Sam Raimi directs a film about an everyday Joe who unexpectedly gets whisked away into a strange world where he's thought to be more than what he really is. It's called Army Of Dar---...wait a sec. It's called Oz the Great and Powerful.
It serves as a prequel to L. Frank Baum's Oz novels, allowing the writers to do whatever the hell they want as long as it leads up to the events in The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz. Filled with astonishingly beautiful visuals, great performances from all the witches and a wonderous score from Danny Elfman, you'd think it'd be enough. Sadly, it falls short of the magic of the originals, drags it down with overly dull dialogue and a somewhat lacklustre performance from James Franco as the title character. See it on the big screen while you can because on a television set nearly everything worth seeing will be lost.
2½ yellowbrick potholes out of 5
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