Oz the Great and Powerful | Movie Review  Oz the Great and
Powerful  PG-13 Released: 8 March 2013 Directed by: Sam Raimi
Screenplay by: Mitchell Kapner, David Lindsay-Abaire,  Starring:
James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis Based
on: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum A small-time
magician arrives in an enchanted land and is forced to decide if
he will be a good man or a great one.  (synopsis link)  Oz the
Great and Powerful started out fabulously, with everything
black-and-white, and James Franco (playing the wizard Oz)
setting up his status as a womanizing carnival magician. There
were funny jokes tossed around, and a playful use of dramatic,
though well-trodden, character interactions.  And then Oz found
himself in the land of Oz.  You've probably seen or read The
Wizard of Oz, so I won't explain the tornado = Oz formula, but
he finds himself in a land with a fascinating full spectrum of
colors. We are given an extended view of the wonderful and
outlandish plants and ecosystem