Maleficent

[UncleChris]

Maleficent

A vindictive fairy is driven to curse an infant princess only to realize the child may be the only one who can restore peace.

Director: Robert Stromberg

Writers: Linda Woolverton, Charles Perrault (based from the story "La Belle au bois dormant and "Sleeping Beauty" screenplay)

Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley

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Took the wife and grandkids to this yesterday.... It was an excellent take on the Disney's old Sleeping Beauty animated film. Jolie, who I don't normally care for, was par excellence in her role as the evil (or maybe not?) queen of the fairies. The special effects were a very, very good blend of the realistic and cartoonish. The movie, ignoring a plot hole or two (few movies without them) moved along well and was entertaining throughout. Not one of Disney's very best films, but this was a good one, no doubt. 4 out of 5 stars from the bride, the grandkids and me.

Rotten Tomatoes gave this a 52% rotten tomato, almost exclusively for a bad storyline. To them I say, "KMA!" They were using Sleeping Beauty as a foundation, and in reality, that ain't exactly a great plot either. What else would one expect? While the plot WAS a bit formulaic, we didn't care, because everything else was so good.

Adults and preteens will enjoy this. Teenagers probably not so much, as there are no humanized machines, vampires or zombies in it.....

 

[Covert Rain]

Family went to go see this over the weekend and loved it. There was some unevenness in tone and the script but it was definitely worth the money to go see. The forest was freaking awesome to see in 3D.

Regardless of it's shortcoming I can't say enough about Angelina Jolie's performance. Easily one of my favorite villain performances of all time.

 

[JerkFace]

I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected too.

 

[Covert Rain]

I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected too.

That exactly what my brother in law said. By the way he is not even an AJ fan. I asked him what he thought of her as Maleficent...he just said "wow".

 

[Finito]

Seen this at the IMAX 3D yesterday and wow is right. Pretty interesting take on sleeping beauty I like the whole two sides to every story thing they had going on. I actually really liked this.

That is a stunning woman by the way.

 

[MadCardDisease]

I thought it was OK. Was hoping for more though.

 

[AZ Native]

We liked it to for many of the reasons Chris said. My wife is a Disney fanatic so I was not sure how she would react. She loved it.

 

[mojorizen7]

Family went to go see this over the weekend and loved it. There was some unevenness in tone and the script but it was definitely worth the money to go see. The forest was freaking awesome to see in 3D.

Regardless of it's shortcoming I can't say enough about Angelina Jolie's performance. Easily one of my favorite villain performances of all time.

That is what made it interesting IMO. That, and AJ's performance. My kids loved it. It was far better than i expected. My expectations were on the low side though.

 

[Covert Rain]

That is what made it interesting IMO. That, and AJ's performance. My kids loved it. It was far better than i expected. My expectations were on the low side though.

Her performance was amazing IMO.

 

[ajcardfan]

That is what made it interesting IMO. That, and AJ's performance. My kids loved it. It was far better than i expected. My expectations were on the low side though.

I saw this yesterday and feel the same way about it. I was really surprised I liked it as much as I did.