Billed as the 'much awaited sequel'. Should be billed as 'mumbling mannequins walk about a bit and talk about winkies'.
OK I'll try and be positive. The DVD has a great sleeve, which is presumably where the budget went.
Now for the negatives. No Wizard. Oz is a blink and you'll miss it quarry scene. Barely a Lion (did the costume budget not extend to a second day's rental?). Not really Dorothy. Not really Toto. No Munchkins. No witches. No yellow brick road. No songs.
As stories go there is...nothing. My six-year old daughter could have come up with a better premise for a film. Nothing is resolved by the end of the movie, not that there is really any sort of mission or problem to resolve.
The script is laughably mawkish and pretentious. My daughter found it really funny the way everybody talks about winkies and nobody even cracks a grin (For non-brits, winky = phallus). Which in my mind pretty much hits the nail on the head as far a microcosms go, in that how seriously can a movie - a kids' movie at that - as bad as this take itself? The answer is very.
Unfortunately for the rest of us who shelled out 3 quid on a DVD the joke is on us.
OK I'll try and be positive. The DVD has a great sleeve, which is presumably where the budget went.
Now for the negatives. No Wizard. Oz is a blink and you'll miss it quarry scene. Barely a Lion (did the costume budget not extend to a second day's rental?). Not really Dorothy. Not really Toto. No Munchkins. No witches. No yellow brick road. No songs.
As stories go there is...nothing. My six-year old daughter could have come up with a better premise for a film. Nothing is resolved by the end of the movie, not that there is really any sort of mission or problem to resolve.
The script is laughably mawkish and pretentious. My daughter found it really funny the way everybody talks about winkies and nobody even cracks a grin (For non-brits, winky = phallus). Which in my mind pretty much hits the nail on the head as far a microcosms go, in that how seriously can a movie - a kids' movie at that - as bad as this take itself? The answer is very.
Unfortunately for the rest of us who shelled out 3 quid on a DVD the joke is on us.