Sunday, January 20, 2013

This Is The Way I Remember It

 

8 comments:

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

You and me both pal. Its moments like this were you think about a major movie from another character's perspective.

Personally I like to think of "Top Gun" from Iceman's point of view. Heres a guy who does his best to be number one but this hotheaded idiot keeps getting in his way.

Kal said...

I hate The Wizard Of Oz which my mother thought was a new movie while she was watching it at Christmas. It's the moment I knew she was getting old.

Don't get me started on Top Gun. They have a height requirement for jet pilots don't they? I would have ejected Tom if I was Goose and worked on my alibi on the way home.

The Flying Dachshund said...

What are you feelings then on Return to Oz, then? Still creepy? That one is purposely more creepy than the original...... Plus it has Fairuza Balk as Dorothy!! I, myself, prefer The Wizard of Oz through the eyes of the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked. The musical, at least, is well done... The book is a tad bit wordy...

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

I remember you and I talked about our opinions on Oz back and forth sometime last year and how my Mom recalled it as her favorite because when it came on TV, it was "An Event" and you reflected a similar story with your Dad lighting up the barbecue for when "Star Wars" came on.

Its been years since I watched the Wizard of Oz as I find tend to be "critically indifferent" when it comes to fantasy films. I'm not too keen on the upcoming "Great and Powerful Oz" movie either. The graphics look too "Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland" and I'm starting to think James Franco will never get back to "127 Hours" level of acting at this rate.

Don't forget, at the graduation scene in "Top Gun" Tom Cruise is standing right next to Tim Robbins, and could be used as a height measurement guide like they have outside of roller coasters. "You must be between this tall and this short to ride into the Danger Zone".

Kal said...

I could watch Star Wars ever time it's on but The Wizard Of Oz, only once and never ever again. It's the devil and I still can't believe my mother thought it was just out this year. I wish I could be that oblivious while watching TV.

Kal said...

Now I LOVE Return to Oz, Daschund. It ditches all the bullshit music and makes the whole adventure scary as hell. Fairuza is amazing and her allies are shakey and those 'wheelies' are terrifying. It's a great adventure to show a little girl, like myself.

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

The thing I most remember about my last viewing of the film (2010 I think) was a scene in the beginning when Dorothy is walking on railing to the pigpen and falls in, and doesn't have a single spec of mud on her dress when she gets out.

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

Here's a website you might enjoy of equally accurate if slightly misleading movie summaries.

http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/2010/11/john-scalzi---a-3.php