One of my favorite movies

Rating: 10/10 (1 February 2014)

I likely saw this before the age of 5-6, however this is the earliest I can remember seeing "The Wizard Of Oz". This is one of those movies that you appreciate more as you get older. As a small child, I remembered this movie most for the characters. As I got a bit older I began to appreciate the use of color film in the movie, and the impact that it has on the audience.
It wasn't until I was in my 20's that I began to appreciate this movie on all levels. It's an incredible story, and it's also kinda messed up at the same time. The characters falling asleep in the poppy fields for example... not too many children's movies these days with characters getting so high off of opiates that they're passed out in fields. There's also commentary about the economic conditions at the time this film was shot ("All we own - we owe" as chanted by the guards).
1939-1940 was likely the most extraordinary period of movie-making in Hollywood history, and "The Wizard of Oz" was one of the most extraordinary movies of that period. If you haven't seen the movie since you were a child I'd recommend doing so. It's an entirely different experience as an adult.