One of the greatest movies ever

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2015)

THE WIZARD OF OZ is one of my favorite films of all time and I will make this a short review.
The plot follows the book very nicely and this movie is known for it's use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score, amazing songs and unusual characters, but over the years it has become one of the best known of all films and part of American popular culture.
The film also featured what may be the most elaborate use of character make-up effects and special effects in a film up to that time.
This was MGM's most expense production up to that time, having a budget of just $2 million dollars and earned only $3 million dollars, but due to re-releases, the film has grossed a lot more and has also been showed on TV, as well including Cartoon Network, TCM, TBS and TNT.
The story is just wonderful and the 1939 film, follows the book nicely and it was really amazing to see and the song "Over the Rainbow" won an Oscar for best original song and was ranked first in the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs list.
The performances in this film are great. The late actors, Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Terry the Dog as Toto, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick, the Singer Midgets as the Munchkins and Pat Walshe as the leader of the flying monkey and those performances are really fantastic in this film.
The film is also named the most viewed motion picture All Time in various critics and popular polls including IMDb's Top 250 List and is the source of many memorable quotes referenced today in modern popular culture.
It was directed by the late Victor Fleming, who also directed Gone With the Wind and the screenplay was written by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. The lyrics were written by E.Y. Harburg and music were composed by Harold Arlen.
The make-up and visual effects are really amazing, but they are just cool and is fantastic, but really spectacular. The characters are all true to the way they are written in the book. My favorite characters in the film are The Scarecrow, The Tin Man, The Cowardly Lion, The Wicked Witch of the West, Glinda, the Good Witch of the North and The Flying Monkeys. I also love Dorothy and Toto.
The way the movie is shot was just amazing and I have no problem with the film's cinematography because to me, this movie does not feel like it ages at all.
Overall, I love THE WIZARD OF OZ. It is earned a right to be called "a classic". The film gets a 10 out of 10 and it really deserves to get that from me because I have no problem re-watching this one again also.
This is one movie that really deserves to be remade and I would love a chance to direct a remake, or at least write the script and play the Scarecrow because he is a cool character. My version would be a 2 hour and 10 minute movie of the 1939 film and I would love a chance to remake it.