someone else point of view of this world? Oh wait, that's because IT'S NOT TRYONG TO BE LIKE THE MOVIE! Again. I loved this film, hell I watched it over and over when I was younger. But as soon as I read the book and rewatched the wizard of oz today, I realized that the film in actaulloty was not as great as I thought. You can crucify me all you want, but I thought that Oz the Great and Powerful was much better than this book. This film gets a 7/10.