One of the strongest elements of the film is its music. The songs, written by Bryan Adams, Tift Merritt, Jim Dooley, and Jim Vallance, have a timeless quality to them, while still contemporary and fresh. "When the World" and "Even Then" are as good as anything on Broadway, while "Work With Me" and "Candy Candy" are catchy and fun. The score, composed by Toby Chu, is engaging and complements the film really well. I'd like to see the score get a full release sometime in the future.
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The cast is perfect. Lea Michele's Dorothy is brave, sweet, and charismatic. Jim Belushi, Kelsey Grammar, and Dan Aykroyd are fantastic as the Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow; they're hilarious as a group and individually. Megan Hilty, Oliver Platt, Hugh Dancy, and Bernadette Peters are all wonderful as well. Martin Short, of course, steals the show as the Jester, the Witch of the West's younger brother.
The weakest part of this film is, obviously, the animation, done by Prana Animation Studios. It's not horrible, but there are a few moments in the film where it is distracting. Aunt Em and Uncle Henry, for example, are very robotic and hardly have any facial expression. I also would've liked to see a bit more expression from Dorothy when she belts out "When the World" at the beginning of the film. Luckily, however, the good outweighs the bad by far.
I also enjoyed some of the little easter eggs in there. There's a sign in Kansas that says "Engstrom Street," a reference to the film's art director Seth Engstrom. There's also a store in Kansas called "Duncan," which is the name of the studio that designed the characters.
I feel like Legends of Oz is the first true Oz film we've had in years; it really captures the spirit and magic of everything we know and love, while maintaining a fresh, contemporary feeling. I think L. Frank Baum himself would be proud of this one, and I hope that moviegoers give this film a chance and enjoy it as much as I did... I'm already making plans to see it again!