ðŸ‘ŽCharming, but not aged that well.

Rating: 5/10 (29 November 2018)

Many critics and audience label The Wizard of Oz as one of the greatest movies in cinematic history. It is in the top 250 in IMDb, has a 100% critic rating in meta critic, and in rotten tomatoes it is considered the best movie ever made. I do agree that this is a classic and it is a "masterpiece", but it seems to me that this movie has not aged that well. Watching this now I feel like the special effects are really unrealistic and the acting is not horrible, but mediocre. Many critics and audiences talk about the "magic" this film has, but I sadly was not able to understand what the "magic" of this film is. To be honest I felt like watching a play being caught in video rather than watching an actual movie, and it doesn't have anything that uniquely distinguishes it from the original story by Frank Baum. I am not saying by any means that this movie is a cinematic failure or anything, and it might have had the "magic" back in 1939. But watching it now, it feels so outdated, and like I said too mediocre. I would watch it for instance if I was bored and they were showing this film on Disney channel or something, but it is just not worth saving some time to watch it.