Page 6 April 2013 Prequel fails to live up to great and powerful billing Oz The Great and Powerful Director: Sam Raimi Starring: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams This prequel to The Wizard of Oz fails to meet the high expectations it set for itself. Before Dorothy’s quest for the Wizard of Oz, even before her house landed on a witch, there was a traveling circus magician who went by the name of Oz (Franco). When Oz ends up in a mysterious land also called Oz, he is thought to be the wizard prophesized to save the people of Oz from the wicked witch. However, there are three witches – Theodora (Kunis), Evanora (Weisz) and Glinda (Williams). While at fi rst it seems clear which he is expected to defeat, the situation may not be as obvious as the wizard Oz had hoped. The idea of a fi lm about the origins of the Wizard of Oz is a great one, but the execution of Oz the Great and Powerful was poor. The plot is unoriginal to the point of being boring, and the writing needs improvement. One of the movie’s biggest problems is Oz himself. While there have been heroes of stories who start out pompous and womanizing but turn out to be good, it’s too dif fi cult to like Oz. Although he is tolerable sometimes, it isn’t enough to make the audience root for him. He’s just too one-dimensional a character, especially to be the main focus of an entire fi lm. Oz the Great and Powerful hinges, unsurprisingly, entirely on the wizard Oz. It’s extremely dif fi cult for a movie solely focused on its main character to succeed, and Oz just doesn’t cut it. The three witches, a talking china doll, and Oz’s fl ying-monkey sidekick, Finley, are not strong enough characters to talk about. Actually, one of these is developed enough, but to discuss it would be to give away spoilers. 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