This is the story of two countries. One is a centralized country ruled by humans, symbolizing male power, a masculine and bloody realm; the other is a world of magic without rights, symbolizing the status of women, full of mystery, and beauty. Just as a man took it for granted that women belonged to him, the king felt that the magic forest was mysterious, so he took it for granted. This was the pleasure of conquering women by the man himself. Unfortunately, what he encountered was not a good girl, but a good girl. The strong man who is well versed in feminism was defeated and lost his life. This is no longer a contest between justice and evil, but a battle between two different positions. The old king’s greed and possessiveness were left to Steven, a typical patriarch in the eyes of a feminist. His childhood was because of stealing and meeting Marlene Fissen. Stealing was originally a desire and possession, and he won It is a girl’s heart, but for such a character, love or affection is absolutely low in life. Power and desire are the symbols of men. Therefore, he deliberately climbed to the throne of power, so he cut off Marlene. Fussen’s wings serve as a springboard for his life, and the wings happen to be the metaphor of Marlene Fussen’s power. Without wings, she can hardly stand up like being castrated, causing great physical and psychological trauma. Western feminism The rise of ”is the indignity of men towards women and the unequal treatment of women as vassals, as well as the unequal treatment of society. Just as feminists stand up to resist those who deprive her of power and harm her, for women, her revenge is not The simple slaughter of men is a way to treat their bodies in their own way, "You abandon your true love, and I will let this happen to your children in the same way."
When all the citizens, the officials and the people congratulated the Stephen girl, Malin Fiessen descended from the sky, with a forceful aura, as if entering the land of no one, arbitrarily imposed a curse on the princess, and made Stephen kneel in front of everyone. This incident gave Stephen a great threat. It made him extremely insecure and started various counterattacks. For him, the princess’s curse was important, but the threat to his own power was the most important thing. .
In fact, the princess was raised indirectly by Marlene Fissen, and established a relationship with her. Marlene Fissen, who turned from a fresh fairy into a black-bellied female wizard, also let the audience see her return and change. Finally, awakening the princess by her can be regarded as the creator's sincere expression of her love for the princess to the audience. But this is really love and family affection? Love is obviously labeled as same-sex, family affection, then it is still recognized by the public. I personally think that as a Hollywood commercial film, "Maleficent" will not be labeled with a minority of same-sex, so The information given in the film is deliberately ambiguous. Feminism and queer culture are two different concepts. Whether there is any concept and meaning of queer in it, this is left blank for the audience.
At the end of the duel, Marlene Fissen was besieged by layers. At this time, even if the followers around him turned into giant dragons, they couldn’t get out of the predicament. What’s interesting is that feminist film men are often unreliable, and they won’t save women. The man, and finally the female princess, opened the sealed wings of Marlene Fissen and let the power return to her body. The women achieved absolute winning rate and returned to the magic forest to rebuild their peaceful homeland.
Off-topic: Julie herself is a relatively strong woman, she is the producer of this film, and her choice of feminism is in line with her image.
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