The Wizard of Oz 1939 overrated or deserving?

Started by Alchemist34, Mar 6, 2017, in Entertainment Add to Reading List

  1. Alchemist34
    Posts: 5,096
    Likes: 11,602
    Joined: Feb 22, 2011

    Alchemist34 DO MY HEAD

    Mar 6, 2017
    Got a 99% score on rotten tomatoes what do you pretentious movie c---- think about it
     
    Mar 29, 2024
  2. The Lyricvore
    Posts: 13,680
    Likes: 18,026
    Joined: Nov 28, 2014

    The Lyricvore shangri la frontier

    Mar 6, 2017
    Deffinently deserving. It came out 78 years ago and people still talk about it. That says everything.
     
    #2
    1
    lil uzi vert stan likes this.
    1
    lil uzi vert stan likes this.
    Mar 29, 2024
  3. Alchemist34
    Posts: 5,096
    Likes: 11,602
    Joined: Feb 22, 2011

    Alchemist34 DO MY HEAD

    Mar 6, 2017

    Does it though? People still talk about the plague


    Apart from the incredible fact that there was no computer effects used (that I know of) for it's time, if you watch the movie now based on the plot and acting, how do you feel about it? Is most of this praise just because the movie was technically way ahead of it's time?

    For the record I love the movie but idk if it's just nostalgia or what
     
    Mar 29, 2024
  4. The Lyricvore
    Posts: 13,680
    Likes: 18,026
    Joined: Nov 28, 2014

    The Lyricvore shangri la frontier

    Mar 6, 2017
    I think it was simply a movie ahead of its time. And as far as the acting goes, it was just different back then. For the time frame that it came out it was probably considered as great acting.
     
    #4
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  5. dkdnfbdjdkdddjdjfvcgfl
    Posts: 3,936
    Likes: 8,491
    Joined: Oct 9, 2015

    Mar 6, 2017
    i think its cuz it changed the whole s--- up visually. back then every1 was puttin out primitive oldschool trash & boom Wizard of Oz comes out with nxt lvl s---. aged liked wine in an era where everything else aged like hot dog buns
     
    #5
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  6. Alchemist34
    Posts: 5,096
    Likes: 11,602
    Joined: Feb 22, 2011

    Alchemist34 DO MY HEAD

    Mar 6, 2017
     
    #6
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  7. Alchemist34
    Posts: 5,096
    Likes: 11,602
    Joined: Feb 22, 2011

    Alchemist34 DO MY HEAD

    Mar 6, 2017
    Best character of all time

    IMG_2125.JPG
     
    Mar 29, 2024
  8. Macca
    Posts: 2,321
    Likes: 4,297
    Joined: Oct 29, 2016

    Macca @

    Mar 6, 2017
    you should be a movie critic man
    #moviesfromdahood
     
    Mar 29, 2024
  9. Macca
    Posts: 2,321
    Likes: 4,297
    Joined: Oct 29, 2016

    Macca @

    Mar 6, 2017
    When watching a film, context plays an important role.
    The Wizard of Oz being a 1939 movie is what makes it THAT good... whereas if we place it in a 2017 context it is pure crap if you ask me. So yeah, the fact that it was ahead of time makes it good... doubt it is nostalgia, since people who premiered the movie are too old to access rotten-tomatoes or dead.
     
    #9
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  10. Vahn
    Posts: 3,381
    Likes: 4,781
    Joined: Feb 15, 2011

    Vahn butterfly jewels beauty

    Mar 6, 2017
    It's def iconic for what it is, but I haven't seen it in ages so I can't say for sure what my feelings on it would be now, doubt I'd have anything negative to say.
     
    #10
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  11. Pinhead
    Posts: 2,577
    Likes: 2,363
    Joined: Nov 24, 2014
    Location: Whitecourt

    Mar 6, 2017
    Not enough neon
     
    #11
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  12. Vahn
    Posts: 3,381
    Likes: 4,781
    Joined: Feb 15, 2011

    Vahn butterfly jewels beauty

    Mar 6, 2017
    [​IMG]
    :hovcry:
     
    #12
    1
    Ordinary Joel likes this.
    1
    Ordinary Joel likes this.
    Mar 29, 2024
  13. lil uzi vert stan
    Posts: 7,755
    Likes: 19,756
    Joined: Feb 15, 2011

    Mar 6, 2017
    Amazing movie, especially considering it came out in the 30s as someone mentioned. Holds up incredibly well, tho admittedlt havent seen it since college (when that pink floyd rumor was popular)
     
    #13
    2
    Mike Tyson and JFK like this.
    2
    Mike Tyson and JFK like this.
    Mar 29, 2024
  14. 1999
    Posts: 16,157
    Likes: 33,318
    Joined: Dec 15, 2016

    Mar 6, 2017
    I know im not the only one that still can't watch that film because I had literal nightmares of this b---- as a kid
    [​IMG]
     
    #14
    1
    Ordinary Joel likes this.
    1
    Ordinary Joel likes this.
    Mar 29, 2024
  15. Vahn
    Posts: 3,381
    Likes: 4,781
    Joined: Feb 15, 2011

    Vahn butterfly jewels beauty

    Mar 6, 2017
    Mans dropped this and Gone with the Wind in the same year :weebey:
     
    #15
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  16. Packman
    Posts: 6,687
    Likes: 9,432
    Joined: Nov 23, 2014

    Mar 6, 2017
    Havent seen it in years but ththe nostalgia I get just thinking about it confirms what a great movie it is
     
    #16
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  17. Packman
    Posts: 6,687
    Likes: 9,432
    Joined: Nov 23, 2014

    Mar 6, 2017
    But later finding out that the cast treated Judy Garland like s--- and wouldnt talk to her off camera drops the movie down just a bit in my eyes
     
    #17
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  18. Big Dangerous
    Posts: 23,832
    Likes: 46,185
    Joined: Jun 30, 2015

    Big Dangerous World Heavyweight Champion

    Mar 6, 2017
    Of course it deserves the praise. Its like 78 years old and people still watch it and talk about it

    what other 78 year old movie do I watch?

    I mean is it my favorite or anything no...but the fact that I and probably many others have taken the time to watch it prob several times with it being as old as it is as well as reference it in life a fair share of times says something
     
    #18
    1
    Ordinary Joel likes this.
    1
    Ordinary Joel likes this.
    Mar 29, 2024
  19. Alchemist34
    Posts: 5,096
    Likes: 11,602
    Joined: Feb 22, 2011

    Alchemist34 DO MY HEAD

    Mar 6, 2017
    Wait why was this? The fellow actors too? Because she was a noob?
     
    #19
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024
  20. Packman
    Posts: 6,687
    Likes: 9,432
    Joined: Nov 23, 2014

    Mar 6, 2017
    Exactly. She had a rough life in general, eventually overdosed. Hearing she was an outcast during that movie takes some of the magic away
     
    #20
    0 0
    Mar 29, 2024