I'm still not uber-impressed, but I imagine I'll like the marketing more where James Franco talks less. It's no secret that the current season is absolutely starved for kids-faire. My daughter literally asked me today when there would be more kids movies for her to see. Whether or not I end up dragging her to this (my wife wants to see it too apparently), I imagine it will benefit mightily from the lack of such family-friendly fare in the first two months of the year, akin to The Lorax opening to $70 million last year for the same reason. Come what may, it reminded me that I probably ought to show her the original Wizard of Oz, as I imagine she'd enjoy that one. It's also a fine education in the whole 'color vs. black-and-white' issue since she didn't end up seeing Frankenweenie. This certainly looks visually impressive, with a sparse and less cluttered look compared to Burton's Alice In Wonderland. The laughing at the end pretty much rules out Michelle Williams as the 'wicked witch', so now it's just a question of whether or not Rachel Weisz (who the laughing voice sounds most like) is the real villain or merely the red herring to hide Mila Kunis's true villainy. Anyway, this is probably the last major tease we'll see until release, give or take the usual clips released online.
Scott Mendelson
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