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Review Summaries
"Six months after Dorothy Gale returned from her trip to the Land of Oz, a lightning storm and a flood send her back to the fairyland with a talking hen named Billina. But Oz is not as Dorothy remembered it. A powerful magician known as the Nome King has conquered the Emerald City and turned all the Oz citizens into stone. Dorothy's friend the Scarecrow has been taken to a prison in the Nome King's mountain. To save her friend, Dorothy journeys to the Nome King with a band of new allies -- Tik-Tok, a mechanical man, Jack Pumpkinhead, a wooden man with a pumpkin for a head, and the Gump, a flying contraption that Dorothy created using the magical Powder of Life.
Unfortunately, the Nome King has turned the Scarecrow into an ornament for his collection. To save him, Dorothy and her friends agree to take part in a game where they will each get three chances to guess which ornament is the Scarecrow. But when the Nome King reveals that those who fail to guess correctly will become ornaments themselves, Dorothy's friends quickly are transformed into the Nome King's knick-knacks. Soon, only Dorothy is left to free her friends -- and save her beloved Land of Oz.
This adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz boasts stunning set designs and faithful recreations of popular Oz characters. Although this movie is not a musical or as humorous as the classic MGM movie, it is nonetheless a rousing fantasy adventure with terrific actors. "
Michael Jung, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 30% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on another world/distant past
Explore/1st contact
Yes
Explore plotlet:
- exploring a wondrous planet or phenomenon
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long, straight
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Hair style
- bald (man)
Body type
- fat (man)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- can change shapes
- super strength
- can cast all sorts of spells
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) long, like a girl
Body type
- muscular (man)
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- missing body parts/abilities
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Misc settings
- mental hospital
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- upbeat
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- exotic aliens
- exotic big cities
- exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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