The Wizard of Oz

I’m watching the Wizard of Oz right now; I’ve seen this movie so much that I stopped watching it, but tonight I thought that I’d put it on. I’ve always had a love and hate relationship with this movie. It is a classic and I do really love the songs, but there is something about it that makes me not want to watch it. It’s probably because when you’re a kid it is kind of creepy. I think that the first time I ever watched it I was alone in my basement. The flying monkeys are really weird. However, I think it’s more that in University in my Filming Literature class we studied The Wizard of Oz, and it was just to in depth to really enjoy it much after that.

One of the first things that I noticed is when Dorothy walked into Oz was that there is a second road. There is the Yellow Brick road that leads to the Emerald City, but there is also a Red Brick Road. I wonder were the red brick road goes. Also, why do both roads start in Munchkin land? Is Munchkin Land like a port or do the roads just happen to meet there so they built a city there? Ok and why does the Yellow Brick Road split? If there are two roads at the start shouldn’t they just continue on in one line and not split? Also, if the scarecrow isn’t smart how is it that he knows which way to go to get the Emerald City?  Man, the road system is in Oz is confusing.

Now here is something that I have always wondered. What do the ruby slippers do? I know that they able to send Dorothy home, but what other magic do they have? The Wicked Witch of the West wants them so bad, but do we ever find out why. Do they protect Dorothy? She gets into a lot of trouble, but never gets hurt. You could say it has to do with the fact that the movie is a dream, but let’s not get into that. This just occurred to me, but how weird would the Wicked Witch look wearing the ruby slippers? I don’t think that those shoes would suit her.

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! I wonder how much this movie is quoted in other movies, and TV shows, and life, Oh My!

I was sitting here wondering how they made the lion’s tail move like that, and then I noticed the string. Way to ruin the magic guys, thanks. I honestly had never noticed it before.

The scarecrow has a gun…this just made me laugh. And there go the creepy flying monkeys.

Why doesn’t the Wicked Witch just kill Dorothy instead of giving her time with the hour glass? And why does it seem like a lot more sand then the Witch thinks?

I really love the moral of the story where even though you don’t think that you are something it is there all along. With the Scarecrow, Tin man and Lion they each think that they are lacking something, brains, heart, courage, but they prove throughout the movie that they already have those things. I love that. Even if you don’t think that you have a certain quality, if you look deep down, you actually do.

Why do witches melt? What are they made of? And why did she steam? When you melt, is it with hot water? So many things that I don’t understand, why is this movie bringing up so many questions?

I love that you have to fly in or out of Oz. It makes it so far away that it could be a believable place.

All in all, I do love The Wizard of Oz. It really is a classic movie. I love the songs, but it still is creepy. Over all if someone hadn’t seen this movie I would recommend that they see it. The Wizard of Oz id definitely one movie that everyone should see, they would for sure understand some quotes better. I think that in the end it is one of those movies that despite it all it is a movie that makes you think about yourself and what you want about from life. Each character thinks that they need one thing from their lives that they are missing. In the end you find out that they had that thing all along which, a lesson that everyone could learn.