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Sitcomwriter · 07-06-2003, 02:25 AM

Has anyone else seen this movie? What did you think? It was ok.I think I liked it more than the original as it was darker and (being the 80's) had better special effects.

onefortheroad · 07-06-2003, 12:40 PM

ive never seen it, i want to though

webuster · 07-06-2003, 03:57 PM

Is this the one were there's a new character with a pumpkin for a head and the guy built into the stone wall wearing the ruby slippers(which- this time ARE real slippers)- and the wheelies!(We've talked in school about wheelies for ages, it scared people who saw the film apparently!). if so yeh then I liked that film.

Brandon · 07-06-2003, 04:24 PM

yeah, i have it. got it when i was 9 or somethin. i like it. it's okay. it doesn't go with the first, but it's alrite

Central Perk · 07-06-2003, 09:17 PM

I thought it was a pretty good movie, but I prefer the original.

sara · 07-07-2003, 01:10 AM

I really liked it. Fairuza Balk was in it. My brothers were scared of the wheelies, and the lady who could take off her head really freaked me out. Ever though this movie had better effects, I wish the costumes of the scarcrow, tin man, and lion were better. They should have made them closer to they way they looked in the Wizard of Oz.

MandieR1980 · 07-07-2003, 12:35 PM

Yes I'm a fan of it and I also have the DVD

webuster · 07-07-2003, 05:31 PM

Having just found out this was the movie I thought it was- I do like this film. However- imdb has two entries for Return to oz- one a much less known one- read the plot, it basically seems like a wizard of oz rehash- and search it up and check the page on amazon- tinman's called rusty, the lion, scarecrow have new names:

Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree during a tornado which takes her back to Oz. The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion (using the names created for the nearly-abstract television series, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, from which this was derived) have had their MGM gifts destroyed by the restored Wicked Witch, and the four proceed to the Wizard for help, who is ineffectual as usual.

Adamantium · 07-08-2003, 01:13 AM

I just bought it on DVD. I like the movie. I rented it when I was young and the movie used to scare me.

07-06-2003, 02:25 AM	#1
Sitcomwriter Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 27, 2001 Posts: 7,356	Return to Oz Has anyone else seen this movie? What did you think? It was ok.I think I liked it more than the original as it was darker and (being the 80's) had better special effects.

07-06-2003, 12:40 PM	#2
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07-06-2003, 03:57 PM	#3
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	Is it? Is this the one were there's a new character with a pumpkin for a head and the guy built into the stone wall wearing the ruby slippers(which- this time ARE real slippers)- and the wheelies!(We've talked in school about wheelies for ages, it scared people who saw the film apparently!). if so yeh then I liked that film.

07-06-2003, 04:24 PM	#4
Brandon Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 03, 2003 Location: Hell Above The Soil Posts: 2,838	yeah, i have it. got it when i was 9 or somethin. i like it. it's okay. it doesn't go with the first, but it's alrite
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07-07-2003, 01:10 AM	#6
sara Member Senior Member Join Date: May 21, 2002 Location: grandville michigan Posts: 2,296	I really liked it. Fairuza Balk was in it. My brothers were scared of the wheelies, and the lady who could take off her head really freaked me out. Ever though this movie had better effects, I wish the costumes of the scarcrow, tin man, and lion were better. They should have made them closer to they way they looked in the Wizard of Oz.
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07-06-2003, 09:17 PM	#5
Central Perk ~~~~~ Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 10, 2002 Posts: 4,553	I thought it was a pretty good movie, but I prefer the original.

07-07-2003, 12:35 PM	#7
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07-07-2003, 05:31 PM	#8
webuster Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 26, 2002 Posts: 2,150	Yeh Having just found out this was the movie I thought it was- I do like this film. However- imdb has two entries for Return to oz- one a much less known one- read the plot, it basically seems like a wizard of oz rehash- and search it up and check the page on amazon- tinman's called rusty, the lion, scarecrow have new names: Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree during a tornado which takes her back to Oz. The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion (using the names created for the nearly-abstract television series, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, from which this was derived) have had their MGM gifts destroyed by the restored Wicked Witch, and the four proceed to the Wizard for help, who is ineffectual as usual.

07-08-2003, 01:13 AM	#9
Adamantium TVAdam No More Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 11, 2002 Location: Springfield, Ohio Posts: 7,836	I just bought it on DVD. I like the movie. I rented it when I was young and the movie used to scare me.