A perennial favourite

Rating: 7/10 (13 January 2012)

The epitome of easy viewing and quite possibly the most colourful film ever made: THE WIZARD OF OZ is one of those old-time films that never seem to age, and indeed become more and more loved as the years go by.
I'm not a huge fan of musicals, but the tunes in OZ are outstanding: from the jaunty ('Follow the Yellow Brick Road') to the moving '(Somewhere Over the Rainbow') and everything in between. Judy Garland is excellent as Dorothy, as are the rest of the supporting cast - including the ever-loyal and ever-lovable Toto.
If there's a complaint, it may be that the Wicked Witch of the West wasn't quite wicked enough for this viewer, at least not enough to make her deserve her quite horrible fate!