Raimi's casting is equally exceptional: James Franco shines as the predestined Wizard Mila Kunis Black Swan is superb as the tormented young witch Theodora Rachel Weisz The Constant Gardener delivers another great performance as Theodora's older sister, Evanora, the witch who rules over the Emerald City and Michelle Williams Brokeback Mountain, Blue Valentine, My Week with Marilyn is sensational as Glinda, the Good Witch. There is so much detail in the loaded design that you will definitely have to see it again to be able to take it all in: when Oscar and Theodora walk down the yellow brick road flanked by fields of sunflowers, it is amazing how each one of the sunflowers turns to greet them. The combination of the artistry of the creative team is out of this world, bringing to life a vibrant world that explodes with unbelievable designs, powerfully underscored by Danny Elfman's soaring score.
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And, like any great genius, Raimi is a sincere and honest storymaker who teamed up with the greatest wizards in the film industry to help bring the enchanting Land of Oz to life, Raimi assembled his own band of technical wizards and movie magicians, bring Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire's imaginative screenplay to life. What makes Oz The Great and Powerful the masterwork it is, is that Raimi and his exceptional creative team opted to film the majority of the film for real, mounting the entire production on seven sound stages at the 675,000 square foot sound stage facility in Pontiac, Michigan. From the opening scene where Raimi skillfully presents the film in black-and-white and transitions into color when the protagonist arrives in Oz, akin to the 1939 film, also changing aspect ratio from 4:3 Academy ratio to 16:9 widescreen, the spellbinding adventure snowballs into an unforgettable climax that you will never forget. Oz the Great and Powerful is ultimately about on ordinary, flawed con-artist who shows those who believes in him that he might not be the Wizard they expected, but is indeed the Wizard they need.
Ironically, just as Edison became a telegraph operator after he saved a three-year-old boy from being struck by a runaway train, so is our ordinary small-time circus magician with dubious ethics in Oz The Great and Powerful hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz where he becomes empowered after saving lives.
Just as Edidon spinned his wizardry, Raimi conjures up his own enchantment to deliver a sumptuous feast that tells a great story in an entertaining and spectacular way, truly unlike anything you could have ever imagined, and one that would have ignited the inspiration of Edison and Baum and like-minded visionaries. Edison's famous saying: "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration," manifests itself gloriously in Raimi's masterwork. Phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
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