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At first glance, the plot of The Wizard of Oz seems pretty simple and chock full of clichés. A girl from Kansas and her dog find themselves in a wonderful land, and meet a Cowardly Lion, a Tin Man, and a Scarecrow, traveling on a feel-good journey to find the titular Wizard of Oz, the only person who can send Dorothy home.
Pretty straightforward and obvious, right?
Well, there’s a bit more to it than that. (Spoilers below, so on the off chance you haven’t seen the movie, go check it out and come back when you’ve seen it!)
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“𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚.
𝑨𝒏 𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆.”
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O M G I literally can’t even!! 😂😂 My father’s best friend bought my husband and I a one year subscription to Netflix when we moved into our first apartment. The first movie I had mailed to me was, “Love in the Time of Cholera.”
If you had Netflix when it was mail only, what was your first movie??
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The Wizard of Oz (1939) 1 hr and 52 min
Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away from Kansas via tornado to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, the only person who can get her home, and en route they meet a Scarecrow that wants a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who wants courage.
Fantasy/Adventure
Rating: PG for some scary moments
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Mervyn LeRoy, King Vidor, Norman Taurog
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke
Release Date: August 25, 1939
8/10 IMDb, 98% Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of audiences like it, 4/4 Roger Ebert
Join us next week where we’ll be taking a look on how this film has remained so popular eighty years since it’s first release. Hope to see you there!
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It still bothers me seeing all these women younger than me having babies, but not because I want a child myself. It just makes me feel like “Damn, I’m getting old lol”
0People in their twenties grew up with Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa proclaiming themselves “Young, wild and free,” (2011).
People in their thirties heard the Black Eyed Peas implore, “Where is the love?” In 2003 and we never got a good answer.
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