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Juho Pohjalainen
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The book feels much more meandering towards the end than the movie did. There was the original plotline about getting to see the wizard and doing in the Wicked Witch, but once that was resolved, we're still here, making up new things. I mean resolving the plot didn't end the story in the movie either, but it all still got done fairly quickly afterwards when the Good Witch re-entered the play. Here, though...
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Juho Pohjalainen
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I think I liked the Wizard's rewards better in the movie, too. He was more up-front about what they actually meant and no one needed to be tricked anymore because they knew they were worthy.
— Nov 01, 2026 02:18AM
Juho Pohjalainen
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The Wicked Witch of the West was the first thing that I liked a lot better in the movie than in the book, what with being a recurring menace from the start rather than something that was just thrown at them from essentially out of nowhere near the end.
But on the other hand, the book, unlike the movie, foreshadowed the water bucket a little bit, so swings and roundabouts.
— Oct 30, 2026 05:29PM
But on the other hand, the book, unlike the movie, foreshadowed the water bucket a little bit, so swings and roundabouts.
Juho Pohjalainen
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Basically the exact same scene four times, with little variations - proper fairy-tale-style repetition done right.
— Oct 29, 2026 05:23PM
Juho Pohjalainen
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It's nice to see the Tin Man and the Lion be actually useful. In the movie, the former mostly just kept crying and the latter was genuinely cowardly, and the Scarecrow carried the whole party. Far more equal here.
— Oct 28, 2026 03:20PM
Juho Pohjalainen
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On the other hand, we've got a few scenes here that the movie didn't have. I guess it preferred to get rid of them and replace them with musical numbers. That's fine: when you can do sound, you might as well have music too.
Apart from the Tin Man's backstory, none of them have been that interesting anyway.
— Oct 26, 2026 04:20PM
Apart from the Tin Man's backstory, none of them have been that interesting anyway.
Juho Pohjalainen
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Saw the movie quite recently - better late than never - and thought I should obviously pick up the book as well.
Getting right into the business much faster. Not much developing of Kansas, and absolutely no farmhands or wandering charlatans or wicked old dog-hating women. I guess this means it's not going to be all just a dream like the movie was (by executive mandate, I hear). That'd be good at least.
— Oct 24, 2026 02:51PM
Getting right into the business much faster. Not much developing of Kansas, and absolutely no farmhands or wandering charlatans or wicked old dog-hating women. I guess this means it's not going to be all just a dream like the movie was (by executive mandate, I hear). That'd be good at least.