Maleficent - AniMat's Reviews
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My two big problems with this movie is 1.The three fairies are now pixies..boo. and 2. Maleficent does NOT turn into a dragon! BOOOO!!
She doesn't turn into her iconic dragon form?!!!
SKIP!!!!
Jeremy Rogombe no...her stupid henchman does.
And it's not even dark enough!!
Can you imagine if they used this movie as a reference to make even MORE live action movies based on Disney villains?
"Ursula" could have King Triton as the villain (who am I kidding? They are SO going to do that)...
"Hades" could have Zeus as the villain...
"Frollo" could have Esmeralda as the villain...
"Cruella" could have Roger as the villain...
"Facilier" could have Mama Odie as the villain...
"Gothel" could have the King and Queen (Rapunzel's parents) as the villain...
"Gaston" could have Maurice as the villain (the Beast is too obvious)...
"Tremaine" could have Cinderella's father as the villain...
For "Jafar", they could easily just adapt "Twisted" into a movie...
"Scar" could have Mufasa as the villain, but that would be too obvious, so how about Rafiki?
Wouldn't Zeus as a villain have been more accurate in actual mythology?
From what I remember, HERA was the villain in the original Hercules story. Although I don't know much about Greek mythology, so I'm not sure how much of a jerk Zeus was...
MichaelSar12IsBack well, Zeus literally had affairs/raped thousands of boys, girls, men, women, and animals and later turned them into some weird shits and keep betraying his wife so yea
Frollo did consider Esmerelda as a villain.
TheAnimatorOfficial All the more reason to demonize her if they want to make Frollo look sympathetic!
If they had based it on someone else or created an all new "villain", it would have been a great movie, albeit a bit derivative of Frozen.
But Maleficent's name means "Bringer of Evil". She delights in breaking the spirit of Prince Phillip, she has a kingdom of goblins, and she calls upon the powers of hell to transform herself into a dragon. Angelina Jolie was born to play her. If you are going to do a story about Maleficent's past, it should be much darker. Like a Death Note style origin or something. Where someone finds a way to do what they think is good and become irrevocably evil as a result. I wish I knew what Paul Dini's version of the story would have been like.
+Winter Naomi Vera
Paul Dini? Your telling me there was a writer attached to this movie, before they hired Linda Wooverton the writer of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland? This is new, and your damn right I would want to see that script!
Tyler R If I remember correctly, Linda Woolverton, who had also worked on Disney's original Beauty and the Beast, was collaborating with Paul Dini. I can only speculate what happened, but by the time trailers were released, his nae was no longer on it. I can only assume that he was like, "Maleficent is an unrepentant villain, what's going on here?" and as he noticed them going more for the misunderstood hero angle, I think he was like "I'm out."
Winter Naomi Vera
Oh, so it was suppose to have two writers, and the one sane writer dropped out because the film was going down the wrong path. Still, I'd pay top dollar's to see what his original ideas were.
Tyler R Me too. If anyone could tell an amazing origin story for Maleficent and still be true to the character, while at the same time being accessible to all ages, it's Paul Dini.
OH YEAH! I mean, he won my respect by just Batman, everything else is just icing on the cake. Damn, I wish I lived in the universe where his version came around, because I am sure it would be have been great. It wouldn't have been an insult to Eleanor Audley like this trash.
There's two things about "Wicked" -- the musical at least-- that did slightly alter the original story of "The Wizard of Oz," and that was the animal suppression act.
First, "Wicked" showed animal-people being forced back into their primal roots where they walk on all fours and don't use words to communicate. And it's during this suppression act that we're introduced to the Cowardly Lion as a cub. Yet, when we're introduced to the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz," he talks perfectly as a human would, and in the case of the MGM movie, he walks on two legs.
Second, "Wicked" showed the origin of the Tin-man being a typical nervous guy name Boq who Elphaba turned into into tin after her sister tried to make him lose his heart metaphorically for Glinda but accidentally made him loose his heart literally. However, L. Frank Baum's official origin of the Tin-man is that his real name was Nick Chopper, and the East Witch intentionally turned him into Tin because he was flirting with a female munchkin that was either her servant or the live interest of a jealous male munchkin that paid the East Witch to do the job.
***** Nice Facts And Also We See The Wicked Witch of The West's Side of The Story For Once, And I Honestly Feel Sorry For Her
I'm probably gonna be on a very small minority here, but I love the original animated version AND I loved this one!
To me this one wasn't intended to be a true spin-off or a remake of the original, it's mean't to be an original re-telling of it because quite frankly, I actually realise whilst watching the original that there isn't really much to change especially in the story.
And most of what they do in this version makes this one much stronger and more impressive.
Even making Stefan the villain I find intriguing especially with how insane and diabolical he can be, possibly making him one of the cruelest Disney villains.
And obviously no need to talk about how outstanding Angelina's performance was because everyone's talked about it enough already.
So yeah I love both versions..
IMPOSSIBLE! AN OPINION!
(this post was made by bigot gang)
I just saw this movie, and I *HATED* it. Such an insult to the original film. If you're gonna be taking a lot from the original movie, actually make it tie in to the original movie. Ugh... I hate this movie.
Am I the only one who went angry when her henchmen transformed to a dragon instead of Malificent transformed to a dragon like the 1959 movie of Sleeping Beauty?
honestly i hated this movies story felt like a slap in the face to a great villian, liked the animation tho very nice looking
2 year old comment but... the villain was a slap in the face to the story portrayed in the ballet. Maleficent was never evil, just a jilted fairy who by tradition and law was supposed to be invited to the christening.
Seirra Moon I completely agree
The change from dying to a deep sleep is actually a change back to the original fairy tale. In that story, sleeping beauty would be asleep for 100 years. Therefore disney took a spin on the classic tale from the beginning. Here, it is going back to its original roots
The difference between this and wicked was that wicked was good
+Tako KUN
And it had Idina Menzel, can't go wrong there. And you know, didn't contradict the original story horrifically.
Umbridge, it's not our fault you got kicked out of Hogwarts and became a pink fairy. C'mon!
Anyone else think he should review Descendants? I do. (plus in the movie's defense just from these clips alone Maleficent's minions look way more epic than in the original movie.)
+Alexander Gonyea I totally agree!
I hate that film
unfortunately that was only a made for TV film.
But you can request him to do it if you give him a certain amount of money on patreon
BrontoSmilodon1
True.
The only thing I really don't get is how so many people HATED Alice in Wonderland, but so many people LOVED Maleficent. They share the same faults imo.
You mean the results of TOTALLY BOMBING?!
honestly, I dislike them both
Well alice in wonderland is ok but maleficent is a guilty pleasure
Oh good, I'm not only one thinking of the Three Stooges whenever I see the three good fairies in this film.
IMO the film would've been a lot better if stopped after Maleficent learns of Stephan's impending child and then tells everyone to watch the original Sleeping Beauty.
See, I wasn't the hugest fan of the original Sleeping Beauty (mostly because I hated Aurora.) so I kind of liked the twists in Maleficent. The only things I really hated about the film was that Maleficent didn't get to turn into a dragon, and the pink fairy looked too much like Dolores Umbridge.
I agree with the dragon part and I had to laugh when you said that the pink fairy looked like Dolores umbridge because 1) its the actress who played Dolores and 2) Dolores always wore pink
Well, yeah I knew the pink fairy was played by the same actress. That's what set me off and it made me mad, because every time the pink fairy came onto the screen I kept thinking "I want to slap her so hard"
Really? I thought it was genuinely terrible, and even pretty misogynistic, to turn Maleficent into a poor innocent woman that is only evil because of a MAN, especially because in the original Maleficent is the bright spot along with the fairies, all kickass women on both sides. Phillip is a good royal that does something, but he comes in pretty late, and Aurora... well, a cardboard cutout has more character (which also is true of Maleficent).
Carsen Darling Hey, join the club. But for what's it worth. At least in the original version of Sleeping Beauty, it was more focused on the three good fairies being the stronger independent characters and Maleficent being the absolute threat and the movie titular character and Prince Philip being the sidekicks. And that's actually a good thing. This movie doesn't have a single clue of what it wanted to do with its' actual story after the christening scene. But yeah, seriously, this movie really fucked up by turning the three good fairies into the three stooges and the fact that Maleficent doesn't turn into a dragon in the live-action version.
How can you not like Aurora? She's my second favorite princess, behind Snow White
My biggest beef with the movie is that they tear down everyone to make Maleficent the best by default. Making someone the best by default is NEVER a good idea. It also capitalizes on the ideology that good female characters are full of angst, surround themselves in grit and dark colors, and 'we don't need no man because we'we independend' attitude.
Maleficent is nothing but a beautiful tale. I was so thrilled watching it. The Scene were Angelina plays against her own daughter (since every child was to shit scared to get close) cracked me up... For some reason i found the comment. "I don't like children. Go away" so utterly funny i could not hold back the laugh. love it.
The black cauldron is fab too.
scared the living shit out of me when i was little.... watched it again few years ago. and it brought back quite a few "mares" to laugh of..
Making Stefan the villain kind of seems like blaming the victim. If they were going to make a good guy the villain, it might have been more interesting if they had made it Aurora. It would make just as little sense, but at least it would be surprising :).
Make phillip and the three fairies the villains. They're the ones who actually do stuff in the classic 59 film.
This movie really pissed me off. Why not tell us how she became bad instead of totally replacing the original characters? I mean they change the curse so it isnt death and her love saves her? Are you kidding me? They ruined Phillip who is Disney's best prince and turned into the faeries into negligent idiots and why take away the gift of song when you have such a great one from the original? I hated it
What I hated about it were mostly the feminazis calling it great for showing a strong woman and Aurora not being saved by a man...yeah sure, because the fairies being the heroes for the most part of the original was soooo sexist I guess, getting triggered for Aurora having a love interest or being barely in the movie, I could say Sleeping beauty is like Zelda, the title is the point of the story and doesn't reflect who's the protagonist, I sometimes think feminists just hate female characters having love interest
I personally loved the movie but, you do have some valid criticisms.
I saw The Nostalgia Critic's review of it, and I might check it out.
I was never a fan of the original movie. I thought it was kind of boring. The only part I really liked was the dress and cake making. All the other things I could live without. So when I watched Maleficent I didn't mind the changes. In my opinion it was for the better. Now the story is awsome!
AniMat, it was "a sleep like death" Maleficent cursed Aurora to, and it was only when the King begged Maleficent that she added in a clause that she believed, at the time, could never be fulfilled.
Then she was incredibly stupid because in her curse she said everyone who knows Aurora will love her. A waste of a bullet in the foot when it should have been aimed a tad bit higher.
I hate it when they take classic villains and reboot them to be a misunderstood hero just like they did with Elsa
LOL, that argument between kings was funny in Sleeping Beauty.
Im still shock that this is growing a fanbase. Where's my shotgun?
+Carly Boaz
This movie is growing a fanbase? Why? I can even understand the Black Cauldron getting a cult following, at least that movie had John Hurt as Disney Saulron, what does this garbage have? A decent actress best known for her looks doing a decent job not playing the best Disney villain, and everybody around her acting poorly and openly mocking a classic cinematic masterpiece with every breath. Why?
People this is an adaptation not a story book exact reading, if you watch this film as a blank canvas it's a very well done adaptation with some great acting in parts.
Sorry, Angelina Jolie was the only good thing about Malefincent, that's it. Other then that, the movie was horrible.
I liked the movie. It was different than what I expected and had a few good twists.
9:00 9:45 "The writing is just a mess and some characters just feel pointless." I'd have to disagree. Prince Phillip MVP. He made that movie, it would've been nothing without him. For real though, why was he even there? He was in the movie for maybe ten seconds.
+MeBurritoLoco
Because he was in the original, which isn't even a good excuse because of how insane some of the changes were. So scratch that, can't tell you, except maybe ask the writer. Except I am pretty sure you will just get 15 minutes of a crazy lady talking about how she made the best Alice and the best Maleficent. Jesus Christ, how in seven hell's was she the same writer who wrote Belle?
BTW, did you know that Prince Phillip was in Dead Men Tell No Tales?
"I don't like to spoil the moive"
Five seconds earlier:
"Later on, she tries to revoke the curse."
That was a spoiler.
I like the movie. I'm a huge fan of Angelia Jolie. Maleficent and Diaval are my favorite characters in the movie, the special effects and atmosphere are breathtaking, I love how they give Aurora a bit more of a character, even though she still kinda bland, and I did kinda like the backstory of Maleficent. As for me I'd give it a 7/10.
ut next thing you know, there's going to be a Jafar live action movie.
actually, next will be "Cinderella", then "Deville", and then "Beast"
Madness King Didn't they already have a live action version of Cinderella, in which all the cast was African-American?
Deville as in Cruella de Vil?
I can see a live action version of Beast, as long as he's not that whiny bitch in X-Men First Class.
Omnicidal Clown Yeah they're making ANOTHER live action Cinderella. Cruella DeVille movie actually sounds kinda interesting. And I'm really not looking forward to The Beauty and the Beast because it's directed by the director of Twilight...oh no... Although, at some point I heard they were making a live-action Jungle Book AGAIN but there's nothing indicating when or even if it will be released or not.
Madness King it's called "Cruella" and "The Beast"
theGagarianplanet they already casted Idris Alba as Shere Khan, and in talks of Lupita Nyong'o as Mother Wolf and Scarlett Johansson as Kaa. Im serious...
Yeah, I agree. Maleficent is beautiful with the CGI and Angelina Jolie was terrific as Maleficent. But, I don't think her performance and the CGI effects are enough to safe what I think is half-assed writing. The whole thing feels like a fanfiction than a movie. I also thought the movie is going to be about the why and how Maleficent became evil, but nope. Was lied to as they pretty much said that the animated classic is a lie and bad and their version is better and true. Making Maleficent, the most iconic Disney villain of all time, an anti-hero instead of an evil villain. That to me is kind of an insult to the Disney fans. Although, I don't think this movie is bad at all, but I don't think it's great either. Like him, I think it's meh. Though, I perfer the animated classic over this live-action rehash.
In response to your intro:
How did stuff such as TIM BUTRON'S ALICE IN WONDERLAND MAKE MORE THAN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON?!
Alice In Wonderland, when it was released, was new and refreshing coz no film use that much CGI, and theres Johnny Depp, and theres Alice in Wonderland as its source material. HTTYD, on the other hand, suffered due to horrible marketing campaign.
Yea u got a point I will admit it has dumb moments but on its own its not a terrible movie. Oz the great and powerful definetly better in my opinion and a nice adaption to the wizard of oz franchise.
***** yea, that was when CG/3D hype was going on, hence why both became successful.
Tim Tran Everyone saw Alice as an film that would connect to an older audience while Dragons "Iz 4 teh kidz so fuk dat dumazz mobie letz go se dat Alicc Movvie Br0" while the more mature movie got thrown to the kids like a spare peice of meat and the "Mature" Audience got all the shitty, dumb, kinda childish ones because they are fucking stupid... a similar thing happened but with an obsession with CGI being "da futur of enturtaunment" and how traditional was "somm stoopid shit dat iz from da pass" I mean the only reason we will probably never see disney animation make another 2D animated film is because Tangled made so much more than Princess and The Frog... while Princess and The Frog was honestly a lot better (and Tangled is great as well) it was a bomb if you compare it to other disney films... Now the only handdrawn are in TV (Thats going away quick) and indie films... son of a bitch
ChrisTheSheriff i like Princess and the Frog some say it didn't do well because the main characters are black ( maybe)
I REALLY liked this movie. I think the changes they did are very good. I don't really care if it isn't totally loyal to the 1959's Sleeping Beauty because, to be honest, I don't think that version is really good, the only thing I like about it is Maleficent (she has always been my favorite villain). And in 'Maleficent' I really enjoyed her back story, and the little (very little) development that Aurora has (cause in the 1959 version, she has none) and I also liked king Stefan, I don't see him as a villain, he is just very (VERY) paranoid. I just didn't like Phillip (he doesn't do anything) and the fact that Maleficent didn't turn into a dragon herself. I would give a 8.7/10.
Laura Medeiros 8/10 is too high lol.
I was stuck watching a bit of Maleficent at a family function with my nieces. By the end childhood scenes, my teeth were old and rotted. The , "oh, doncha know, iron hurts fairies scenes" alone was the worst pandering of exposition for dummies since Ghost, "oh, doncha know, if you're a ghost, jumping into bodies will tire you out". Will this come into play later in the film? *OH SHIT!* I have osteoporosis.
why did they change the names of the fairies i don't understand that
This movie sounds more like a Sleeping Beauty fan-fic rather than an actual remake.
Maleficent be my favorite disney villain from the 50s, and they made her good?!....no! She scared me when I was younger, and she's so fucking awesome as she is terrifying. That's like making the worst character in a movie die and has a dramatic moment in it, it's just insulting.
Just throwing this out there, what if it is what really had happened? As king, Stephen could command the story/records to be told and written as they were in the animated movie. Where as it was shown in "Maleficent", could have been what really happened. It was told by Aurora in that.
Not really, no: Maleficent's story is a flimsy Villain Excuse story. Sounds like Aurora's deluding herself on Maleficent's character.
If the fanfiction is the true story than why it never present as such in 1959? Remember Sleeping Beauty is inspired by Charles Perrault version and a bit from Grimm Brothers version. If you said 1959 is some sort propaganda then is the previous version of perrault, grimm and even bastile is a propaganda? Oh suddenly some american writers in 21 century know the true version of the story rather than it being a fairytale from France n italy? Lol
Just like to point out that Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was manly based of the book Alice through the looking glass, not Alice in Wonderland.
I seen Sleeping Beauty I prefer the original other Maleficent and consider the animated Sleeping Beauty to be one the best Disney movie with possibly the greatest Disney villain Maleficent you can always love.
Maleficent is my 2nd favorite Disney villain, behind the Horned King.
RIP Disney
1920's-2004
Why they made King Stephan a villain he was a jolly, fun-loving and wacky king who was a nice guy that made us love him in the original and find him funny it hurts that they made evil and detestable, not only that but they made the enjoyable three good fairies into jokes instead of the main characters who made us laugh without being comic relief sidekicks and helped a-lot in the movie. Finally why they made Maleficent the hero I preferred her being pure evil and a true villain than the main protagonist Maleficent as a evildoers is much better than her being a good guy.
I just got done watching Maleficent and I thought it was pretty good. In a way it reminded me a lot of the tv show Once Upon a Time. I was just glad it wasn't another Snow White movie because a lot of films the last couple of years were about Snow White and you can only do so much with that fairy tale.
Fun Fact: this was the last film for Rick Baker, before his retirement. If you don't know who Baker is, he's the one who made the revolutionary Make-up effects on An American Werewolf In London.
I personally liked this movie because I didnt care that much for the original (it was kind of bland) and because it had that wicked feel to it, even if not well done.
The best way to describe the movie: MASSIVE RETCON or..... It's a "What if" movie
***** In a way, Yes if you consider the original animated movie canon then "Maleficent" would be like a really good fanfiction, Where Maleficent is good; that was made into a movie
I like this movie and I also like the origonal Sleeping Beauty. But there are a few things I agree with you on. Phillip was practically useless and the fairies annoyed my to death! Also, I think that it would have been better if the antagonist was the rivalry between the two lands rather than King Stephen. But I could pretty much see past those things and enjoy the film.
LOL, imagine the forest animals as the villains. Plus, yeah, the fairies have been turned into idiots.
HI mat have you thought of doing a review of Planet 51 or The simpsons movie?
By the way I am not joking, they are making a sequel to this. No, I am not kidding, look it up if you don't believe me. You know, don't believe me, because I cannot even begin to understand why on gods green Earth this needs a sequel!
I saw this opening night, and my best friend and I were both happy enough with it that we seriously debated catching the last showing that night to see it a second time. If she didn't have obligations the next morning, we would have.
Even almost two weeks later, that impression has not diminished, and for me, it's probably because I see it not as a continuation of the original, but as its own alternate universe, especially considering some of the changes they employed (like the very end, and anyone who has seen it knows exactly what I am talking about). It makes it easier to accept some of the drastic character changes. It also allows the original 1959 Maleficent to remain this pure evil...force of nature, while the new one---while no less dangerous---is able to be more sympathetic, even heroic.
They're both Maleficent to me, just different versions of her. And regarding Stefan, it's the same way. The original one, we don't really get to see much of him, but this one? He is more established and fleshed out, and again, an alternate universe means an alternate version of him.
My main complaints were Aurora and Phillip STILL being bland as water, and minor things in the story that could have been better tweaked or explained, but overall, I went in (admittedly with low expectations, considering, as pointed out, similar "action fairy tale" films recently) with hopes to see a kickass movie with a remarkable female character in the lead, with a story that was at least easy to follow and enjoy for what it was. I was not disappointed. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I laughed so much or cried so hard while watching the same film.
Was it as good as it could have been? No, but for what we got, it was fun, entertaining, heart-wrenching, and Angelina Jolie was perfect in the lead role. And honestly, what we got was still VERY creative and brilliant in comparison to most other films in the same category.
SPOILERS
It think some people may try to give this movie too much praise when it comes to how the ending is done. Remember how the act of true love in Frozen was between Ana and Elsa and everyone was like "Finally it's not a random prince guy!", well they pulled that again as it is Maleficent who wakes up Aurora. Listen Disney, I get that you wanna ride the "That princess don't need no man" train after Frozen's success, but please don't try to make that the new trope in every new movie, variety is the spice of life. If you wanna throw in a dashing prince go ahead and if you want to make it more about female love then do that too, just don't have it be one or the other because I don't want this to be the ending of every Disney new movie.
4 words I describe this movie,"All Flash, No Substance", just like Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.
Tyler Rakstis Well that too.
Live action remakes of the original classics tend to have a little twist.
Can't wait to see the review you give for the new Cinderella movie
If she was good as a child, why was her name Maleficent? :s
10:55 It remindes me of "There are no Strings on me" from Avengers Age of Ultron.
0:52 oh that's you. You remind me of Doug Walker's brother. I seen Maleficent in the cinemas and it was good.
Idk if anyone else commented this or realized it, but she made the baby sleep to get back at the king. Look, he gave a poison(?) that put her IN A SLEEP LIKE DEATH and cut off her wings. On her 16th birthday he gave her THE KISS OF TRUE LOVE. Helllooo?
I actually just got back from watching the movie with my older sister, and I have to agree with you, Animat. The movie's visuals look amazing, and if the movie was just about Maleficent becoming evil, then the movie might have been better. I think that some of the characters were bland, but at least Diaval and Maleficent were good characters. Angelina Joile did a good job at being terrifying, and it was still a good movie. And the song in the end credits scared the living day lights out of me. But I'm a 12 year old girl. You don't have to take my word for it.
Ha! I just saw this movie, and I was thinking, I hope Animat does a review on this! Yes!
Yeah as a version of the fairy tale it's fine. But trying to turn the Mistress of all Evil into a good guy? No...
i actually liked tim burtons version of alice in wonderland but i guess people just have different opinions.
I love that movie Angelia Jolie is awesome as Maleficant.=plus the song from the movie is awesome.
I just watched this on the internet on a movie sharing site while it was in theaters because I pretty much assumed it was going to be bad, and I didn't want to give it any money by buying tickets or getting the dvd later.
I like the film, and I agree that Jolie is the perfect Maleficent. Maybe Del Toro could cast her as Madame Leota. Also, did you know that other fairy tale heroes are antagonized like Peter Pan in Once Upon A Time or Jack from Jim Henson's Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story? In fact that second fairy tale I mentioned was even made fun of in an episode of Rick And Morty So King Stephan isn't the first fairy tale hero turned villain.
I didn't know that Aurua's dad was the burger king
Again a nice an objective critic. Go on with your great work, Animat!
I like the idea of her backstory getting explored but changing the orignal movie
Maleficent was great. I like it better than Sleeping Beauty. And learning more about her is cool. Also the novels there's even more back story and her parents.
Have you seen the Asylum's sleeping beauty?
I both loved and hated the new Maleficent film. It gave Aurora's and Maleficent's characters and in depth upgrade, taking Aurora from standard princess to a more relatable character and Maleficent from and evil witch to a complex character. But I do wish they had kept the fairies characters and made Philip more then two bit filler he turned into. Maleficent still should have become a dragon and she still should have died by Philip's sword after she took out the crazy king. I think it would have been a better story if it had.
I liked the movie. I have to say, I enjoyed it because of what it did with the story. Don't get me wrong, I like the original, but with all the current movies trying to explain why the villain became evil, this one is different. And it does it in a believable way. All legends and rumours come from somewhere. The idea of Sleeping Beauty as a case of Chinese Whispers is really creative, I thought. A story passed on from generation to generation that sounds less and less like the original.
What's more, I thought it was brave of them to change so much of the original, if only because they knew a lot of fans would not approve.
On a final note, I thought Angelina Jolie was amazing in her portrayal of Maleficent!
I enjoyed this film for what it was. True it could have stuck closer to the original story, but Angelina Jolie did a great job with it and I'm not a huge fan of Angelina Jolie.
And your comment at the end regarding The Black Cauldron, don't ever diss that film; that film is one of my all time favorites although it did not do very well in the box office. My thoughts on The Black Cauldron is that it's one of Disney's best underrated movies.
***** I dare you to find one movie that does not have at least one flaw.
***** I bet those films even have a few mistakes.
***** If you like "The Black Cauldron", I guarantee you'll like the original "Chronicles of Prydain" books it was based on. They're a lot better, in my opinion.
I agree with most of the things. I don't think they meant to tell us that Sleeping Beauty was a lie. its a different perspective, and perspective usually based on opinions and can have exaggerations. I'd like to think of this film as someone's (or Aurora, in the movie's case) own opinion, not the actual story.
but i like this film. not a great film, but good enough to be entertaining. for some reason, i like all 3 Disney's live action fairy tales while i despise the hell out of every other studios' films. i think Disney knows how to make fairy tales more than other studios, given their deep history of adapting them.
Couldn't have said it better myself:)
Gustavo Barría Chavarría how is that a bad thing lol? That's the intention of the song, making it dark. People love it! I think its genius to actually do that since it corresponds perfectly to the film. And the song isn't that scary imo
At the beginning of the movie, Malificint says this was sleeping beauty in her eyes.
I just saw this today and animat I feel the exact same way u felt about this. But I give it a 6/10. I just think this is a completely different version of sleeping beauty mainly Bc it's almost nothing like the classic. I don't hate this movie but I still prefer the animated classic. I'm starting to wondrous if the writers of this movie even saw sleeping beauty. Jo lee did a great job as maleficent but I wanted her to be the villian we all love to hate. And I wanted this to be how she became a villian
I like Maleficent a whole lot. It also has a Romeo and Juliet reference in the names of one of her tree guard things.
Not to mention Angelina's cheekbones are very uncomfortable and fall in the uncanny valley. I don't want to see anyone's cheekbones like that.
it was a good film, but i didn't like the way men were portrayed in it
When I went to see this film, I had huge expectations about it...
As you said, Angelina Jolie made an awesome job... but I think this is the only thing I enjoyed the in whole movie. (Not to mention the three fairies! God! They were just too stupid and annoying to be funny! DX)
Just a heads up, Animat. It seems that Alice in Wonderland and Maleficent were just the beginning of a lineup of live-action reboots of Disney animated classics. In 2015, Disney is releasing live-action reboots of Cinderella and The Jungle Book.
you want to hear something interesting. last year in my myths and legends class in highschool, i came across a fairy tail that i believe was based off maleficent if she was at the baby shower. she was disgusted on the gifts the three fairies were giving Aurora with the idea that with these gifts giving her a life without hardship, trial, sadness, and tragedy, she would never live a real life. so to rebel from this possibility, she gave Aurora the gift of reality and hardship so she can live a life worth living.
also i feel like this movie is a rebellion against the fairy tale genera with the fairies being incapable of treating Aurora with them not using magic which can be all they are capable of, the princes true love kiss not working to stop the curse and the need of passionate feelings and a asking for forgiveness to break the curse, and the idea that maleficent is merely the bad that is necessarily for the world to be in balance rather then being simply the evil of the world.
Maleficent 2 hits theaters may 29th 2020
Very interesting review. I always saw the movie Maleficent as a reimagining of the story or as I like to call Sleeping Beauty in parallel universe. As for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, I see it more as an unofficial sequel rather than a remake of the original in my opinion.
I liked it the first time I saw it (I gave it a 6/10), but then the more and more I thought about it and talked about it with my sister, the less and less I liked it (changed it to 5/10, and considering to lower it to a 4/10, though I'll have to see how I feel about it later).
AniMat, what are your thoughts on Disney and WB both soon to be raping the same classic story in 2017?
Are you going to review the figment comics
i personally really liked it despite using the misunderstood character arc i liked that it gave the characters more development especially aurora
I love the movie as an independent movie. It's big issue is the lack of loyalty to the original material.
Oh, you hate on Alice in Wonderland...I see. :'c
The ending was.... Questionable
Will you review Foodfight?
Stephan a villain? The story retold COMPLETLY? My expectations have died down.... That, and as cool as it looks, I don't understand why no one is willing to make an ANIMATED film that looks as rpic and dark as that today... Also, that Black Cauldron blooper at the end was funny xD (Even if I did enjoy that film)
I honestly like this movie
I can see that
Me too. Angelina Jolie is gorgeous 1000% (:
now we wait and see what Disney plans to do for their Live Action remakes of Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book
I actually have high hopes for those ones. Cinderella was pretty good. After hearing the cast for the other 2 I'm already excited for them. Just because i didn't like Maleficent and Alice in Wonderland doesn't mean i won't enjoy the other ones.
In Alice In Wonderland I never knew that a Tim Burton movie can't be creepy
I looked at it at as an entirely different story where (some of) the characters just happened to look similar and have similar names.. lmao!