This is NOT a re-imagining...

dude-2

...rather, it is a direct sequel which you will not realize until almost the end...everything looks stylized and re-imagined but when you discover the truth, you find that NOTHING has changed save the perspective of the viewer - US.

In the original, the viewer is actually Dorothy Gale and her interpretation of the wonderful world of OZ - the interpretation of an impressionable teen-aged girl aswirl in fantasy and longing to see some color in her life (whether she realized it or not). We see that movie through her eyes, not our own.

This "version" is what we see from an adult perspective with the apple-green glasses removed and the plain truth of another world full of magic, misery, wonder and grime.

I was not a GREAT fan of the original (actually the 1939 edition, there are several earlier attempts before it) but i am now - this movie made it a well-rounded experience - from childhood to adulthood.

And it is exceptionally acted, scripted and executed.

I await the DVD!!!

score 10/10

dude-2 10 December 2007

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1778223/