The moral gets lost in the story

Rating: 1/10 (5 February 2012)

Having grown up with this movie, I am very familiar with it. However I must say that I find it overrated.
A lot of effort went into this movie and it looks very nice for the time, and I must commend the movie movie makers who created this ingenious film. However, I must say that the story is lacking because the moral gets lost in it and because it has certain logical points that are worth exploring.
The one major flaw is that the entire journey that Dorothy, herself goes on is entirely unnecessary; Glinda the "good" witch could have flew to the Scarecrow, the tin man, and the lion and told them the things that they went on a life threatening journey to the wizard to find out. She could have told the Scarecrow that he didn't need a brain if he had intelligence. She could have told Tin Man that he didn't need to actually have a heart to have compassion (otherwise he probably wouldn't want the heart to begin with --although I'd also like to point out that the tin man should have asked for a normal body that doesn't rust--.) And she could have told the cowardly lion that courage is about not letting fear get to you, instead of about not being afraid. Most importantly of all, Glinda could have told Dorothy that all she had to do is clapped her heels together and say, "there's no place like home" instead of again sending her on a life threatening journey in which she's being chased by a witch who commands an army of flying monkeys and throws fireballs. And from all of that, the moral is supposed to be, "don't run away from home.
I think I have a better moral, don't be ignorant, don't withhold crucial information from people, and above all else, don't write books when you're stoned.