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I was really not expecting much of this film, but found it highly entertaining! I thought it was a really cool prequel to The Wizard of Oz. I can't help but notice that some of the negative reviews for this film point out that it does not live up to the 1939 MGM classic. For goodness sake, it's not trying to! This film is telling it's own story. And I found the special effects neat and the characters are cool, I really liked all the back stories they gave. In The Wizard of Oz, you don't know much about a lot of the characters (such as Glinda or the wizard). I thought that this film gave them a pretty cool, epic back story. There is some humor in the film which works great. They also tie it in with the 1939 film in a cool way; this film also starts in black and white then changes to color. And the film's cinematography is great, as well as the 3D effects.

OK, so, I watched this movie at home. Is the movie worth what it costs to get into the cinema? I didn't think so. But it is worth the rental. It is a silly comedy, but I found the movie mildly entertaining. The film carries a good message without being overly serious, which is a good thing to say over a lot of films of its type. Eddie Murphy manages to pull of an alright performance. It really is kind of funny that on Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a 0% audience approval rating, but at least half of the audience liked it. If I have not stressed this enough, this is a movie not to be taken seriously, take it as a comedy and.....well enjoy it or don't.

I'll start off by saying that these hand camera movies always revolve around a horrific storyline, like say, there just happens to be a random witch living in the woods and Cloverfield sucked as well. There is nothing even remotely scary about this piece of trash, not to mention it is terribly unrealistic. By the time this so called "film" was over, I was literally thinking "Wow, I can't believe I actually just wasted an hour and a half of my life on that!" Literally, the whole movie is just the people walking through the woods screaming the f word at the top of their longs for 81 minutes! I'd love to tell you the stupid ending as well, but I'm afraid I can't because IMDb won't let me. In short, don't waste your time and money on this garbage.

Oh yeah, I got the DVD for free. I regret it, and I threw it away.