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Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

classicacres7050 I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I grew up with Wizard of Oz once a year but I must be going thru my second childhood because this was great. I it I'm not too critical of special effects because I don't have much to compare them to...all I know is what I like and I thought these were great. The story kept having twists and turns that you never expect. I thought the acting was great even though I may be easy to please, I couldn't wait to see what happened next and was almost sorry when the movie ended. There are a few other movies like this I enjoy and, like I said, I wish they would have had some of them when I was younger...I envy the kids and their choices today but I still can enjoy them at my age (69) too.

annarac It was fun to watch an updated version of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ." It is patterned after the original and follows a similar story line, yet has a totally different feel with added twists and unexpected details.The main character is played by Zooey Deschanel, with her 'girl next door' charm and simple innocence, I thought she was the perfect choice for the next Dorothy Gale.Instead of going by the original name of "Dorothy" the heroin answers to "D.G." and is accompanied by new versions of the scare crow, tin man, and lion.Rather than a Wicked Witch there is an Evil Sorcerers who is as beautiful as she is evil, no green face and snarl to easily identify her as 'the bad guy.' (She doesn't even carry a broom!) The wizard of OZ is actually known as "The Mystic Man" and is played, very well, I might ad, by Richard Dreyfus.This Epic Adventure was labeled as "NOT RATED" but I'd give it a rating of PG - the flying monkeys are a bit scary as are the witch's soldiers.Watcher beware, this film has a Run Time of: 265 Mins. (4 hours and 25 minutes) it is broken into 3 parts, so you could easily stop and come back to it later. However, it is so intriguing that it's hard to stop watching. We didn't get to bed until 2:00am.

TheExpatriate700 Tin Man is an interesting update of the old Wizard of Oz story, with special effects and acting well above the Sci-Fi Channel's usual low standards. It is more akin to Battlestar Galactica (although not quite as good) than to their creature features. Zooey Deschanel, Kathleen Robertson, and Alan Cumming all turn in good performances, although Richard Dreyfuss fans should be warned that his role is smaller than d.The plot overall is well written, although at times rather predictable, especially in the third episode. There are some issues with the dialogue though, with some genuinely flat lines scattered throughout the series.In of younger fans of Baum, the plot might be a bit dark for the under ten set, but should be enjoyable for older kids, particularly teenagers with a taste for the bizarre.

ctomvelu-1 What an odd miniseries. Dorothy (Zooey Deschanel) is back in Oz, and is accompanied in her wanderings by a tin man turned human, a scarecrow that isn't a true scarecrow, and a beast-man who vaguely resembles the old Cowardly Lion. Toto isn't really Toto, but a shape shifter named Tutor. Dorothy has an evil sister who has locked away their mom and seeks an emerald to gain ultimate power over the land. I am yet to catch the whole thing but I can see it will certainly appeal to fans of ongoing Oz tales and who don't mind watching a very long story. I am not a big miniseries fan, and would rather see a 90-minute DVD of this, but I suppose that's never gonna happen. So one of these days I will have to watch this to the bitter end. It seems to me Frank Baum wrote several sequels to WIZARD. I wonder why Hollywood hasn't adapted them instead of creating new OZ material periodically. Maybe because the sequels do not all feature Dorothy. Anyway, the CGI work here is pretty good for TV, and there are some lovely torture scenes. And I like Zooey Deschanel in anything.