Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

  I absolutely hated this movie.  And not just because of my irrational hatred for James Franco.  That's part of it, but not the whole thing.

Oscar --called Oz-- (James Franco) is a magician with a traveling carnival who dreams of making it big.  When his hot air balloon ends up in a magical realm that shares his name, he feels that destiny is afoot, especially after he meets a beautiful witch named Theodora (Mila Kunis) and learns about a prophecy that names him king of the entire land.  Theodora and her sister, Evanora (Rachel Weisz), are more than happy to crown Oz just as soon as he rids the kingdom of the evil witch.  Oz discovers that his target is actually the rightful heir, Glinda the good witch (Michelle Williams), and that the two sisters are out to rule for themselves.

Here's my problem:  every bad thing that happens in this movie is because Oz the wizard is a venal, untrustworthy, narcissistic little shit.  He has no appreciable arc from beginning to end credits, remaining a complete douche throughout.  That's not a story.  Add that to Franco's anti-charisma and a total lack of humor and you have an interminable slog of a movie.  No wonder this didn't get a sequel.