Oz The Great and Powerful PG 130 Minutes Rating: **** out of ***** It s been a long time since I last visited the wonderful world of Oz probably around thirty years, in fact. But director Sam Raimi s new film, a prequel to that great classic, The Wizard of Oz, invites us all back to that land of magic and adventure, where Wicked Witches soar through the skies on broomsticks and the forests are home to everything from lions to river faries and talking monkeys. And it s great to be back. Oz the Great and Powerful is the story of a carnival magician named, of course, Oz (James Franco). Oz aspires to greatness, but his life is anything but. He s a charlatan, and not just on the stage. He has a habit of charming ladies and breaking their hearts without remorse, and treats his one friend in all the world with utter contempt. In short, he s a loser. But when the hot air balloon he s in is about to be sucked up into a giant tornado (in Kansas, of course), Oz looks to the Heavens and promises to change and do really great things if only he survives. He does survive, as it turns out the tornado was his doorway to the Land of Oz. There Oz learns of a prophecy concerning a great wizard bearing the Land s name who would liberate everyone from the Wicked Witch and rule the Kingdom with justice. Oz knows there is a problem with this: he isn t really a wizard. But his new friends don t know that, and for the most part they are easily impressed with his magic illusions. Lured by promises of kingship and untold riches, Oz sets out to achieve the greatness he always wanted. So much for his promise to change Oz the Great and Powerful is a great morality tale about (要求人心净化先要求人生美化是谁的名言？朱光潜，要求人心净化先要求人生美化是朱光潜的名言。朱光潜坚信情感比理智重要，要洗刷人心，并非几句道德家言所可了事，一定要从“怡情养性”做起，一定要用饱食暖衣、高官厚禄等等之外，别有较高尚、较纯洁的企求。)a man s change of heart, and about the differences between good and evil, the consequences of our actions, and the fact that greatness, however we define it, is never as important as goodness. James Franco delivers what is probably the best performance of his career to this point, and his portrayal of Oz is charismatic (even when the ch...