Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) - Quotes

Quotes about Oz the Great and Powerful: [[w:Tim Burton|Tim Burton; [Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)|Alice in Wonderland; [w:Drag Me to Hell|Drag Me to Hell] Watching our hero fill the clown-sized shoes of prophecy is only as unbearable as its creators inability to make their tale distinct. But enlivening detail is absent from most of Oz the Great and Powerful, a film that is largely distinguished by the fact that it's not quite as flavorless as it could have been (especially when compared to ]'s ]) … Yet when a film positions itself in the shadow of a beloved fantasy classic, passable isn't good enough. "Oz" never goes anywhere you don't expect it to. … Oz the Great and Powerful was apparently made by a committee whose honorary speaker just happens to be the director of ].

Glinda: For the record, I knew you’d had it in you all along.

Oz: Greatness?

Glinda: No...better than that: Goodness.

Master Tinker: Now, Knuck.

Glinda: Well done, Tinker. Your machine works beautifully!

Master Tinker: [[courage] That's just workmanship. What you displayed was real ]. Your father would be more than proud of you. He would marvel at the woman you've become.

Oz: [Theodora stops] Theodora! I know your wickedness is not your doing, and should you ever find the goodness within you, you are welcome to return.

Theodora: [pauses, as if considering; she flies away, cackling madly] NEVER!!!'.

Evanora: What's the matter? Run out of bubbles?

Glinda: I don't need them. The bubbles are just for show.

Evanora: What have you done to me?!

Glinda: Revealed what you truly are.

Theodora: [Laughing; flies into the city on her broom, causing the citizens to jump aside in fright; she lands in front of Glinda, stares at her for a moment, then kneels so that they are eye-to-eye] OUT OF MY WAY! Give up, Glinda. Why do you continue to resist?

Glinda: Because I believe in the Wizard.

Theodora: [her face darkens with rage; stands up, pointing to Oz's balloon full of stolen gold, rising over the city] So did I, once. Behold. LOOK! Your Wizard!

Citizen 1: Where is he going?

Citizen 2: [sadly] He's abandoning us!

Citizen 3: [sadly] How could he?

Glinda: No!

China Girl: [starts to cry] No!

Evanora: [mockingly] Ohh...Not so Great and Powerful, after all.

Oz: [in Winkie voice; Finley looks up, and the Winkie pulls back the brim of his helmet to reveal Oz, grinning] Hey. Hello, Monkey.

Finley: [beams, hugs him] Oz! I thought you were dead-

Oz: Shh...You were crying pretty hard - was that for me?

Finley: Oh...no, some of the smoke got in my eyes!

Oz: [laughs] Oh, right.

Finley: Wow, you fooled everybody - That was your greatest trick yet!

Oz: [grins] That was just the opening act.

Evanora: [to the Citizens; Oz and Finley glance nervously in her direction as she and Theodora step forward on either side of Glinda] Let this be the final word! Your prophecy is dead. Like the king who spoke it, and the wizard who tried to fulfill it! All dead!

Oz: [to Finley; leads him towards the projection-booth carriage, where the Master Tinker and Knuck are beckoning them] It's showtime.

Theodora: [to the Citizens; the citizens watch sadly as Theodora and Evanora close on Glinda] And they will be joined in death, by Glinda the Good! Farewell.

Evanora: [she and Theodora conjure green lightning and red flames, respectively, and begin charging up their magical energies for the killing blow] Say hello to your daddy for me.

Glinda: The dreams of the people live on.

Oz: [thunderously] Fear me not, good people of Oz! Fear me not! For it is I: the great and powerful Wizard of Oz!

Evanora: More tricks?! After everything?! How dare you defy us?!

Oz: [thunderously; the citizens cheer] Dare"?! How dare you, wicked sisters?! No-one defies Oz!

Evanora: Guards! Destroy him!

Guard Officer: [They throw javelins, to no avail. Oz laughs; the guards retreat] Forward! Attack! .

Evanora: Guards! Come back here in an instant!

Oz: [thunderously] You thought you could kill me?! Me?! Thanks to you, I have shed my mortal shell and taken my true ethereal form. I am now more powerful than ever! I am invincible! You still doubt me?!

Theodora: [throws a fireball; Finley pulls a lever; Oz's image fades] Doubt you? I defy you! .

Evanora: Beautifully done, sister.

Theodora: Thank you.

Finley: Hurry! You're taking too much time!

Oz: Hold… hold…

Finley: They think they're winning!

Oz: Put it back on!

Oz: What're you doing? Put it back on!

Tinker: Loose wire. Screw's stuck!

Oz: [gives him a tool] Hold on! Use this!

Tinker: Got it.

Oz: Great.

Theodora: This can't be!

Oz: [laughs, then thunderously; the citizens cheer; [stars] You cannot defeat me! I am immortal! I am the great and powerful Wizard of Oz! Now, witness and observe, as I unleash the ]! Behold!

Glinda: [sotto voce] So those are fireworks.

Evanora: [retreats] He is the Wizard.

Knuck: We got Evanora! She's on the run!

Oz: Alright! We got one!

Theodora: Come back, you coward! And you said I was the weak one!

Glinda: Would you stop that? A con man couldn't have done all this. You're much more than that.

Oz: Then I've got you fooled too.

Glinda: The only person you've got fooled is yourself.

Oz: This is all very impressive, but you still haven't told me how you plan to get this thing into the Emerald City.

Glinda: Relax. I know someone.

Oz: What do you mean you know someone?

Knuck: Hello, Wizard.

Oz: Well, well, well. If it isn't old Sourpuss.

Knuck: My name is Knuck!

Glinda: Now you two be nice to each other.

Knuck: Let's move it, Wizard!

Oz: Can you give me a break?

Knuck: I'll break yo nose!

Oz: Glinda, I've got it!

Glinda: What have you got?

Oz: [puts a book down on her desk] I've got a way out of this mess.

Glinda: What is this?

Oz: [Glinda picks up and starts flipping through the book: ''Mastering Magic''] A battle plan. It's all in there: Illusion, misdirects, slight of hand...Look, I know I'm not the wizard you were expecting, but I might just be the wizard you need.

Glinda: You said you were just a conman.

Oz: Precisely.

Glinda: Nothing but a trickster?

Oz: Yes.

Glinda: A terrible cheat?

Oz: The best there is.

Glinda: Carnival magician's going to put on a show.

Oz: [[Magic; [Mystery] I'll put on the show of a lifetime, the likes of which the land of Oz has never seen! ]. ]. PRESTIDIGITATION! It'll be my greatest trick yet.

Theodora: [arriving in Glinda's kingdom in her new form; jumps in front of the Tinkers. They recoil in fright; levitates over to the Quadlings] There's so much good here...It sickens me. Still think your wizard can save you? FROM THE LIKES OF ME?! SPEAK UP...or I will tear out your tongue!

Oz: [to Glinda] Now, who's that?

Theodora: [spins around, swoops toward Oz and Glinda] Don't you recognize me, Wizard? Have I changed so much?

Oz: [shocked] Theodora?

Theodora: [bows mockingly; levitates Oz and makes him dance] May I have this dance?

Oz: Hey! Hey! Whoa! I get it! You're a little upset!

Glinda: Theodora, stop! You'll hurt him!

Oz: Theodora...What happened to you?!

Theodora: [conjures up a fireball and is about to throw it at Oz] You happened to me!

Glinda: [uses her wand to extinguish the fireball; points her wand at Theodora] This isn't you, it's your sister. She's worked her magic on you. I'd hoped you'd be able to see through her...

Theodora: [walks slowly towards Glinda and Oz] Oh, Glinda...So naïve. Just like your father. That's why it was so easy for my sister to kill him.

Glinda: [sadly] She only killed a man... Not what he believed in.

Female Quadling: [brandishes her broomstick at Theodora] Begone, witch, before the Wizard makes mush of you!

Theodora: [sarcastically; bitterly; to Glinda; lifts Glinda's chin with her nail and chuckles coldly] Ohh...how sweet. You all believe in him! Well, so did I, once. And as for you, my pretty one... When I return with my sister and her army, the Yellow Brick Road will be red with the blood of every tinker, farmer, and Munchkin in your kingdom.

Glinda: [firmly] You underestimate us, Theodora. We are a strong and united people...And now, the Wizard is here to lead us.

Theodora: [turns to face Glinda's people; magically summons the female Quadling's broom; as soon as it touches her hand, it turns black; flies away on the broom laughing viciously] And as for your Wizard...he will be the first to die, and you will all see that he is nothing but a deceitful, selfish, and extremely mortal man! Give me that! It was a broom that you wanted...Wasn't it, Wizard?

Evanora: What's the matter, sister?

Theodora: [jealously] Look at how happy they all are. Do you think she'll be his Queen?

Evanora: Well, of course she'll be his Queen. You can't compete with Glinda's charms - no one can.

Theodora: [cries, her tears leaving burn scars on her face] Sister, it hurts!

Evanora: Such is a broken heart - your precious "wizard" did that to you.

Theodora: [turns to her] Make it stop.

Evanora: [Theodora pauses; dissolve to Evanora offering her an enchanted green apple; seeing Theodora's hesitation] Would you like me to? One bite is all it takes. One bite, and your world will change forever. One bite, and your heart will become impenetrable. One bite, and you and I will finally share the throne. Unless you'd rather see Oz and Glinda there?

Theodora: [stares up at her sister; Evanora smirks, victorious] ...You're the wicked one - not Glinda! Sister, you lied to me!

Evanora: It's nice, isn't it? How clear everything becomes.

Theodora: [begins convulsing with pain and gasping for breath; tearing off her cloak and necklace, she staggers across the room] What is happening to me?!

Evanora: [chuckling; Theodora stumbles across the room, hallucinating about Oz laughing, and collapses behind a table; the fire blazes high. Evanora steps cautiously towards her; shrieks and recoils as Theodora's hand, now clawed and green-skinned, shoots up and grabs the table. Evanora appears startled as Theodora - still unseen - stands up, casting a menacing silhouette on the wall; smiles weakly] Oh. It's just your heart withering away. Fear not, Theodora, for soon you will feel nothing at all, except...beautiful wickedness. Sister? Oh, sister, you're hideous. I can cast a simple enchantment, and have you looking just the way you were before.

Theodora: [flips her wide-brimmed red hat inside out, revealing a black witch's hat; cackling] No! This is who I am now. I want him to see me like this. I want him to know that he was the one who made me this way.

Evanora: [to herself] Oh, dear.

Oz: [whispering to Glinda, as her city celebrates his arrival] You know, I should tell you, I might not actually be a wizard...

Glinda: Yes, I know.

Oz: Oh?

Glinda: Well, at least not any kind of wizard we were expecting.

Oz: Uh, you could tell?

Glinda: Yes. I can also tell you're weak, selfish, slightly egotistical, and a fibber.

Oz: I see. Anything you don't know about me?

Glinda: Whether or not you'll save my people.

Oz: Ah, no, I just told you I'm not the wizard.

Glinda: [sadly] But they don't know that. If you can make them believe, then you're wizard enough. These are desperate times, after all. Can you make them believe?

Oz: [nervously; [gold] Um...Will I...still get that ]?

Glinda: [surprised; nods her head yes] Ah...

Oz: [to the crowd] Good people of Oz. Your wizard is here!

Oz: [traveling by bubble to Glinda's kingdom; notices the bubble around the castle] These things go kind of fast, huh? Hey, is-is that a wall?

Glinda: Of sorts. It repels our enemies; it protects us from harm.

Oz: But we're headed straight for it.

Glinda: [cheerfully] Yes, we are.

Oz: [nervously; panicking] And going very fast. How do you, uh...? Does this thing have any brakes? I'm going too fast! I'm gonna die!

Glinda: [calmly; with realization] You needn't worry, Wizard. It's a magic wall, and all good-hearted souls get to pass through.

Oz: [still panicking] I'M GONNA DIE!!!

Theodora: [tricked by Evanora into thinking Oz has "betrayed" her for Glinda] He said we would rule Oz, together...He said I would be his Queen.

Evanora: [takes Theodora's hand, meets her eyes] Did he? Are you...quite sure it wasn't you who said that to him?

China Girl: But...I wanna go with you.

Oz: What, on a witch hunt? Nah, you're just a little girl.

China Girl: [kicks Oz in the leg] I'm not as delicate as I look!

Oz: [smirks] That didn't hurt.

China Girl: [stubbornly] I'm coming with you!

Oz: [points at Finley; Finley growls at him; back to China Girl; China Girl starts crying, hoping to get sympathy] Listen, we have one rule in show business - never work with kids or animals... ...And I'm already working with this thing. Relax. The answer is No. No, no. Don't-Don't do that. You'll be fine.

Theodora: Isn't he wonderful? Didn't I say he would come?

Evanora: [angrily] You dare escort that...oaf in here and and allow him to climb on the hallowed throne?

Theodora: And why not? He is the wizard.

Evanora: The wizard, or so he says. Did it not ever occur to you that he might be an impostor in league with the Wicked Witch and sent here to kill us?

Theodora: Wicked Witch? Don't be ridiculous.

Evanora: [pauses; Theodora looks at her in surprise] Oh, I'm not the one who is underestimating her cleverness. Or maybe it is you that I am underestimating. Have you finally joined her side, sister?

Theodora: I am on no one's side. You know that. I simply want peace, that's all I ever wanted and the wizard can do that. He's a good man.

Evanora: What do you know about goodness? Deep down, you are wicked.

Theodora: [furiously; in her rage, she throws a fireball at a vase. She recoils] I'm not WICKED!!!

Evanora: That temper really is wasted on you, isn't it?

Oz: [[dance; Theodora looks startled] May I have this ], milady? Now you're gonna tell me no one's ever asked you to dance before.

Theodora: [sadly] No one ever has.

Oz: [smiles] Then it's high time you learned.

Oz: [to Theodora] Where's your broom?

Theodora: [[witch] You don't know much about ]es, do you?

Oz: Where...Where am I exactly?

Theodora: Where do you think you are?

Oz: I have no idea. It's...It's like no place I've ever seen.

Theodora: You're in Oz.

Glinda: I don't need them. The bubbles are just for show.

Glinda: You can't give me that. You took what mattered most to me: My father.

Glinda: The shield allows a good-hearted person to pass.

Glinda: You're capable of more than you know...

Theodora/The Wicked Witch of the West: This is who I am now. I want him to see me like this. I want him to know that he was the one who made me this way.

Theodora/The Wicked Witch of the West: [[peace] I am on no one's side. You know that I simply want ], that's all I ever wanted, and the wizard can do that. He's a good man.

Theodora/The Wicked Witch of the West: Aren't you the Great Man we've been waiting for?

Oz: I have everything I ever wanted.

Oz: How hard can it be to kill a Wicked Witch?

Oz: Oz? That's my name. Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. But everyone calls me Oz.

Oz: [stuck in the tornado] I don't want to die! I haven't accomplished anything yet! Please!

Oz: Kansas is full of good men. I don't want to be a good man...I want to be a great one.