Comments on: ‘Maleficent’ Review: A Frustrating Spin on Disney’s Beloved Fairy Tale

By: Another Point of View

Another Point of View — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 21:18:00 +0000

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It should not be used in the context of changing a movie due to what it implies, and is a really ugly word to use in this situation, in my opinion. And the fact that you’re horribly insensitive and unkind is nobody else’s problem, but

By: Robert fragoso

Robert fragoso — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 03:56:00 +0000

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By: kate

kate — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:22:00 +0000

I find that it was a great twist on the story. As a child I loved the magic Disney brought to the screen. Children love to see a villain, a princess, and a hero. As children we fantasize about being one or the other during play time.
Now as an adult we think a little further in the situation. I remember watching the original Sleeping Beauty with the thought of thinking why was Maleficent evil. So when they brought this to the big screen, I was really impressed. I love both versions. I like a reason behind everything. But that’s just me. I loved it. The special effects were incredible except the 3 fairies. I didn’t like the look of them. But as far as Angelina Jolie’s makeup, it was awesome along with her portrayal of Maleficent.

By: Alias Darker

Alias Darker — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 07:31:00 +0000

In reply to christian. i dont believe you are a hardcore fan, I think youre just a liberal mind that likes it when classic things get destroyed, just own up to it . I just think its sad that nowadays, kids will remember sleeping beauty by thinking about this crap and not the classic one

By: Alias Darker

Alias Darker — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 07:29:00 +0000

In reply to HaShingaDingaFlurgen. same here , in frozen i thought the two princesses were not at all charming, way too feminist , not cute at all , they came off as aggressive . i wouldnt want to be friends with neither of them

By: lol

lol — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:25:00 +0000

In reply to tt. IF THEY EVEN TOUCH THE EVIL QUEEN THEY BETTER MAKE IT BETTER THAN PERFECT

By: HaShingaDingaFlurgen

HaShingaDingaFlurgen — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:18:00 +0000

In reply to barclee. like forreal! I really don't want Disney to start degrading male roles just to not seem sexist.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:17:00 +0000

I thought the movie was phenomenal, despite the intense changes from the original classic. i understand why there are negative views towards the movie being “Sleeping Beauty through Maleficent’s perspective” and obviously Maleficent ending up not being evil at the end. But i really think that this movie deserves 4 1/2 stars at least because though it wasn’t what i expected, this movie has it all to be honest. What really made me enjoy the movie was the plot, and the message it sent at the end. I’ll start with the plot. want to take a moment to relate this to Frozen for a second. I walked out of both movies and thought “Wow that was good” but later after seeing Frozen i realized that most of it made no sense, many many many plotholes, two or three actually emotional sequences, and honestly it was just a cute movie to watch, not really a masterpiece. i walked out of Maleficent and thought that the plot was perfectly well done. Absolutley perfect. I mean since it obviously wasn’t going to be a retelling of the orginal Sleeping Beauty, then it really has to be well done to be good, and i think it was amazing. Let me start off by saying the relationships, the actions the characters took, the solutions to the mistakes in this movie made 10 times more sense than Frozen did. Now everyone looks at these “woman saves woman” type of movies and thinks “Oh wow GIrl Power!” and “Yay we don’t need a man to save us!” but the messages i took is how bad actions due to greed, hatred, and vengance lead to horrible things and ruin relationships, and how it is true love for someone that ends the whole terrible disaster bad emotions cause. And Maleficent portrayed this message with a plot that actually made sense, fantastic actors, and all of it bundled up with the recognizable origins from the equally as amazing original DIsney Sleeping Beauty story.

Now i do have to agree with Morgan when she asks why a villain can’t just be a villain, and i wish that this movie and its beautiful message could be told without twisting up a classic, but these twists to the classic ended up being an absolute wonderful movie, though not what it was expected.

P.S who else thought for a second it would be Diaval who breaks the curse?

By: barclee

barclee — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:42:00 +0000

Is anyone else tired of stories that marginalize the prince and make him completely worthless? I love empowered heroines and all, but after all these twisted tales in films and books, actually having a prince (or any boy, really; suddenly we’re only into girlfriends breaking each other’s spells) save somebody will soon be considered a major plot twist in itself.

By: barclee

barclee — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 13:34:00 +0000

In reply to EllaCedar13. Lol, watch him as Henry V (which he also adapted and directed) and you'll never see him the same way again. He is much, much more than Lockart. PS- he also directed Thor