Seven new Great and Powerful stills have arrived from Oz

By Alejandro Stepenberg

Posted 13 years ago

OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL is happening.

Which is what it is. I believe in Sam Raimi just barely enough to think that he might have some crazy cool shit up his sleeve, but the CGI-fest we’ve seen prominently advertised thus far does little to inspire anything more in me than a “meh” accompanied by a resigned shoulder shrug.

I imagine that there’s actually a great deal left unrevealed by the movie’s advertising and promotional material – if so, the greater question is if anyone will turn out to discover what Raimi has waiting. In personal research I’ve barely found anybody excited for the flick, and that’s just out of the few who actually knew about it. But with the March 8th release date fast approaching, all questions will be answered soon enough. Including what the deal is with this monkey-soldier-Idon’tknowwhat who’s always with Franco whenever we see him.

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Alejandro Stepenberg

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Favorite Movies: The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Dark Knight, Dead Man, The read more Devil's Backbone, Drive, Excalibur, Field of Dreams, Gladiator, The Great Escape, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Hook, Insomnia, Jason and the Argonauts, Kingdom of Heaven, Let the Right One In, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Michael Clayton, Michael Collins, Munich, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Pan's Labyrinth, Pirate Radio, The Princess Bride, Remember the Titans, The Seventh Seal, Some Like It Hot, The Tree of Life, Trick 'r Treat.

Likes: Deadwood, Carnivale, Firefly, that smell after the rain, Tom Waits, film read more scores, Bioshock, Kingdom Hearts, pie, Ireland, wine, drinking wine in Ireland, Shakespeare, Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Calvin and Hobbes, thinly-veiled sexual euphemisms, Monty Python and bad puns.

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