Postby KeithS » Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:24 pm
I thought Jolie was terrific in it. My only drama was...
[HERE THERE BE SPOILERS!!!]
I'm not sure if I'd ever imagine Maleficent as redeemable - I mean, look at how evil she is in Sleeping Beauty - that dragon transformation is brilliant, but now they make out that she was driven to evil and can be redeemed. It doesn't make sense that she was originally good and turned to evil - the word itself "maleficent" means to create harm or evil, and she was named that from the beginning of the movie - which suggests she was born bad and will always be bad. I mean - if she was an innocent fairy like depicted at the beginning of the movie, then why was she called "Maleficent"? (Maybe the scriptwriters didn't realise that it is a real word?!)
I know they are trying to do a Wicked type of twist to explain how things are, but in Wicked it worked really well, whereas I didn't think they pulled it off as well in Maleficent.
Anyway - despite all that, the movie is actually really good! Glad I saw it on the big screen
Keith
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