The Wizard of Oz... a movie for the ages

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2007)

I saw The Wizard of Oz countless times when I was a kid. It now amazes me how a movie made in 1939 could be a kid's favorite in the 80's and now a favorite of my own kids' here in the 21st century. Even more amazing is that I normally can't stand musicals, but I loved the music in The Wizard of Oz. They seamlessly and fittingly entered into each song. There wasn't a single song about which I said, "That was awful," or "Where did that song come from?"
The story was pure genius. The Wizard of Oz was one of the most creative and brilliantly done movies of all time. You can always gauge the success of a movie by how it impacts society in general and the film industry in particular. There were plays made after this movie and there were many scenes mimicked or lines often quoted in the years succeeding it. There are numerous lines from "The Wizard of Oz" that, if quoted, just about everyone would know them.
Every role and every character was vital to the movie. There were no wasted characters or wasted scenes even. Each actor did a magnificent job. The acting was superb. They really brought the characters to life and added just as much vibrancy as the Technicolor.
This movie is a classic. There are not enough superlatives I can use to describe "The Wizard of Oz", I cannot say enough about the excellence of this movie.