Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

2 corrected entries

★★★☆☆

(5 votes)

Corrected entry: When the wizard projects his face onto the white smoke, he does it in a carriage from behind the smoke. This works well for the sound, but it shouldn't be seen from where the witches are.

Correction: Why wouldn't it? The witches would just see a reverse image of what's being projected.

Phixius ★

Corrected entry: When Oz the Wizard first arrives in the Land of Oz, he helps the monkey. After the monkey pledges his life to him, Oz forces the monkey to carry his bag. The monkey struggles with the bag, and at time drags it along on the way to the Emerald City. Later, after the Wizard of Oz begins looking for the wicked witch, the monkey flies around with the bag in one hand. He continues to have no trouble with the bag in scenes following the drip to the dark forest.

ujeremy

Correction: Oz unpacked most of his stuff at the city so his bag was much lighter.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: Throughout the film, Glinda's hair continuously changes from being curled to straightened to curled again. This occurs often, and on occasion within the course of a single scene (for example when she introduces Oscar to the residents of Oz).

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Quotes

Oz: How hard can it be to kill a Wicked Witch?

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Trivia

Trivia: Director Sam Raimi's brother Ted has a cameo appearance in this movie. He portrays the man who notices the two wires when Oz is performing his magic tricks.

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Questions

Question: Why was Oz considered a con man? He was simply doing magic tricks, which everyone should know aren't real.

MikeH

Chosen answer: I believe you are taking a very modern day perspective. In our era of technology, scientific advancement, and general skepticism about everything, we are pretty jaded and cynical about things like magic and paranormal phenomena. At that time and place, audiences were far more willing to accept the possibility of true magic and sorcery, and weren't as prone to disbelieving what their eyes tell them. A "con" (short for "confidence") man is one who attempts to gain the trust of another, subsequently using deception, fraud and/or trickery for their own personal gain. I don't think it's unfair to label Oz this way, particularly at the beginning of the film.

Michael Albert

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