Never Eat Slimey Worms

Let's start with listing the differences between the book and the movie, because, thank goodness, there are way less differences than similarities.

1. The classic, always recognizable Ruby Slippers are no more (*cue horror music*), instead we find that they are actually meant to be silver, SILVER!!! How hard is it to transfer that one little fact from words to motion picture? Was ruby some one's favorite color? Or did we just feel like mixing things up a little bit, cause let me tell you, its scandalous my friend, ruby vs silver, what is this world coming to?


2. Next we are introduced no only to the Good Witch of the North, but also the Good Witch of the South. This I give props to, they managed to combine the two witches by simply naming the Witch of the North after the Witch of the South, very sneaky; and it only makes sense to have one good witch. If you have one bad witch you can't have two good witches; the good vs evil dichotomy just doesn't fit then. It works fine in the book because the second wicked witch is emphasized more, blah blah blah, when in the movie all we ever get from her are the color-confused slippers and shriveled up feet.


3. In the book, during the journey across Winkie Country, which is the ugliest name for a country and would have received a lot of raised eyebrows had it been included in the movie, they encounter a lot more obstacles, such as wolves, bees, crows, and the ever terrifying Winkie Soldiers (*jaws theme song*). In the movie, all they meet is the Wicked Witch of the West and some sleep inducing flowers (NO!!! NOT POPPIES, AHHHHH!!!)


4. Also, in the movie, each "friend" Dorothy picks up along the way, apparently she's a very friendly person, happens to resemble the workers on her farm (only slightly weird), while in the book they don't. Enough said.


5. And what happened to the Golden Cap? Hum? I liked that part; it was like having a genie with three wishes, except they were monkeys and all they could do was fly you three places, but that was still way magical. But no. They just do the bidding of the Wicked Witch of the West, who also happens to resemble somebody from Dorothy's actual life (slightly more weird).


6. But the biggest, most scandalous, inexcusable, anger inducing reality: the Emerald City isn't really emerald!!! Who knew? (except those who have taken time to appreciate the original, and definitely better version of a most beloved film). Obviously someone was having trouble keeping their colors straight.


7. And last, and probably least, at no point do we sing about going "some where over the rainbow," which, to be quite honest, I always fast forward through when watching the movie (*snore*).