Wizard of Oz, or WIzard of Odd?

The Wizard of Oz has never been something that i really ever had strong feelings for. i had seen the movie years ago and read little snippets here and there but never really delved into the story or really watched the movie. but after doing both i want to get back into it right away. With such a fun cast of characters. Beyond the differences in the book, (aka not toto  being bacd subplot, no Ms. Gulch, and the fact that in the book everything was real) i think i prefer the movie. It has a timeless charm to it.its a golden classic. The book does too but in all fairness and honesty im probably more partial to the movie then the book because i saw the movei first and it was key in forming my opinion of the story from the starting point.

I was surprised to see it again in class after not having seen it in a while. i remember thinking it was just alright, kind of boring. but while watching it in class i felt myself being truly drawn in for the first time, even though i had seen it before. there is an innocence to Judy Garlands performance as Dorothy. And one thing i appreciated in the movie was the inclusion of the farmhands which mirrored the characters she would meet in Oz. and as far as the ending of the movie basically telling us the viewer that it was all a dream, i have always thought of it as reality. As though it really happened but she just wrote it off as a dream. I always assumed that just because she said it was a dream wasn't necessarily the final truth of the matter. I feel like the movie streamlined the story, got rid of some nonessentials and added some flair of its own. however, an argument can be easily made that it is not the pure representation of the original fairy tale for "modern (in the 1930's) Children". All in all i can say that i really enjoy both, but given the choice i will watch the timeless movie classic over reading the book. but i'm pretty partial to film as it goes anyways.