Sleeping Beauty - Disneycember
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Originally aired in December 2011. Doug takes a look at Sleeping Beauty.
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"She just sings and looks pretty." Well, she was only given the gift of beauty and song.
And in compare to her book counterpart , she is way more interesting
Maybe that's the third gift that Merryweather was supposed to give to Arora.
"Sweet Princess. My gift shall be the gift of a memorable character and personality!"
@@bowmaj8666 dammit Merryweather. Such a lost opportunity.
@@bowmaj8666 well that just makes me hate maleficent more
Can you imagine if she got no gifts at all? The king and queen must have some pretty weak genetics.
This movie has one of my favourite bits of dialogue in a Disney movie:
- "When will I see you again?"
- "Oh, never, never!"
- "Never?!"
- "Well... maybe someday."
- "When, tomorrow?"
- "Oh, no - this evening!"
I think the people at Disney, here at least, were more conscious of themselves than they seemed. It's like they knew that the "prince and princess" characters could be a bit unbelievable, so they gently made fun of it a little.
I just read the dialogue out loud in a girly and gruff voice 🤣
There's an even better one later, I'm paraphrasing:
Philip's Dad: You have to marry a princess!
Phillip: Oh come, Father, you're living in the past! This is the 14th century!
The fairies are NOT the side characters, they are the MAIN characters. They have the most screen time, they raise Aurora along with casting the loophole in the curse that will allow her to wake up, put the whole castle to sleep when Aurora goes into a coma, they free Philip and give him the tools needed to defeat Maleficent, so in a way they helped defeat Maleficent. This film should of been called The Three Fairies and Sleeping Beauty.
thank you
I read that Maleficent being snubbed at a party wasn't just about not being invited, it's that the other fairies WERE invited and she was explicitly excluded. The human kingdom was a neutral party in the conflict between the two groups, and when Maleficent wasn't invited it was an implication that the humans were now taking sides. Thus, her enemy.
Exactly! It was literally the King and Queen's fault for not inviting her OR taking her up on the offer to humble themselves for the slight. I mean, if they'd wanted things to go smoothly they could have just not invited ANY of the fairies and it would have been fine. Then again, if they'd wanted things for their daughter to be outstanding, they could have invited ALL of the fairies, who would then proceed to one up one another with giving Aurora better and better gifts as a matter of pride.
I used to do these podcasts where I told classic stories but in my own words. In my version of Sleeping Beauty I added how the evil fairy was angry how the other fairies (her sisters in my version) were asked to be godmothers to the princess and not her
What gift would Maleficent have given the princess if she were invited?
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 i wanted maleficent too win not die my por queen
I LOVE the artwork in this movie, it's so beautiful :o As for Maleficent, not being invited to one of the biggest events was one of the biggest insults during that time period. While her motivation is weak nowadays, it was well warranted back then.
How I interpreted it---it was all about power, control, and a LOT of ego on Maleficent's part. I got the impression that she saw herself as the REAL ruler of the kingdom and by snubbing her at Aurora's christening, they were basically saying that they don't really acknowledge her as their ruler and master or even acknowledge her at all----so she decided to make an example of the king and queen and send a message that she's here and she's the real power in that kingdom, and if you're going to insult her then there will be harsh consequences.
Charlie I think it could also have just been an excuse to be evil, considered how sadistic she is.
I'm pretty sure she's also just generally evil and, you know, maleficent (a word synonymous with malicious).
I like the interpretation that Maleficent used the christening as an excuse because she's pure evil and has to cause misery at every happy event.
@Alexandre Phaneuf élève Could you imagine "And to you darling Goddaughter of mine I give you the devil's wit, for never will you not come out the champion from any challenge of the mind. A truly fitting gift for a to be conqueror of Kings and Emperors!"
Cuz we all know that Merryweather was going to give Grace. Maleficent could easily turn Aurora into Cleopatra 2.0.
I'm certain this has been said already, but the movie becomes much more enjoyable once you realize Philip and Aurora aren't quite characters, they're more like McGuffins. The real main characters on the good side are the fairies. Philip and Aurora are just proxies for the conflict between the fairies and Maleficent. Maleficent is and always will be my favourite Disney villain, because I remember being four watching this, and being scared shitless of her. As I child, I was never afraid of any other Disney villain. Something that I also think lends to her presence, is that she's never comical. There's not a single moment she's goofy.
+alguemalguem Finally someone else views the fairies as main characters besides me! I'm surprised more feminists don't take into account that the fairies are the ones that drive the plot, not Aurora or Phillip, if it weren't for the fairies, Phillip wouldn't have been able to escape the dungeon & he wouldn't have defeated Maleficent without the help of the fairies so it's really the fairies that save the day.
+25Artistic Aurora didn't bother me. People assume this movie is anti-feminist because Aurora gets saved by Phillip but feminists don't seem to take into account that the fairies do most of the saving.
+25Artistic I'm not accusing of you of saying this film is anti-feminist. What I was saying was a lot of people in general criticize this film for being anti-feminist but they forget the fairies are the ones that move the plot.
+25Artistic Yeah they are. They just need to get a life.
the villian is also a fairy because how else would she be able to curse a PRINCESS to death?
how much do I love this movie? I ruined 3 VHS tapes because watched it so often. ah, the good old days.
Sleeping Beauty was my favorite movie growing up!
I remember when I was five years old, I used to run around singing Once Upon A Dream at the top of my lungs!! ☺️ lol 💕
Anna G OMG same! I've always had fond memories of this movie
Same! I've watched the movie so many times that I can recite it by heart!... Is that bad?
Sleeping beauty is a movie where the main character and the protagonist are split. The story is about Aurora, but the people that move the plot forward are the fairies.
Like I said in the Cinderella review, one of the reasons the villain is so good is her voice, Eleanor Audley did a fantastic job voicing Maleficent, Angelina Jolie did a good job portraying her in the movie but voice wise, you can't beat the original
I know! I hope with the new versions of Maleficent, nobody forgets Eleanor Audley. She made Maleficent.
I love the animation they show when the fairies give their gifts. Also, Aurora is the most beautiful princess.
Prince Philip is probably one of my favorite of the Disney princes. hnnnnnggg Actions speak louder than words, Critic, and Philip's speak volumes.
+fatalrob0t
It's nice to see someone else speaking words of wisdom. I really liked Philip as well he's really quite funny, and I wish he could have been given more lines in the movie. Like Derek had in Little Mermaid. And I wish he and Aurora could have spent more time talking together, they were actually quite a cute couple.
Abigail Lane Eric, actually, but I agree wholeheartedly. Both couples are great. I love the Little Mermaid and I love Sleeping Beauty.
fatalrob0t
Hahaha, yes Eric. How could i get that wrong? I must have got it mixed up with Derek from the Swan Princess, which isn't even Disney. :D
Abigail Lane pff it's okay. I get names crossed all the time, too. Boy, i don't even remember much of Swan Princess, though I do love the original story even though it ends sadly. I liked that movie because the ending was at least a happy one.
Yeah, the original story the Swan Princess has both the main love interests committing suicide because they can't defeat the villain, and because they don't want to live without the other. Really sad. The movie version was a little more satisfying.
And apparently maleficent was a really good villain, she became a somewhat important character in kingdom hearts
Square gave her a world dominating motivation
Forest of thorns shall be his tomb
Born through the skies on a fog of doom
Now go with the curse and serve me well
Round Stephan's castle...
*Cast my spell !!*
Any childhood with THIS in it is a sweet childhood !!
+GuardianGrarl I replayed that part over and over when I was younger (:
I used to go around that hous reciting that spell over and over for some reason.
Definatly one of their best. I just don't think you should consider the title character and the prince as the main characters though. The fairies are the heroes of the story and Maleficent is the villain. All others are side characters. Maleficent is certainly the best villain they ever put to film, and I always loved the start with all those knights and nobles arriving at the castle, really capturing that sense of the romanced version of the Medieval age, just like those tapestries its art style is based on.
Willem Verheij true, but Aurora and Phillip are also incredible and stand out to me as a new take on the classic fairy tale couple, with the princess being allowed to NOT be ecstatic about learning she's a princess (and thus, that her life is a lie and parents aren't really dead) with a prince that is more rounded and has a likable personality- one that makes you actually get why the girl falls for him so easily.
One of my favourite Disney films. I don't care if its flawed. Cause all the the good stuff in this movie is just too good to resist in my opinion. So what if this films has issues. I would choose to watch this movie any day than the Maleficent movie, which is honestly just a really pointless movie to make.
+Adam Wright
Seconded.
you are my new best friend! Those are my exact opinions!
Saaaaammmmeeeee Love this Movie so frickin much
I agree, even with it's flaws, I love this movie, once upon a dream
the best version of sleeping beauty not that other movie from 2014
I don't even think the 2014 movie would be considered a sleeping beauty movie it's a prequel to Maleficent's past
The 2014 film is absolute trash
Maleficent is an amazing villain. I'm guessing that's why Square chose her to be one of the main villains of Kingdom Hearts. :)
I've always loved the animation style in this one. I also love Aurora's hair
And the way they drew her face while she slept. She’s the most mature and beautiful princess.
@@Myself23512 1st off that title goes to Tiana. 2nd How? She's boring as fuck.
Story 8/10
Animation 10/10
Characters 9/10
Sleeping Beauty 9.5/10
This is a gorgeous movie! I love the music, villain and princess.
“I don’t even think she’s THAT pretty!” - Doug Walker commenting on Sleeping Beauty’s character lmao
Aurora and Philip are boring cause they are not the protagonist, the ones who had a character development were the fairies, the one who followed the hero path are the fairies, that s why I hate when they made them dumber in Maleficent
They made Maleficent dumb in 'Maleficent' too.
Agreed the film wasn't as much about Aurora herself as much as it was about the fairies and their mission to protect her from Maleficent and unite her with her one true love Prince Philip. Yes she's the title character but title character's aren't always protagonists for example
Who Framed Roger Rabbit=Eddie Valliant
Princess Mononoke=Ashitaka
The Iron Giant=Hogarth Hughes
Inuyasha=Kagome Higurashi
The Legend Of Zelda=Link
Akame Ga Kill=Tatsumi need I go on
@@ultimatealchemist9401 "Hook" - Peter Banning/Peter Pan (Does that count?)
@@moviemaniac9034 Sure I guess but I was mostly referring to stories where the title character is a secondary or supporting protagonist instead of the actual main protagonist where in Hooks case it's titled after the antagonist.
@@ultimatealchemist9401 I see, how about "Finding Nemo" - Marlin?
Oh man, I had such a big crush on Aurora when I was little, I thought she was very beautiful! Definitely my favorite princess in terms of looks.
Button Prince - I love her swirly hair.
Button Prince Omg your icon soooo cute aaaaaa
Princess Yoosung Aww thank you so much! I drew it myself!
Compared to Snow White's Prince Charming, Prince Phillip actually had remarkable personality! It was a big jump!
How?
@@cameussmith He talks to and actually flirts the girl he eventually falls in love for and he goes against his father openly, stating his desire to marry someone who wasn't chosen for him.
It's not much for modern standards, but in comparisson to what came before in regards to Disney fairy tales, it was quite the improvement.
The prince may still get shafted here but compare it to Snow White or Cinderella and damn he gets a lot of lines and screen time
I love Sleeping Beauty, so I like to believe the boring mains aren't really the mains; The godmothers are the REAL heroes. They have all the lines, they're badass, they're funny, they're sweet... Hell, they do pretty much all the work for the prince! They free him from the dungeon, they give him his weapons, they make sure nothing falls on him, they even cast a true strike on his sword so he can kill Maleficent! Not to mention Aurora would be straight up dead without their magic instead of just in a coma, and everyone in the kingdom would have had their hearts broken because they wouldn't have been asleep to be kept from the truth before everything was solved. Like okay, they also accidentally revealed where they hid her in the first place, but come on, they already went way out of their way to keep her hidden from the start! The godmothers are freaking awesome!
Well it’s entirely up to debate that they are viewed as supporting characters or heroes. Phillip played a role in breaking the curse by defeating Maleficent as a dragon. He and the fairies worked together.
Bill Cosby's favorite movie
I see what you did there 😉 👏
Well that went dark
Too soon.
I don't get it
is it?
Rewatching this as an adult made me realize just how short this movie really was!
One of my top 3 all time FAVORITE Disney films. I love, love, LOVE this movie! Aurora and Phillip are my favorite Disney couple, and Aurora is one of my favorite 3 Disney Princesses.
Hands down, one of my all time favorite Disney movies!
so much better than the new remake
+Brendan Kress I definitely agree with you.
yes! the remake was awful
HAAAAIL TO THE QUEEEN
HAAAAIL TO THE KING
HAAAAAAAIL TO THE PRIIIIINCESS AROOOORAAAA
Um Prince Philip was an ansolute *BAMF* and his personality shines through his fun fight scenes. Heck he was probably the first prince to have an actual personality
ellie I agree he’s so underrated! I honestly prefer him over Aladdin. I like Aladdin as a movie but I don’t like Aladdin himself as a character because he lies a lot & when the Genie starts giving him wishes, he lets it go to his head & guys with a big ego is a big turn off for me. Phillip is my 2nd favorite prince right after Eric.
@@arielanderic The first badass Disney Prince hands down. Seriously, love that guy.
How?
@@arielandericspeaking of what you said about him and Eric, they both killed the Big Bads to defend their kingdoms.
I loooooooved how much they embraced the medieval period in the animation
I love this movie. Beautiful wardrobe and art (Thank you Mary Blair), and music based on Tchaikovsky's compositions. "Once Upon a Dream" taken from "Garland Waltz" is one of my favorite Disney songs.
Does anyone else miss that kind of great classic suspense music? They really knew how to build the tension.
I’m glad somebody finally noticed how both Aurora and Phillip don’t get a line after a certain point in the film. Why would they do that?
Leah also didn’t get a line after rushing to hold her infant princess in fright.
Aurora is the stereotypical Disney princess. But how dare you suggest she isn't "that pretty". She's utterly gorgeous. She's the supermodel of the Disney princesses.
Watch his old top 11 hottest animated list and you will know which Disney princess he thinks is sexy
You will also know the reason he thinks that Aurora is not that pretty
Looking into it, it turns out that the whole argument over the dress color was an actual argument between the animators. They just couldn't figure out if they liked blue or pink better, so they put the debate in the movie. I love that!
Maleficent's entry is like: "Allow me to make an entry so badass that I shall lay my inexistent magical balls on your face."
Rewatched this movie a lot since kindergarten. I remember having a HUGE crush on Aurora.
Hands down one of my favourite Disney movies!!!!
this was always my 2nd favorite movie growing up...
I loved this movie growing up and I still love it today, still, my only huge problem is Aurora. Yes, she was a nice princess when I was a little girl but seeing it now, she's really dull. I don't think the prince is that bad. But Maleficent and the fairies steal the show, the visuals and the music too, and for me that is enough.
Same. Philip is actually an improvement over the earlier princes who had like one or two scenes.
Same. Philip is actually an improvement over the earlier princes who had like one or two scenes.
Chatnoir 77888 Of course you can't compare Philip's character to the Beast's because the difference is massive. I just think (as the previous comment said) Philip is a little bit of an improvement on the earlier princes, and was (for me at least) a more interesting character than Aurora, who was just there. You're right though, the development in disney characters (princes and princesses), even this days, is a little bit hit and miss. Beauty and the beast was amazing whilst The Little Mermaid characters were really flat.
You don't have to like Aurora but women don't need fast paced action scenes or tomboyish personalities or whatever it is people think heroines need to be a good character. I myself relate to Aurora more than any other DP besides Pocahontas. She's poised, curious, very dreamy, wears her heart on her sleeve, sly, does the right thing of serving her people over running away or throwing a fit when confronted with her royal heritage like some other DPs might do. I actually wrote an analysis of her MBTi personality type on funkymbtifiction because there's a lot to work with.
ajmrowland what's wrong with Florian? He's cute, romantic, and isn't scared to show emotion like most guys.
Sleeping Beauty will always be my favorite
That face Maleficent makes when she's laughing after she curses Aurora and after she creates the forest of thorns is definitely her kill face.
Great movie by far one of my favorite older Disney movies and Maleficent right next to Scar Shere Khan and Frollo is one of Disney's best villains!!!!!!!!
true doug she is freaking awesome.
infarct, She is like the third to last boss you fight in the kingdom Hearts (1) video game and man is she tough to beat.
This is my favorite Disney movie!
A lot of hedging in this review - the bottom line is that this film is filled with a ton of great set pieces, and the "filler" in no way compromises their effectiveness. It's a great movie - own it
I actually love Aurora's character, and Philip too.
They don't have one.
@@cameussmithPhillip does but it’s a shame Leah couldn’t be as interesting. Let’s be real she was a wasted potential and didn’t have enough character or personality, not an active role. They also miscasted the role of King Stefan that should have rightfully belong to Mr. Hans Conried
i love the artwork
I believe this to be the last Disney film with amazing art work, after this it settles into a decent to good scale.
After watching this review, I noticed some of Chuck Jones' style (Aurora's eyes). Sure enough, he worked on this film for four months, before going back to Warner Bros. He wasn't given credit.
What other parts did you notice Chuck Jones' style?
Voice acting of Maleficent, Eleanor Audley, the evil Stepmother in Cinderella and the Haunted Mansion 'Madame Leota".
One of my favorite Disney movies. And I accept the story is simple and the prince and princess are just kinda there. But that music. That animation. It's just incredible. Plus, Maleficent is the most strangely sexy character I've ever seen.
The prince and the princess are NOT the main characters! The fairies are! The manic conflict is between the fairies and Maleficent! The prince and the princess are just plot devices used to show us how Maleficent tries to spread evil while the fairies spread joy! This movie is perfect!
Phillip is a tritagonist, but Queen Leah is very generic and same goes with King Stefan.
Sleeping Beauty has always been my favorite!
my favorite Disney film from an artistic standpoint
Regardless of it's pros and cons, this still makes my second fave movie! Bedknobs and Broomsticks being my first fave.
Absolute classic: music (well mostly just once upon a dream) is beautiful, maleficent is evil perfection, my favourite of the classic princess stories
+Scott Elder Yeah, the famous Sleeping Beauty waltz from Tchaikovsky's ballet.
"Sleeping Beauty" is one of my favorite 5th Disney animated film of all time and I absolutely love it. As a kid, I was terrified of how dark this movie is because of the evil witch and how scary it is. Now as a growing adult, it was amazing and this is a better fairy tale that it could imagine of how great does this movie still offers. Maleficent is one of my favorite Disney animated villains right near to Frollo from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and her evil scheme is impressive much better character than the piece of shit "Maleficent" which sucks so bad that it failed to make her character even more. Sometimes the side characters like the princess and the prince were low, but they're pretty interesting and how quiet does the romance makes it work. I love the fairies, I love the artwork, and how dark does the climax works with great action scene and how "Sleeping Beauty" works with a nice ending and everything is fine and that's that. Overall, one of my favorites and amazing.
One of the darkest fairy tales I had ever seen with creepy imagery and a very scary villain is perfect. I wish Maleficent and Frollo worked each other as a sexual intention of taking over the kingdom. I won't disappoint.
do a old vs new on sleeping beauty and maleficent
What i like mostly is the dragon fight at the end, looks like the devil himself
When I first saw Prince Phillip fighting the dragon I hid my head in Mom"s coat.(I was only 4 years old.)
Doug, I'm surprised by such a superficial analysis. You do know your precious Frozen only gives Elsa about the same amount of screen time as Rose, right? And yet Elsa is still so underdeveloped, especially next to Rose. We learn she's a romantic who is a little too confident in her dreams, sly, responsible, philosophical and observant (noting a pattern with the birds and wondering if there's a connection there with her own life), and selflessly chooses duty over ~following her heart.
Phillip too, it's bizarre Doug doesn't see his obvious personality! The guy is a free spirited dreamer who (rather impulsively) picks love over politics and is far braver and more respectful to women than princes today like Flynn and Kristoff.
The problem with fans today is they judge movies on a very shallow level and expect them to be as modern and slapstick as today's with character's whose personalities the movie informs you about, rather than trusting the viewer to see. Which is why these people complain all she does is "sing and sleep". Did they not listen to any of the dialogue? Observe the body language? Do movies really need to tell us how a characters feels or what they're like in the most obvious manner?
Even as a kid, I couldn't stand Phillip. He was so boring, bland, and useless. He was the love interest and nothing more. Hell, the guy couldn't even sword fight to save his life. He just swung it around aimlessly. It was the fairies who killed Maleficant, seeing as they cast a spell on the sword at the end that ensured a death blow. I really couldn't stand him. Aurora had more development, albeit not too much more. I never liked her feet, too. They reminded me of Barbie dolls, lol.
I'm sorry, i disagree. Aurora just...isn't interesting. I think people read way too much into her. She spends almost all of her screen time fantasizing, dreaming, and monologuing about a man. She meets a stranger in the woods, dances with him, and then cries (twice) when she can't be with said stranger she met five minutes ago. She shows no concern for the fairies, meeting her parents, anything else. She just shuts up for the rest of the movie and sobs over the fact she can't be with her "true love", which seems to be her only motivation. And then she's a prop for the rest of the movie. Literally, that's all she is at that point. The fairies are the more interesting and unique characters, and Aurora is more of a plot device. She is the "prize" that the rest of the characters fight over. She's a static character, she has no agency whatsoever, and any screen time she has is dedicated to her finding her "true love". The fairies are the true heroines of the piece, not Aurora. It baffles me whenever people say Aurora is the strongest of the classic Princess' when Snow White and Cinderella have so much more personality than her. They both of course want true love, but they don't spend all of their screen time talking about it. Snow White is concerned for her safety, and taking care of the Dwarfs. Cinderella hopes for a better life, but also focuses on working hard and is thankful for what she does have.
The reason the writers didn't give much to Aurora is simply because she is not the main character of them film, despite being the "title character". Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are the leads, opposite of Maleficent as the main antagonist. Aurora is a pivotal point of the plot, but she's just not a strong character. So when people don't like Aurora, it's not because they're stupid and they don't understand that she's a "complex" character. It's because she's uninteresting on almost every level.
Her design and voice actress are fantastic though, so props to that.
@@MrMrMrprofessor I agree with most of what you said but you lost me at "she's a prop for the rest of the movie...she has no agency whatsoever" simply because I distinctly remember the choice she made after the fairies tell her the truth about who she is. After meeting Philip and telling the fairies about it, they tell her they can't be with this random guy she met in the woods because she's promised to the prince because she is actually a princess. She is clearly very upset by this because it's all very sudden news and she'll never see this person that she believes is "the one" ever again (of course, not knowing him and the prince were the same person). In the scene, she literally just got back from their first date and was head over heels, so she was really shot down on what was presumably the most exciting thing to happen to her up to that point. (remember, teenage girl raised isolated in the woods) Yet despite the news, she very clearly makes a choice to go with the fairies back to the castle, accepting her role as a princess, which means marrying someone else. Again, clearly upset, but regardless she makes that choice. Remember that scene where the fairies put the crown on her head and she starts crying? What I'm saying is that it was clearly shown that Aurora was going to accept her new life and role gracefully even though she really didn't want to, this is the "selflessly chooses duty over following your heart" thing OP was referring to. I agree it's mostly motivated by finding her true love but there was definitely some agency involved. It's a small character moment though, after those scenes she definitely is a lot more like a prop (having Maleficent's curse come true before she is introduced to this new life) and she wakes up to find that the handsome guy she met in the woods is the prince so she never actually has to deal with the consequences of choosing duty over love. Problem solved, fairy-tale style. She was a false protagonist in a movie named after her and the fairies are actually the main characters. She isn't developed enough, she isn't the focus, etc. I wouldn't read too much into her or call her complex. However, there was something there, at least some kind of effort to give her a character.
@@princesssamantha1208 I think people read too much into that specific moment, as if to say that one moment instantly makes Aurora a better character. But we never see her make this choice, and she just spends every moment after that just following the fairies and going along with the plot. When she has no agency, i mean that her decisions don't really affect or change the story much in the grand scheme of things. She could just be going along with the fairies because she feels she has no choice in it, and judging by her sobbing about it...I don't really think she is "gracefully" accepting the position of princess. I mean...again...she cries over a man she met for barely 5 minutes. She finds out shes a Princess, she can finally meet her parents, and shes had three loving and devoted foster mothers caring for her this whole time. Her despair over not getting to go on a second date with this stranger comes off as oddly...shallow? We never get to hear much about how Aurora feels about this bombshell of news outside of "but what about my daaaaate???" Her reaction to being a lost princess is...oddly subdued. All she cares about is this random guy. It comes off more as selfish than an acception of duty. When I say agency, I mean Aurora's decisions and choices don't really affect the story very much. The fairies make the decision to hide her, the fairies send her out to go pick berries and thus she meets Phillip on accident, the fairies take her back to Stefans castle, Maleficent leads Aurora to the spinning wheel etc. Etc.
When i say she's a prop, i mean she is more the object the fairies and Maleficent fight over rather than a character herself. This isn't fully her fault. Sleeping Beauty does even less in the original fairy tale so Disney really had very little to go on. All things considered, Sleeping Beauty is a very uneventful fairy tale. Creators really struggle to find things for the Princess to do, because she spends most of the story as a baby, and then the other half asleep. But I digress. I can see why some people would interpret that moment as a decision of strength and duty on her part...but her overall reaction to this whole situation just comes off as kind of shallow to me.
If you have to analyse everything a character does to give them personality, they aren't that great of a character.
There is NO reason why Phillip's bland ass should've survived that fight against one of the greatest villains of all time! First fire blast = DEAD!
Well because the fairies were protecting him. The shield and sword were magic and they were helping him all the way through, cutting through thorns for him, changing arrows into flowers and burning oil into a rainbow... It's mostly the fairies who won against Maleficent. Philip was just a weapon for them.
i agree i wanted her too win
The voice actress for maleficent is actually the same voice for lady tremaine and she is fantastic ps she's also the voice of mademe leota from the haunted mansion
With the motivation for cursing the princess, in the time this movie is taking place it was a huge dishonor to not be invited to a party. Especially among people of power in those times, so to me her motivation makes sense for the times. But if that wasn't the case then I always felt there was a hidden reason they never told us for being so extremely angry.
the side characters were so good in this, they gave Maleficent her own awesome movie decades later.
I wonder what it was called.
+Anantha Male Efficient
+Fighterpilot555 I see what you did.
I disagree maleficent sucked. they completely changed the story for no. good. reason
@@SuperFeefer agreed
Maleficent: Pr-Pr-Prince Phillip! When I was a lad he didn't invite me to his birthday party!
Prince: You monster king!
He doesn't even mention Sun, Moon, & Talia!
I don't know if i should feel either relieved or disappointed . . .
This movie was one of my first Blu-rays.
No regrets.
+ajmrowland It was my 1st blu ray!
AURORA'S PRETTY!!! 😍😍
Hunter Caron I kind of agree with Doug on everything in this video, but let’s just say that Aurora is pretty but her beauty isn’t overdone
One of my favorites I am boy I a fan of Disney even adults love Disney if teenagers say their over it that just means they are worried to be judged . Disney is for everyone if someone is it is for babies that means they don’t know how to have fun
This movie was a technical marvel more than anything else. I think the film was made on 70mm film, which is freaking huge. It's the same film that Ben Heur was filmed on, so Disney could draw a lot more than in previous films. Also Cinemascope was a thing, and that was pretty much Imax of the 50s, so Disney had to cash in somehow. The film even still holds up today in most places.
They also went to Berlin to record the music in stereo on new equipment.
Maleficent: I FINALLY FOUND IT NOW WHO'S GONNA STOP ME
I really like the relationship with the prince and princess. I’d honestly say Phillip has more personality than Aurora. And to be fair they both get nothing to say by the second half which is my biggest problem with it.
With that said, the climax is my favorite Disney climax ever!
I just re-watched the movie this week & it’s still one of the most beautiful of the prime years of Disney; particularly the work of Marc Davis on Maleficient (he created many of Disney’s iconic villains during the golden age). The environments are all detailed and distinct from each other. I can’t disagree with Doug’s criticism with the character writing since there’s not too much dialogue for major sections of the film, but the writing for the main trio and Maleficent makes it enjoyable.
My second favorite Disney film
I'm a guy but there's so many great memories I have attached to the original Sleeping Beauty, and its remained a very personal film for me; mainly because I spent my first three years in a childrens institution (e.g. "orphanage") and one of the only VHS tapes the building would ever play for the resident kids was a Spanish-language copy of "Beauty." And so when I was finally adopted for years the only movie I wanted to rent at the video store was SB, which was like watching it all over again because it was in English - but I loved every thing about it, especially the meeting scene in the woods. Looking back though, yes, I can see where some of the complaints about it have merit. Part of the problem is that Walt himself wasn't as invested in the project as the animators would have liked him to be (by this time more focused on Disneyland, television, live action films, etc.) - and so they found themselves working on an overly ambitious project without much sense of direction, because animation was not the studio's only medium anymore. The result from that lack of involvement is that - at times - it feels like watching three separate, completely different movies; the Fairies, Maleficent, Aurora/Phillip all seem to occupy their own distinct universes and they only barely intersect (Maleficent doesn't "talk with" the Fairies, she talks "at them"; Phillip never exchanges a word "with the Fairies" rather they just show up and start helping him; Aurora interacts with the fairies a little but then spends the rest of the film mute). And that works if its meant as work of art, maybe meant as homage to the original ballet or similar to a three-act opera, but it also results in the film coming off as cold and distant at times, not unlike Bambi. And even that wouldn't be a turnoff if it didn't contrast with the fairies' comedic "December Bride" antics. Saying that, I still love the film, its just funny how having such a personal connection to the film you can overlook all those things and just love it anyway. Maybe that's why I had such a huge problem with the Maleficent movie lol
Maleficent is everything I wished Rita Repulsa would have been. :D
Tall Order Watch Zyuranger. The villain Rita is based on, Bandora, is much more evil than Rita.
@@h193013 I know. I'm all caught up with Sentai. :D
tchaikovsky MAKES this film
I really like the reaction to Maleficent’s curse: burning every spindle and hiding the child away so Maleficent can’t find her
That’s smart
My FAVORITE Disney Princess movie
I most certainly agree on the animation and characters.
Merryweather is my favourite.
I looooooooooove this film.
I also noticed that Phillip stopped talking after the halfway point even as a kid. And I enjoyed Maleficent a lot more than Aurora.
my queen she is
I think its the first disney movie in wide screen, definetly the first(and maybe only) in cinemascope which is used to fantastic effect.
to me if any Disney princess or prince needs a re-imagining of the characters its them its sad that they had shot in ouat and never went all the way with it when they did with other characters.
I wonder what Doug thinks of Once Upon A Time.
me too
his reaction would probably be somewhere along the lines of "EVERYONE'S FUCKING RELATED!!!"
That's still on?
Just ended it's fifth season. It's mostly hit or miss but it still has its moments.
Aurora's lovely.
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Box Office: $5.773 billion
Maleficent (2014)
Box Office: $1.284 billion
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Box Office: $712.8 million
I thought the prince was interesting enough. He at least *does* something here, we see him battling the dragon in that climax.
I used to always think the music was brilliant for the longest time, then I realized why I thought so… mostly taken from Tchaikovsky.
I actually really like Phillip and Aurora a LOT, even though a lot of people think they're boring.
I really like this movie.
I've always wondered how exactly Maleficent could turn into a dragon, where did she get all her powers. I like that she was just so evil that you really had no idea what exactly her plan was? I mean what was the point of putting sleeping beauty to sleep for thousands of years?
i like this movie mostly for the art
Aurora (sleeping beauty) is that pretty. And she is my favorite Disney princess
Yeah the faults of this film was why I was hoping I'd love Malificent more than I did. I was hoping we'd get more personality out of the prince and Princess. Instead we got the plot to wicked. Don't get me wrong, I like both films just fine. But the live action movie didn't really add anything new. Just a happy ending for the villain. The animated story at least had great side characters and stunning visuals.