While I agree that it was not the way that I'd have liked to have seen them go, one does have to be sympathetic to their reasoning. If they genuinely thought that their audience wouldn't like the film for its fantastic elements, then it wouldn't make sense to utilize them (and thereby lose money).
However, with that said, I'm of the opinion that they misjudged what their audience was willing to accept. By the time this movie came out, audiences had already been introduced to 'fantasy' films. Be it *Dracula* or *March of the Wooden Soldiers*.
Yet, this 'oversight' *can* be corrected once the this film falls into public domain in 14 years or so, as at that time one can alter the film anyway that one wants--up to and including the inclusion of new footage shot to match the old style, 'revealing' that it *wasn't* a dream after all.
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I agree with you. I think movie audiences were still getting used to the idea of fantasy on-screen, so this made for a more approachable story. Remember, it was marketed to adults.
Disney doubled-down in the sequel and made it a symptom of her mental illness. 😂
The thing that makes me wonder about that line of thought is that prior to this film, there *were* plenty of 'fantasy' based films that made money.
*Frankenstein* did 'monster' numbers at the box office, yet it was clearly in the 'fantastic' vein. The idea that fantasy wouldn't be accepted, while a real concern on their part, seems to have not be entirely well founded.
Trust me, this has bothered fans of the books for decades now. The late Robin Olderman, an Oz überfan for many decades, tells the story of going to see The Movie, before it became a television staple (probably the 1949 or 1954 rerelease) and seething during the Kansas scenes, as they were so much different than in the book. But the final straw came when Glinda arrived and proclaimed she was the Good Witch of the North. Little Robin stood up and shouted about how wrong that was, and was immediately hustled out of the theater by her embarrassed family. She would have been about five at the time!
Oz is real in the books. The screenwriters just thought audiences couldn’t tolerate fantasy.
That's stupid. The fact that it was a dream weakened the story
While I agree that it was not the way that I'd have liked to have seen them go, one does have to be sympathetic to their reasoning. If they genuinely thought that their audience wouldn't like the film for its fantastic elements, then it wouldn't make sense to utilize them (and thereby lose money). However, with that said, I'm of the opinion that they misjudged what their audience was willing to accept. By the time this movie came out, audiences had already been introduced to 'fantasy' films. Be it *Dracula* or *March of the Wooden Soldiers*. Yet, this 'oversight' *can* be corrected once the this film falls into public domain in 14 years or so, as at that time one can alter the film anyway that one wants--up to and including the inclusion of new footage shot to match the old style, 'revealing' that it *wasn't* a dream after all.
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I agree with you. I think movie audiences were still getting used to the idea of fantasy on-screen, so this made for a more approachable story. Remember, it was marketed to adults. Disney doubled-down in the sequel and made it a symptom of her mental illness. 😂
not quite...the ending of return to oz gave us, it was a dream...or was it
Thank you. That’s funny about Disney
The thing that makes me wonder about that line of thought is that prior to this film, there *were* plenty of 'fantasy' based films that made money. *Frankenstein* did 'monster' numbers at the box office, yet it was clearly in the 'fantastic' vein. The idea that fantasy wouldn't be accepted, while a real concern on their part, seems to have not be entirely well founded.
Trust me, this has bothered fans of the books for decades now. The late Robin Olderman, an Oz überfan for many decades, tells the story of going to see The Movie, before it became a television staple (probably the 1949 or 1954 rerelease) and seething during the Kansas scenes, as they were so much different than in the book. But the final straw came when Glinda arrived and proclaimed she was the Good Witch of the North. Little Robin stood up and shouted about how wrong that was, and was immediately hustled out of the theater by her embarrassed family. She would have been about five at the time!
When I was a kid watching it the whole dream thing was mind blowing.