A Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2003)

It is so hard for me to even begin to put how I feel about this movie into words. Except that it's the most wonderful story ever told. I have literally seen this movie over 100 times and it never grows old. I watched it every single day from ages 3 to 5. I have a huge collection of Oz memoribila, not just from the movie but from the actual Oz stories as well.
For the time period it was made in, they did the best effects any movie could ever do with what they had back then. The film was difficult to make, but it trully paid off. This is the greatest film ever made, and has so many lessons that can be learned for all ages. And even though there's evil still today in this world, Oz is place where we can escape to once and awhile to forget about our troubles, but even in the end, no matter how hard things get, there's no place like home, where you have family that cares. I'd like to end my comments with words spoken by Mr. L. Frank Baum who wrote the orignal book over 100 years ago:
"When I was young, I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I'm getting old, my first book is written to amuse children. For, aside from my inability to do anything great, I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession; but to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own rewards." - L. Frank Baum
Thank you Mr. Baum for giving us such a wonderful tale.