Maleficent – Die dunkle Fee (2014)

Maleficent – Die dunkle Fee: Directed by Robert Stromberg. With Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville. A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child may be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.

“I found it very frustratingly uneven. Visually the location and production design was fascinating, but the special effects were mostly fake and didnu0026#39;t blend to the performances which were mostly just standing by with nothing the do and the flying scenes with the fairies looked too fake like an old video game sequence. Angelina wasnu0026#39;t that menacing in Maleficent. She played it very hammy where she was over emphasizing the lines and didnu0026#39;t seem that mean. The story is just as uneven since it wants to be both a retelling of Sleeping Beauty and a brand new story about Maleficent so the main character is both Maleficent and Princess Aurora. They also changed some of the story and it made me not sure if certain parts were supposed to be funny or serious and Maleficent as a character was just as unfocused emotionally. Why couldnu0026#39;t they just retell Sleeping Beauty or tell a prequel of Maleficent instead of combining the two? My mind was feeling like I was watching two movies fused together!”