At one point, near the end of “Oz the Great and Powerful,”
Theodora, played by Mila Kunis in green face, makes an exasperated noise and
utters, “How predictable.” Those two words are a good summation of the entire
movie. There’s nothing particularly wrong with the film, but there’s nothing especially
original or engaging about the story either. Obvious kiddie fare, an audience
that will likely thrill in the dazzling color and shit the bed at the sight of the
flying baboons, the story is so watered down and transparent that sitting
through it as a grown-ass adult can be trying. Why this is more than two hours
long is beyond me.
