Title: Wizard of Oz (1920's Starring Larry Semon) Post by: Pacman000 on September 27, 2017, 11:57:36 AM ! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2WFVpSeIfA#)
Got this a few weeks ago, and I just finished it this week. Boy, is it bad! So bad, it's hard to list all the problems with this film, but let's try: -The Wizard is a side character, not the ruler of Oz -The ruler of Oz is an EEEEEEVILLLL dictator...who's great at looking evil, but really bad at actually doing anything to demonstrate to the audience that he'd a bad guy. He can't even squash the citizens' attempt at rebellion. He shrinks back into his chair and calls on the Wizard to pacify them. -There are too few gags. -Most of the gags don't work. -Most of the gags go on for too long. -Why were Larry and Snowball thrown into the dungeon? Why wasn't Oliver Hardy? Why did the citizens of Oz believe Ollie? Why didn't Larry try to defend himself? -Neither established romantic lead (Ollie or Larry) gets the girl. -There's no ending! Larry falls off an airplane, and forgets to provide some sort of conclusion to all this crazy plotting. :hatred: There are some good stunts and FX, but, as a whole, this is a chore to sit through. Please do so and tell me what you think. :teddyr: Title: Re: Wizard of Oz (1920's Starring Larry Semon) Post by: akiratubo on September 27, 2017, 09:12:03 PM I love/hate how Oz was "reimagined" as some kind of Eastern-European country instead of a fantasy land, and this movie is apparently showing you "the real story" of Oz. There truly is nothing new under the sun.
Title: Re: Wizard of Oz (1920's Starring Larry Semon) Post by: RCMerchant on September 28, 2017, 07:42:14 PM I actually like it quite a bit! I like strange old silent movies!
Dam-I like this 1925 one better than the 1939 version-and I love that movie! :thumbup: |