Stylish but barely mediocre overall

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Brilliant and touching

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

In this movie, Aurora did not sleep long like the well known fairy tale. It signifies that this movie does not focus on the princess. It is the story of the "evil" fairy, Maleficent. She suffered from severe fate but healed herself by loving Aurora. It was really funny that the kiss of the prince Philip did not work. Sadly, there may be no love at the first sight. I hope Aurora does not make mistakes with Philip, like Maleficent did.

Why is Malificient good in the end? She's supposed to a demon of some sort from hell. There isn't supposed to be a rhyme or reason of why she inflicts chaos and destruction on the world or the people. Ruined my favorite villain. She is evil through and through, and this story's twist is lame. Ugh, so disappointed because Angelina Jolie is such a perfect looking Malificent.

MALEFICENT is a fairy tale with a twist: it's a live-action follow-up to Disney's SLEEPING BEAUTY, with the focus now on that film's villainous character, the witch Maleficent. It turns out that she's a misunderstood wood-dwelling recluse who's just looking for love, but with this film's laughable scripting you won't be buying that for a second. No, this version is a complete waste of time, and you realise that from the outset as it's one of those kid-friendly films absolutely loaded down with CGI: you get CGI flying through CGI landscapes, CGI castles, and CGI fairies and supporting characters. Shoehorned-in battle scenes are supposedly there to keep adults and boys involved but don't, while Angelina Jolie is merely distracting with those contact lenses and prosthetic cheekbones. The meandering storyline goes on and on without getting anywhere, and the unconvincing actors mired in this mess include a wasted Sharlto Copley and a miscast Sam Riley. The end result? Don't bother.

Told from the point of view of "evil" fairy who cast the curse. Disney finally decided to leave behind black-and-white, two-dimensional, "good vs evil" way of portraying the world and released magnificent anti-hero movie in shades of grey. "Heroes" do not look so innocent any more and "villain" gets proper background story that explains how it came to the story we remember from our childhood. Either this story has no holes or I missed them being hypnotized by beautiful scenery and wonderful effects. Elle Fanning is not as beautiful as her character name tells but she played her role very well, while Angelina Jolie nailed hers. There's no point to further analyze this movie because I have no objections at all and if I start praising its qualities it could take forever. It's simply perfect, maybe even the best Disney feature film so far. Although it's tight race with Pirates.10/10