Movie Review of Maleficent

Disney's latest movie is Maleficent! Her name is kinda difficult to spell and pronounce on a side note. Wonder why wasn't a simpler name given. Something more catchy.

Well, the plot is totally not what we expected. We, if you have grown up listening or reading the story of Sleeping Beauty. In the original, traditional tale, she was the villain and Sleeping Beauty was woken up by the prince's kiss. Here in this version, there is a twist. This time, unlike my previous movie reviews, I won't give spoilers. Feel free to read on and make guesses.

I was very intrigued by the progression of the character, from a young girl to who she is in the present, someone evil. Not only physically but also in terms of her emotions. It shows that even villains have emotions and they are not always evil at birth. Like reality, things happen to people and it is really how we react to these situations and obstacles that come our way.

The movie ended with a quote that Maleficent was both the hero and the villain. Something of importance to me. Our actions can make us good or bad to others. It's how we are perceived. We all make mistakes, guided by emotions we may do the worst things we regret. All it takes is that one moment for us to realise that we have done wrong and need forgiveness. That life changing moment.

Oh dear, how far have I rumbled on. Ok, on to some specifics. The visuals were good, there were a lot of other mystical creatures in the land of the Moss kingdom that were pretty stunning and Aurora interacted with them in those beautiful scenes. Some of the fight scenes kinda reminded me of the fights in Narnia. In case you thought you were watching a cartoon, nope, this isn't a cartoon. There's Angelina Jolie starring as Maleficent (my friend had no idea it was her, even after the end of the movie). She made an awesome female lead that was for sure. Nothing like a woman's wrath. She was really the best person for that role.

Once again, this Disney movie was different from other normal Disney movies, with only the happily ever after ending reminding us that it's from Disney. In this movie, the relationship they emphasized on was between mother and daughter. A very useless prince role was included, to basically be there and look nice in my opinion.  If only it was between a father and son, it would have been in line with Father's Day. That said, I would rate this 4.1/5, my highest so far, because originality is off the charts man. All of us love a good Disney movie.