The screen opens to a 4:3 Academy ratio black-and-white film that shows how Oz (James Franco) ends up in Oz. Sure, he seems like a bit of a loser, but hey, anyone who's seen or read the classic already knows that, and the whole storm thing in black-and-white, as the screen expands to a contemporary ratio, looks pretty cool. So far so good.
And then, we get to Oz - the place, with its brilliant colors, stunning visuals, and flowers, and fairie mosquitoes, and it's all still pretty cool. Oz - the "Great and Powerful" - is still loser extraordinaire. But, it all looks
sooooo....