It is to be expected that "The Wizard of Oz" won the box office. First of all, "The Wizard of Oz" is a nostalgic movie. The film uses superb CG technology to perfectly reproduce many classic scenes of "The Wizard of Oz", which caters to the nostalgic psychology of the audience in recent years. Secondly, the golden signboard of "Disney products, must have family fun products" has a solid and stable consumer group. Once again, this film is the new work of the heavy-duty director Sam Raimi who has been in the hands of Disney after being silent for many years, which has attracted much attention. Finally, popular actors such as James Franco and Michelle Williams joined together as a box office guarantee.
Even if "The Wizard of Wonderland" was criticized as "younger stories" after its release, the ingenious shadow of Sam Raimi, a heavy taste lover who was born in horror films, can still be seen in the film: a lot of unexpected and frightening scenes come one after another, such as Mira who turned into a green evil witch, a mysterious man in a black robe in a windy cemetery, a witch with a torn skin and a sudden aging, a brutal flying beast, the ferocious facial image of Franco in the climax scene... It is definitely a concentrated expression of the artistic style that the director himself can never abandon and the experience gained from directing horror films for many years, and these horror elements are naturally, smoothly, endowed, and grafted into this family-friendly film for all ages, which not only expands the drama Tension also makes good and evil clearer. Opposites are clearly defined in the senses, deepening the dramatic conflict. This is also the biggest difference between "The Wonderland" and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland". The villains of the latter are all so cute, and the conflict between good and evil, good and evil is naturally not as strong as this film.
The whole film is even more worthy of praise for the fantastic visual spectacle. The country of Oz is bizarre, graceful and beautiful, and all kinds of strange creatures come into view one after another. With 3D technology, it is really lifelike. magic world. Back then, in the 1980s, when the film special effects technology was still underdeveloped, Sam Raimi only used simple props and flickering artificial light and shadow to create unique, trembling, bizarre, life-threatening, ghost-killing, extreme Horror scenes in the personal style of "Ghost Man". And shaping the virtual world in such a naive fairy tale is a piece of cake for the imaginative Remy.
"The Wizard of Oz" is unsatisfactory in terms of story innovation. Even if this film is a tribute to "The Wizard of Oz" by the director, the whole film is basically based on the foundation and reputation already built by the latter, but it is just an upgrade of the visual effects. The main line of the plot is still the inspirational plot of the little character played by Franco who has big ambitions and finally achieves great things. It can be said that it inherits the traditional Disney routine. Several virtual characters in the film are the highlights: monkeys and porcelain dolls are collectively cute, leaving a deep impression on the audience. The confrontation between Franco and these post-synthesized virtual characters occupies a large proportion of the film. In the actual shooting, these are all one-man roles that the actors must complete in front of the green screen, and Franco also performs with ease and surprises. In terms of character depiction, apart from the protagonist Franco, the three witches are almost reduced to vase roles. The battle of fighting is just a trick of exploding and flashing. It is really pediatric, and the drama is not enough. The three actresses do not hurt or itch. There was basically no spark in the war of words. It's a pity that actresses such as Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz with good acting skills, "The Wizarding World" did not play the maximum value of the star lineup.
The ending of the film also lays the groundwork for the sequel, and without an attractive good story, presumably the second film should not repeat the box office success.
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