This 1985 Disney movie has bits of at least three Oz books mixed into
it, "The Marvelous Land of Oz" with Ozma, Mombi and Jack Pumpkinhead,
"Ozma of Oz" with with Tic-Tok, the Wheelers, the Nome King, and Bellina
the Chicken; and elements of "The Emerald City of Oz" with the Nome
King again. I don't care for the way this movie mixes characters and
stories. It has the "ruby slippers" as the source of the Nome King's
power when in the books it was his magic belt. It has Mombi as the
person who changes heads, when in truth it was the Queen of Ev's sister,
who was ruling after the Queen of Ev disappeared. Momb has The
Wheelers as her agents of evil, which was never the case. It also has
Oz conquered by the Nome King, which did not happen as The Scarecrow had
used his brains to avert this, even though the Nome King had made the
attempt.
Anyway, as for the story that does come out, it is enjoyable, but I
think the Nome (rock people) sort of make a boring kind of movie. I can
see myself falling asleep through this movie. Something that I liked
was the bit with Ozma, having been locked in the mirror by Mombi. (It
gives it the feel of "Watcher in the Woods.) It added a nice touch.
There is also a bit of a psychiatric hospital where Dorothy is taken
because she cannot sleep. Again the characters seep over from the hospital to OZ. This movie is mildly entertaining.
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