Oz the Great and Powerful is a pure death-dream movie, and is a continuous journey from one regret and failure to another as the main character transmutes guilt to wholeness.
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These other movies were successful in the way they maintained the psychological focus within the main character's perceptions and projections, and the world within the movie operated as a function of their psychology. Matrix 2 and 3 were dismal failures becuase they left the lead-centered nature of Matrix 1, and ventured from exploration of concepts into something preposterous. Moving an audience past the end of life and onto the bridge between here and not-here is a challenge, and one I love seeing done with consistency within the definitions of the movie itself. Other movies such as the original Oz, Donnie Darko, Dark City, and possibly the Matrix, fit this bill. For an in-depth discussion of the film, check back later today for the new SR Underground Podcast episode.I tend to rate movies based on a few basic points: is it true to itself is it interesting/stimulating and does it leave me with a different mood ie does it move me? I tend to be moved by corny, black and self-aware humour, and Oz managed all three: hence this movie was great for me! I tend to rate movies based on a few basic points: is it true to itself is it interesting/stimulating and does it leave me with a different mood ie does it move me? I tend to be moved by corny, black and self-aware humour, and Oz managed all three: hence this movie was great for me! There are different ways to define movies by genre, and this one falls, in my private method of delineation, of 'death dream'. Oz the Great and Powerful is playing in theaters. We shall see if he's willing to change his mind, of course. Personally, I'm wary of an Oz followup that does not involve either Abaire as co-writer or Raimi directing, and Disney likewise has motivation for tempting Raimi back (since he's comfortable working on $200 million films by now). There's a good chance Raimi will shift his attention away from the Oz franchise and instead work on a smaller project ( maybe an Army of Darkness sequel), much like back when he made Drag Me to Hell after directing three Spider-Man flicks in a row. I did leave some loose ends for another director if they want to make the picture. I was attracted to but I don’t think the second one would have the thing I would need to get me interested."
"I haven’t planned on directing the sequel. Similarly, the studio has Kapner penning the next Oz installment and the cast lined up, but Raimi has informed Bleeding Cool that he's not committed to anything yet:
Abaire is the award-winning playwright and screenwriter who revised Kapner's Oz the Great and Powerful script after Raimi committed to directing - so, is Kapner's final sequel draft going to receive a similar rewrite treatment from Abaire at a later time? Well, that doesn't appear to be the plan (see below).ĭisney has Alice in Wonderland screenwriter Linda Woolverton working on the sequel script, but there's no word yet on whether or not Tim Burton is returning as director. It appears that Kapner is working alone on the sequel script, as Oz co-writer David Lindsay-Abaire is busy writing the Poltergeist remake (which Raimi is producing). So, for example: if Dorothy Gale shows up, she could end up wearing the silver shoes from Baum's source novel (but not the famous ruby pair from the 1939 movie).
Frank Baum's Oz literature for the sequel, but cannot use elements unique to MGM's iconic musical The Wizard of Oz.
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Oz costars Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams are playing coy about the prospect of a sequel, but Mila Kunis has already informed E! Online that "We're all signed on for sequels." The film's story engineer and co-screenwriter Mitchell Kapner has free reign to draw from L. Hence, it's reasonable to assume that the developing followup will make its way beyond the writing stage of development. With no significant competition arriving over the next two weeks and solid word-of-mouth ( read our review), Oz the Great and Powerful shouldn't have much trouble becoming a profitable venture for the Mouse House (passing over additional tie-in merchandise sales, that is).
However, we can now safely claim that Sam Raimi's Oz flick isn't the next John Carter (re: a $200 million + investment that fails to jump-start a new franchise), following an $80 million opening weekend in the U.S. Oz the Great and Powerful's quasi-prequel status and questionable trailers had us wondering if Disney's attempt to repeat Alice in Wonderland's tentpole $ucce$$ would pan out or fizzle.
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