Like a bad 3D movie, that is now how I view 1939 movie of this story. We have this glorious new technology! We must use it, make the slippers ruby instead of silver! Not that I care all that much, and these types of changes are to be expected when crossing media.
One thing that does bother me about the book is how conveniently obstacles are resolved. I don't feel as though Dorothy earned anything, or grew as a character, she never faced any chalenges that she had to over come on her own (with the exception of the Wicked Witch, but even then the witch wasn't that wicked and Dorothy beat her unintentionally . When it first started to bother me was when the Wicked Witch first started to send out her minions. When the wolves attacked the tinman killed them all, I'm fine with this, but the way it plays out. I am supposed to assume that the wolves formed a nice line and attacked one after the other? It's as though the tinman stood in one spot just swinging his axe and the wolves simply ran into it. The same goes with the other encounters. It feels to convenient for Dorothy to have thrown the water bucket on the witch. Who does that? Sure the witch took her slipper, but splashing a bucket leaves everyone wet. What was the point Dorothy?
Another thing, the Wicked Witch is a terrible slave master. It sounds as though Dorothy is free to go about and do whatever in the castle along with the chores the witch had her do. You can't break a lion if your servants continue to feed it after dark. What was the witch thinking? Giving Dorothy so much freedom. I'll give her being afraid of water for it is life threatening, but afraid of the dark? Really? She's not a good villain as far as I'm concerned.
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