Without a doubt, the best musical ever made.

Rating: Null/10 (21 September 1999)

1939 is considered by many to be the best the year in Hollywood's history especially because of the release of one of history's greatest classic, "Gone with the wind". It is also the year that has the most movies on AFI's top 100 list with five: Gone with the wind at #4, Mr. Smith goes to Washington at # 29, Stagecoach at #63, Wuthering heights at #73, and The wizard of Oz at #6. Personally, my favorite of these five is "Mr. Smith goes to Washington". However, I do recognize the greatness of "The wizard of Oz" and I do consider to be the most charming and most original musical ever made in Hollywood.
During a local storm in Kansas, Dorothy's (Judy Garland) house takes off into the air and crashes on the wicked witch of the east killing her automatically. When Dorothy gets up again after having lost conscious because of the storm, she realizes that she isn't in Kansas anymore and the movie is now in color. After looking around for a while, a fairy appears and goes to see Dorothy and when she asks where she is, the fairy tells her that she is in the land of Oz and that the only way for her to get home is by talking to the wizard of Oz. As they talk, Dorothy makes the acquaintance of the lovely people who live in Oz called the Munchkins. But she is wearing a pair of red slippers which she doesn't know were the ones of the wicked witch of the east. So the witch's sister, the wicked witch of the west (Margaret Hamilton), appears before Dorothy asking her for the slippers. But the fairy defends Dorothy and the witch leaves.
Dorothy then asks how to get to wizard's home. And this is when the fairy tells her that all she has to do is: "Follow the yellow brick-road". Along her way, Dorothy meets a scarecrow who doesn't scare crows anymore and doesn't have a brain, a tin-man who is too rusty to be able to even slightly move and has no heart and therefore no emotions, and finally, a lion who has lost all his courage. She invites the three with her to see the wizard suggesting that the wizard could give the scarecrow a brain, the tin-man a heart, the lion courage and tell her how to get home. But naturally, the path that leads to the wizard is full of surprises all set up by the wicked witch of the west.
Charming and amusing, "The wizard of Oz" is a very unique movie and has no flaws. The story is incredibly original, the script is good, the directing is great, and the performances are exceptional. But it's Margaret Hamilton and Judy Garland who are the best part of the whole movie. Hamilton is very good and very evil as the wicked witch of the west and Garland is excellent as Dorothy. The singing scenes are the best that have ever been directed and Garland's singing is simply the best there ever was. It isn't a surprise that she was ranked as the eight female legend of AFI. This is a great classic and the best movie of 1939 after Mr. Smith goes to Washington. But you should still see it at all costs.