Maleficent (Movie Review)

Hello!

Today, i'm going to talk about- not books- BUT MOVIE! As you can see from the title. First of all, i never even thought about making a movie review because, i don't know why, but i just can't you know. But this movie, i just have to share my thoughts. I may love it, i may hate it.

Where do i start. This review has spoilers in it but don't be afraid. I'll tell you when i'm going to said spoilers. IF you are already familiar with my blog, you know how i do this. But if you have not, then basically i'm going to say like : (SPOILERS!) and then i'm going to end it like this : (SPOILERS END!) So watch out for these signs.

So i'm going to start about why i made this movie review. I've been buying fairytale-retellings lately. I'm just kind of in a mood for a fairytale. I mean, i love fairytales you guys. It's like my childhood, i'm always fascinated by these tales. It's full of randomness but kids that young needs a little bit fantasy in their lives.

So i research a couple of stuff and found those retellings books. And i got three in a bookstore, the others are not sold so bummer for that but at least i still have those three. The trio are Entwined, Cruel Beauty, and Cold Spell. Entwined by Heather Dixon is a retelling of the twelve dancing princess, which is very interesting because i haven't seen a book that's retold from that story, so i was hooked. The next is Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge, a fairly new author, it's the retelling of Beauty and the Beast. And the last but not least, Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce, it's the retelling of the Snow Queen.

Now i'm going to talk about why i bought that three books. So if you are bored and want to skip to the actually movie review just go find this title : LE MOVIE REVIEW. And then just read.

So Entwined is the book that started it all. At first, i didn't know that it was a retelling. But then some Youtuber reviewed it and my instant thought was i have to get this book. As i said before, i haven't seen a retelling of the twelve dancing princess and i really liked that story so i just give it a try. I already finished it a couple days ago. I haven't made one but it's probably soonish.

Then i came across Cruel Beauty with it's amazing cover. I mean, really, the cover is very beautiful and when i knew it was a retelling, i just thought hey why not? I didn't liked the Beauty and the Beast that much, the disney movie was great but it didn't glued me. So i hesitated at first but then i found out that it has greek mythologies in it and i love greek mythologies. I used to make fanfictions about it. I believe that the mythology in it is some but the most standout is Eros and Psyche. I haven't read it yet because City Of Heavenly Fire. I'm rereading the last two books. So it may take awhile. 

Then the last is Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce. You probably know this author because she have made three fairytale retellings and it's pretty popular. She has made Sisters Red (Retelling of Red Riding Hood), Sweetly (Retelling of Hansel and Gretel), Fathomless (Retelling of Little Mermaid), and Cold Spell retelling of Snow Queen. I picked this book up because of the cover, it's very beautiful and because of Snow Queen. I didn't really know this story because, if i'm not wrong, Brothers Grimm didn't made this. I knew this because of- you got it- Frozen. The story is pretty cool so i might as well picked it up.

And there goes the story. I made this review because it's from a fairytale and i'm reading retellings so i just made this one because it is too.

LE MOVIE REVIEW

So this movie really surprises me. 

It's like a twist for the actual story and the animation movie. It's not the same like those two, it have some aspects in it that's the same but the story is different and i really liked it, maybe even love it.

So the story focuses on the villain on the animation movie, which is Maleficent. In the animation film we knew that she's evil and mean and all that other evil stuff without a clear past, like why is she evil? Why did she do this? We never knew why, we just knew that she is evil from birth, like all of fairytales antagonist. 

But in the movie, we know why she did that. The movie unravel the past and we have a clear view of why. I hated it when a story just like, he/she is evil so deal with it. Like there's no reason.

Fairytales usually do this. Some antagonist is just bad and we just follow the main character on how to deal with it. Like for instance, Maleficent in the animation movie, we know that she is evil because she is a dark witch and dark witch are evil so that means she's evil from birth. Or maybe the antagonist for Cinderella. The evil stepmother is just evil because, what? We don't know. Maybe it's only her kind.

(SPOILERS!) So we learned from this movie that Maleficent is evil because of her ex-lover, Stefan, which is the king right now on this story. This story really blew me away because in the animation film, there's good ol' king stefan and bad ol' Maleficent. But now, they're lovers. They meet as a child and grew together until they became lovers. The king and the witch. And at the ned, we know that the animation movie is wrong. Turns out that Maleficent is the good ol' and Stefan is the bad ol'. (SPOILERS END!) 

I really liked that the producers made Maleficent a fairy. The best fairy in the land. In the animation movie and also on the original story, she is a witch. It suits of course because if she's a witch in this movie, it wouldn't make sense in some parts. And i really liked that the they brings up the fairy weakness thing to- what is it? silver? No, it's werewolves. Iron maybe? Or steel? I forgot- because there's no many that just make the weakness rose.

Angelina Jolie really brings out Maleficent. I think if i have to pick one thing that really makes the movie alive and amazing is no other than Angelina Jolie. HER ACTING WAS SO GOOD. She portrays Maleficent's sadness, anger, happiness very, very well. She shined in this movie, i can't pick anyone else to play that role. And not to mention she looks stunning in those Maleficent costume and the majestic wings. She looks evil but sometimes she looks soft and that is good.

Maleficent is very funny in the movie. At some parts i really want to laugh out loud. Sometimes she's very evil and made my heart thumping wildly. I didn't know that an evil fairy can play tricks and be funny. Who knew?

When Maleficent is weak or in pain, Angelina Jolie delivers it very beautifully and perfectly. Her emotion is so good, it's like she is maleficent. Like when she touched iron, i can see it in her eyes that she felt pain and fear... maybe. And when she played tricks and stuff, like magic, it feels like she really controls it. Good job film editors. I really loved fantasy and this movie is spot on. 

Elle Fawning as Aurora is okay, i guess. It doesn't mean she's terrible but i think it's because of the story. I mean, almost half of Aurora do is just smiling and just being happy. Maybe it's because of one of the wish that the pixies made that made her happy all the time. Like girl you can't be happy when you see Angelina Jolie as Maleficent. You have to sucked in a breath and then paled and admire her. But Elle Fawning is pretty, i like her overall.

What i most like about Aurora is when she is a baby. She is so cute. I don't want to spoil you guys but something happened and the baby reacts very cute and you can't help but you just want to hug her and say awwwwwww. Update : There's this cat in my house and it's very cute. And when she's a toddler, she's cute too but not as cute as the baby. It feels like the more she's growing up, the more she became not cute but beautiful i think?

Aurora has that happy-go-lucky in her. I didn't really liked it, i mean, you thought your parents were dead and you lived in a village and there's something evil spying on you and you was like ok and started singing Happy by Pharell Williams. But when she's sad, i love her. She's strong when it comes to tears and agony.

That crow dude is good. He is very loyal to Maleficent and i liked loyal people. Funny story, i thought that the crow is prince Phillip, if you don't know who prince Phillip is, he is the love interest of Aurora. Because the crow spend so much time with Aurora in the childhood, i thought like he is going to be the prince and he will kiss her oh god. But that didn't happen.

The real prince Phillip was not that great. His role only comes short and it's like an insta-love. Love at first sight, typical fairytales. As i was saying, his role is very small in this movie, not like in the animation movie and i just wished we could go more in-depth and see how's their relationship goes. Like they just met and some time later he wants to kiss her so badly. 

(SPOILERS!) I hated Stefan in this movie, i mean how could you do that? Turning on your girlfriends like that. He just fell in love with her and then because of his dreams he doesn't like her anymore. And when he came to visit, he cut her wings. That is not how you treat a lady, young king. And after cutting it, you just find a new wife? How could you, you are so evil.  I'm kinda glad he's dead now. Fall from the towahhh. I almost thought that Maleficent is going to save him and then he betrayed her but yay he is dead. (SPOILERS END!)

I didn't really liked the pixies trio. Their pixie form is just like nonsense and too childish. Even in the animation they are human size. Seriously, they're too kiddy, the pixies. And they didn't kick butts like Maleficent did. And sometimes they want to be funny and it just comes as epic fail. I really liked the pixies though in the first movie. But maybe they are small because they are pixies, not faeries like in the animation movie. But why change it? Maybe to increase the Fair Folk?

The part that really stand out was the ending and the beginning. My heart was like going crazy and those scenes and i was screaming in my mind. I actually cared for Maleficent here, maybe because of her past story and because of Angelina Jolie. But the scene that really struck the whole film is the ending. It's really good.

I give it a 8 out of 10 points or 4 out of 5 stars because it's good, but it could've been done better. Angelina Jolie was amazing but the world is rather slow. I liked Angelina Jolie, the interesting story concept, little children, Elle Fawning, the vengeance, and the fantasy. I disliked some characters and the childish stuff. But i really recommend this you guys, watch it because it's fantastical. You'll definitely see this movie in my top 10 or possibly top 5 movies in 2014.

And that is all for today. I'll be doing a daily post hopefully so stay tuned. It's for the making up for the finals thing. And i think i'm going to see you tomorrow.

THANKS FOR READING! :)

ALBERT~