Discuss The Wizard of Oz
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My (provide your own answer) #1 fave character is...
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on February 22, 2017 at 12:36 PM
Cowardly Lion. Love his song, "If Iiiiiii were the kiiing of the foooorest" 
Makes me LOL every single time!
Reply by Hermione
on March 4, 2017 at 1:52 PM
Oh, it's hard to pick just one! I'd have to go with the wicked witch, who's just so deliciously wicked! And she has a dark sense of humor.
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!"
Dorothy: it was an accident!
Witch: I can have accidents too!
Reply by genplant29
on March 4, 2017 at 2:15 PM
So, true! And she's got her own personal band of Flying Monkeys, which everyone could use some of them to do one's bidding!
Reply by genplant29
on March 4, 2017 at 2:28 PM
Is he afraid of a rhinoceros? Imposerous! How about a hippopotamus? Why, he'd thrash him from top to bottomus! Supposing he met an elephant? He'd wrap him up in cellophant! What about a brontosaurus? He'd show him who was king of the forest!
"I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks. I do, I do, I do, I do believe in spooks!"
Reply by Hermione
on March 4, 2017 at 3:42 PM
Lol, I could quote this movie all day!
Nobody gets in to see the wizard! Not nobody, not no how!
Reply by genplant29
on March 4, 2017 at 3:58 PM
"You dare to come to me for a heart, do you? You clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous junk!"
Reply by Hermione
on March 4, 2017 at 8:50 PM
Now begone! Before somebody drops a house on you!
Reply by wonder2wonder
on March 22, 2017 at 4:38 AM
The Lion. I'm still looking for courage.
Reply by tmdb43737777
on July 30, 2017 at 4:47 AM
The tinman. His bravery and quick thinking saved the day in alot of ways going towards oz
Reply by rudely_murray
on July 30, 2017 at 6:53 AM
The Wicked Witch, one of the greatest villains in the movies (although 'Wicked' has put a very different spin on her story...)
Reply by Howard Burns
on July 30, 2017 at 7:13 AM
I'm gonna go with the Munchkins, my favorites being the coroner and of course the Lollipop Guild
Reply by genplant29
on July 30, 2017 at 2:43 PM
No one's picked Dorothy as their favourite, and I know we all love her. So, I'll add her name to our list.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on July 30, 2017 at 4:29 PM
I'll go with the one who galvanizes this motley bunch of misfits to confront the Wizard: Dorothy.
Reply by genplant29
on July 30, 2017 at 4:44 PM
And she does it all with class, sweetness, sensitivity, and grace.
Reply by PT 100
on July 12, 2019 at 9:31 PM
I agree w/Dorothy. Amazing characterization and range of emotion by 17-year-old Garland. It made her a star. I'd put the Cowardly Lion next, then the Wicked Witch of the West. Also, Frank Morgan did a great job playing Prof. Marvel, the Wizard, the Gatekeeper, the Carriage Driver and the Guard. He played his roles w/just the right balance of ineptitude and lovable sweetness.
Reply by genplant29
on July 13, 2019 at 2:49 AM
Indeed, PT. Such wonderful, magical characters - and performances - in this movie. This is probably the only movie of 80 (even 70 or 60) years ago that even kids of today have seen and love. It still totally holds up.
Btw, also gotta love those grouchy apple trees in the Haunted Forest. They have spunk!