INTERSECTIONS: Film Review - 'Oz the Great and Powerful'

By GABBIE WATTS Staff Writer

More like, Oz the Worst Movie Ever Made. But, let’s be real, I shouldn’t have expected anything much out of it. It was the same concept as the 2010Alice in Wonderland, which, too, was the worst movie ever made.

Hit the jump for a list of the many flaws of Oz the Great and Powerful.

1. Extreme misogyny and sexism

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So there are three witch ladies: Mila Kunis, playing Theodora, who becomes green and evil because of her bitter, bitter heart; Rachel Weisz, playing Evanora, Theodora’s evil sister, who is the only one to spurn Oz’s charms because she’s like, I’m married to Daniel Craig; and Michelle Williams, playing Glinda the Good, whose nose job is insatiable. But here’s the thing: Mila Kunis falls in love with Oz within two seconds because he’s a hottie and knows how to dance. Honestly, the film makes it seem like women cannot resist the charming wizard just because he gives them all a fake music box from his made-up dead Czarina grandmother. Women are weak! Especially as these three ladies are WITCHES a.k.a. have mad magic, but they all keep asking the WIZARD to save them. I was like, witch please, you have magic too so why don’t you just do it instead of falling behind the wizard in a misogynistic, societal fashion. GAWD. Also, while the witches do pull out some bad-assery by the end, Michelle Williams' only magical powers until the end of the movie are 1) making bubbles and 2) making a light pink fog.