The story is pretty much entirely the same as "The Wizard of Oz" (which is a musical I only like okay), except it's far more depressing. The setting always seems to be dark and gray and rundown, the buildings are abandoned or look like factories, and there's trash everywhere. The songs are also mediocre at best with lyrics capable of being written by an eight-year-old. The choreography was repetitive throughout the entire movie, and the acting was extremely bad. My brother and I laughed out loud several times, but only because something was so cheesy. Most of the time we were groaning or fast-forwarding through songs that never ended. If something deserved only thirty seconds of attention, it lasted for a good five minutes. And scenes that should've been dragged out for dramatic effect were over in the blink of an eye.
Also, where was Toto?! Half the time he was nowhere to be found only to show up a few scenes later. Dorothy only noticed his absence when it was convenient for the plot, but the rest of the time she couldn't care less where he'd run off to.
I would give this movie
. I don't use a one-star rating often, but this was just cringe-worthy. Everything was melodramatic, inconsistent, or just plain bad.
2 comments:
Oh, man! That's harsh. I'm not a big "Wizard of Oz" fan, so I'm not surprised this is no better. It's too bad that Quincy Jones's songwriting couldn't save this thing, especially considering the lyrics were such problems. Congratulations on making it through!
Yeah, that movie is pretty bad. I'd never seen it before until you guys were watching it. I was cringing and it sounds like you were, too.
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