Wonderful character development!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I grew up with Wizard of Oz once a year but I must be going thru my second childhood because this was great. I admit I'm not too critical of special effects because I don't have much to compare them to...all I know is what I like and I thought these were great. The story kept having twists and turns that you never expect. I thought the acting was great even though I may be easy to please, I couldn't wait to see what happened next and was almost sorry when the movie ended. There are a few other movies like this I enjoy and, like I said, I wish they would have had some of them when I was younger...I envy the kids and their choices today but I still can enjoy them at my age (69) too.

Is this my favourite adaptation of Oz? No, I prefer the 1985 film Return To Oz. Is this a groundbreaking miniseries that should be up there with "Rome" as one of the best miniseries' ever? No. Is this just a bit of fun that's worth at least one watch the whole way through? Yes.I have one complaint, The script. The dialogue was thinner than a standard A4 sheet of paper and at the end of the first episode, Kane falls into ice and starts sinking when at the beginning of the second episode, he's on the snow and he doesn't show any sign of being wet nor is there a crack in the ice. This can only be avoided if you REALLY turn your brain off. I also have one more pet peeve, this is supposed to be a re-imagining of the original Wonderful Wizard Of Oz book by L. Frank Baum yet DG is actually a descendant of Dorothy Gale. It should be a sequel set thousands of years after the 1900 setting yet "the real world" is set in normal time.I liked the performances though, Alan Cumming does a good job as Glitch and I liked the little twist they gave on "I haven't got a brain." The wicked witch also has screen presence considering that her plan was to make the OZ dark as opposed to being bright. Zooey Deschanel does a good job as DG but after seeing Fairuza Balk play Dorothy I can't see any variation of Dorothy besides the 6-12 year old, In spite of that Zooey does a good job.My only REAL complaint is the script being a bit thin. Other than that I recommend this series to anyone who wants a rather unusual variation on the L. Frank Baum classic or if you've never read the books (I haven't) a variation of the bright, happy 1939 film.

This is one of those movies that can be broadcasted on TV by means of a mini series. It is indeed the Wizard of Oz retold but there are a lot of changes and it is much darker. The people who know the original story will certainly recognize the many references to it even if this one has a complete different story. It's not really suited for children, too dark but really refreshing too. All of the main characters of the original story are there: the scarecrow, the tin man, the cowardly lion, even Toto and of course Dorothy. They are all there in a different form than what we remember from the original story. But still you recognize the original characters in them, which is good. The story is truly more captivating and elaborate than the original, and the characters are worked out well. The story and its characters have a lot of depth which should be normal considering the length. I do remember movies however that were long but still put less effort in plot and characters background. This one makes good use of the length. I could rave on about everything that is good about it. I think it's a must see for everyone who likes Wizard of Oz.

What an odd miniseries. Dorothy (Zooey Deschanel) is back in Oz, and is accompanied in her wanderings by a tin man turned human, a scarecrow that isn't a true scarecrow, and a beast-man who vaguely resembles the old Cowardly Lion. Toto isn't really Toto, but a shape shifter named Tutor. Dorothy has an evil sister who has locked away their mom and seeks an emerald to gain ultimate power over the land. I am yet to catch the whole thing but I can see it will certainly appeal to fans of ongoing Oz tales and who don't mind watching a very long story. I am not a big miniseries fan, and would rather see a 90-minute DVD of this, but I suppose that's never gonna happen. So one of these days I will have to watch this to the bitter end. It seems to me Frank Baum wrote several sequels to WIZARD. I wonder why Hollywood hasn't adapted them instead of creating new OZ material periodically. Maybe because the sequels do not all feature Dorothy. Anyway, the CGI work here is pretty good for TV, and there are some lovely torture scenes. And I like Zooey Deschanel in anything.