Burton's Alice in Wonderland had a built in fanbase that would see almost anything Tim Burton put his hands on. Unfortunately for him, they seem to have left him with the last 2 films he did. The last film had no fanservice whatsoever (which makes me love it all the more).Oz won't quite hit the level of Burton's Alice in Wonderland even though the story appears to be much more fleshed out. The fact that Raimi has no interest in developing the sequel with Disney serves as a red flag to me so I hope it's good. I hear it's worth seeing, but not ground-breaking. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
I dunno. Just looking at this film says "this is going to be a big expensive failure." No wonder Disney's so keen on releasing The Muppets...Again next March. The budget is low enough to turn a profit, even if the film doesn't do all that well. John Carter was essentially an ego piece, but let's face it. Most films are ego pieces with lousy scripts and they still manage to make money somehow. I'm sure this Oz thing isn't going to be as big a problem as John Carter, mainly because people have heard of Wizard of Oz. I've heard that the 3-D special effects overtake the film. But then again, look how colorfully gimmicky the original film was.
I'm working myself over The Croods. I don't know if I want to bother, but I might. I'd rather see Burt Wonderstone than any of these other films.
What I want to see is G.I. Joe go down. Just out of spite due to the fact they screwed over G.I. Joe Renegades for it, twice. Especially since they pulled the movie for almost a year, meaning G.I.JR will be on permanent hiatus. Sigh... Hasbro has such great cartoons that always get screwed over for terrible movies.