A wonderful movie, the screenwriters should have read the book!

Rating: 8/10 (10 December 2000)

I love Judy Garland, and of course, this is her defining role. The costumes, the songs, and the scenery have now become more than just classic, they're practically legendary.
However, a pet peeve of mine is that everybody has seen the movie and NOBODY has read the book. The screenwriters in the 1930s seem to be famous for twisting famous stories around to glitz them up for Hollywood. Please read the book, and find out the differences, for example: Dorothy was certainly NOT sixteen, her slippers were NOT made of rubies, and most importantly, OZ was not a dream! It supposedly really existed, and there are 14 books on what happened after the first one-did anybody know that Aunt Em and Uncle Henry moved there? I hope this review inspires just one person to pick up a copy and read it.