Wizard of Oz.

I have seen the Wizard of Oz classic movie starring Judy Garland a number of times. Although it is not one of my favorite movies I do consider it a work of art, with its unique use of sepia tone and also color all presented in the movie. Now finally reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in my opinion the book is better than the movie. With many classic fairytales the original book is usually a lot dark and harsher than a modern adaptation of the movie. To not spoil anything in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the book has more darker elements. Which for a children's book I was a little shocked to read. Along with this we are given the back stories of the tin man, the scarecrow, the lion and the wizard of oz. I do wish that some of these sections would have been left in the movie adaption. Along with this, the book also explores more sections of Oz that are not displayed in the movie. I do understand that with a movie written for a bigger commercial use, there are time limits as with a book there really are not any limitations. Overall, I'm happy to have seen the movie first because I think if I would have read the book first my expectations of the movie would have been higher. I also liked that the book was different than the movie, because when reading the book, I didn't picture the movie version in my head. I would definitely recommend the book to anyone who has or hasn't watched the movie. There are also about twelve or thirteen more books in this series which talk more about Oz and the people who live there.