OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (2013)

Tanggal Rilis : 8 March 2013 (USA)
Jenis Film : Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Diperankan Oleh : James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz

Ringkasan Cerita OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL (2013) :

Disney kembali membuat film bergenre Action/Adventure/Fantasy dengan judul “Oz the Great and Powerful” yang akan dirilis pada bulan Maret 2013. Film ini disutradarai oleh Sam Raimi, yang terkenal dengan The Spiderman Trilogy & Alice in Wonderland! Begitu Anda mendengar judul “Alice in Wonderland” saja, Anda pasti langsung terbayang landscape yang indah bak negeri dongeng dan segala keunikan dunia fantasi di dalamnya. Dan benar saja, kalau Anda menyaksika trailer Oz the Great and Powerful, Anda akan langsung terkagum dengan dunia dongeng yang digambarkan di dalamnya.

Film ini berkisah tentang Oscar Diggs (James Franco : Spiderman, Spring Breakers), seorang ahli sulap dari sebuah sirkus kecil dengan karakter eksentrik, yang menemukan dirinya terbawa dari Kansas yang membosankan, ke Land of Oz. Saat pertama kali tiba di negeri ajaib ini, ia mengira dirinya telah menemukan puncak kejayaan dan ketenaran akan menjadi miliknya hanya dengan menjentikkan jari. Semuanya itu berubah ketika ia bertemu dengan ketiga penyihir: Theodora (Mila Kunis : Black Swan, Ted), Evanora (Rachel Weisz : The Mummy, Constantine, The Bourne Legacy), dan Glinda (Michelle Williams : Dawson’s Creek, My Week With Marilyn).

Ketiga penyihir tidak yakin bahwa Oscar adalah penyihir terhebat yang dinantikan oleh semua orang. Oscar pun terlibat dalam pertempuran epik yang melanda Land of Oz dan penduduknya. Berbekal keahlian sulap yang dimilikinya, Oscar pun sedikit demi sedikit berubah menjadi penyihir hebat Wizard of Oz, dan juga berubah menjadi pria yang lebih baik. Nah, apakah film fantasi dengan budget yang mencapai sekitar 200 juta dolar ini mampu menghibur dan memuaskan para penggemar kisah Oz?

[IMDb rating : 6.8/10]
[Awards : 1 win & 3 nominations]
[Production Co : Walt Disney Pictures , Roth Films]
[IMDb link : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623205/]

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‘Oz’ Is Both Great and Powerful at the Box Office

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. He’s just counting his money.

Yes, as expected, “Oz the Great and Powerful” completely destroyed the box office this weekend, racking up an impressive $80.3 million domestically for the biggest release of the year as well as the third biggest March release in film history.  Only last year’s “The Hunger Games” ($152.5 million) and 2010's “Alice in Wonderland” ($116.1 million) did better.

The success of “Alice in Wonderland,” of course, prompted Disney to begin production on “Oz the Great and Powerful,” with the studio releasing the film on the same weekend in hopes of replicating “Alice in Wonderland’s” monumental $1 billion final take.

But while those kind of numbers seem unlikely — “Oz the Great and Powerful” earned an additional $69.9 million overseas for a total of $150.2 million worldwide, while “Alice in Wonderland” took in $210.1 million worldwide in its opening frame — “Oz the Great and Powerful” does seem set to more than recoup Disney’s estimated $215 million investment.

Betting that kind of money on a relatively unproven star like James Franco was a pretty big risk. But with work already well underway on a sequel (or midquel, or… whatever), it looks like this is one gamble that is going to pay off big time.

The same can’t be said for anything else at the box office this weekend, however. “Jack the Giant Slayer” dropped to second place in its second weekend, earning just $10 million. That brings its domestic total to only $43.8 million so far, putting it on track to become one of the biggest financial disasters in recent memory. And new release “Dead Man Down” turned out to have a strangely prophetic title, as the Colin Farrell revenge flick opened to just $5.4 million.

Looks like this weekend, “Oz the Great and Powerful” used up all the fairy tale endings.

Here’s a look at the full box office chart, courtesy of Hollywood.com:

1. “Oz the Great and Powerful” – $80.3m (our review)
2. “Jack the Giant Slayer” – $10m (our review)
3. “Identity Thief” – $6.3m (our review)
4. “Dead Man Down” – $5.4m (our review)
5. “Snitch” – $5.1m (our review)
6. “21 and Over” – $5.1m (our review)
7. “Safe Haven” – $3.8m (our review)
8. “Silver Linings Playbook” – $3.7m (our review)
9. “Escape From Planet Earth” – $3.2m (our review)
10. “The Last Exorcism Part II” – $3.1m (our review)

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Review: ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’

As a professional, I’m loathe to ever step out of the theater while a film is rolling, but a dire need to relieve my bladder during “Oz: The Great and Powerful” reached an unbearable point. I did a quick dash down the stairs and to the gents’, forgoing my one and only opportunity to skip through a hallway singing “we’re off to take a whizzer.” With great speed I settled back in my seat, to find James Franco’s transported Kansas huckster racing in histrionic fear with his computer generated compatriots – pretty much just as I’d left them.

I turned to my wife and whispered, “what’d I miss?” The blank look she shot me in response said it all.

The thing is this: neither she nor I disliked “Oz: The Great and Powerful.” Indeed, as one who holds great fondness for the early, more aggressive work of Sam Raimi I found sequences in this film to be his best in years. But don’t think for a minute that its story is anything other than a joke, a mere excuse to play around with outrageous colors and let actors chomp on some splendid digital scenery. Considering how these movies usually go, this attitude is wonderfully refreshing.

The opening of “Oz” is remarkable. With a funhouse credits sequence that exploits 3D like a kid let behind the ice cream counter, Raimi sets up shop at a traveling circus. There, a somewhat rakish magician (Franco) is caught mid-bullshit with a local gal he’s got his eyes on. On stage, his stentorian tone and hokey act have a genuine charm. These short scenes among the tents is some of the most loving “join the circus” stuff since Woody Allen’s “Shadows and Fog” from 1991.

When an angry, singlet-wearing strong man chases Franco away, his hot air balloon (don’t ask) heads straight into a tornado. Evoking Raimi’s former leading man Bruce Campbell, Franco turns his face to jelly as the camera zooms in and around him at unconventional angles, dented calliopes flying at his head, until the image expands from a 4:3 ratio to widescreen and color takes over.

 

He’s landed in the land of Oz, where he’s soon introduced to witches (Mila Kunis and Rachel Weisz), talking monkeys and a little girl made of ceramic. In classic Preston Sturges form he’s mistaken for the prophesied Wizard who will bring peace and order to the realm. Franco does little to protest the claim, especially once he sees his throne, scepter and Scrooge McDuck money pit. Frankly, the characters don’t matter. The dialogue doesn’t matter. The performances, however, are quite extraordinary. Franco’s delivery of “so long, suckers!” does a great deal to inform this movie. Moments later, in a lake, he shouts “I can’t swim!” There’s no one else around, so you wouldn’t be wrong in asking “who’s he talking to?” The raised eyebrows and slightly silly tone is all a little bit of a put on, but not so much that kids (or idiots) will notice. Neither Franco nor anyone else goes full Depp in this one.

Milking it more than Franco, however, is Michelle Williams, whose dimples ought to have their own SAG card. As Glinda the Good Witch each moment she’s on screen is a complex waltz between irony and sincerity. It’s the type of performance Catherine O’Hara would give in one of the more high concept “SCTV” sketches – the ones where there weren’t any noticeable jokes. Only here it is in a gorgeous costume beside state of the art effects.

Now, finally, we get to the real star of the movie: Oz. You don’t get much more iconic than the Emerald City, and Raimi’s team nails it. There’s a fealty to the original film (lots of red smoke, the guards’ costumes, etc.) but it’s all done up big and beautiful. The third act of “Oz: The Great and Powerful” goes on and on and on, and under normal circumstances I’d be tapping my watch in anticipation of that final boss fight. This time, however, the visual aspects of the film more than made up for my complete lack of emotional attachment.

Raimi made a choice and it payed off. By treating the scenario as “almost a joke,” I stayed engaged because I was amused. Franco’s bluffing big speech to the troops at the end was so goofy I couldn’t help but laugh. Normally by this stage in a Hollywood effects-driven movie (say a ‘Wrath of the Titans’ or ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’) I’m just slumped over in my seat waiting for death. By lowering the stakes to the point of near-non existence, Raimi manages to keep things engaging, which is a very real act of wizardry in and of itself.

Grade B

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