Oz the Great and Powerful

This movie didn't work for me. But if you like James Franco (Spider-man), then you might like it. To me he is one of those actors that plays himself - in this case robotic, not very thoughtful, pretty vacuous.

I am realizing that I like Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain & I don't remember her in the delightful The Station Agent 2003). She is sneaking onto my radar with quite solid performances - her films listed on rottentomatoes.com since 2007 have some very impressive and positive reviews. Rachel Weisz (The Bourne Legacy) was okay - perhaps she didn't have much to work with?

The movie drags in a few places, suffers from some poor writing and could be shortened. It's colourful but that's not enough to carry it. It's in 3-D, which once again proves why that it is a 'tool' that the film industry hasn't mastered (except for snowflakes or small bubbles coming out of the screen).