Disney is undoubtedly the largest movie giant today. In addition to its own live action and animation department, it also has Pixar Animation, Marvel Pictures, Lucas Pictures, and Fox Pictures, which it recently acquired.
Among them, the most prolific is the Disney live action. There are 5 movies this year alone, "Dumbo", "Aladdin" and "The Lion King" that have been released, "Maleficent 2" which is currently being released, and next month "Miss and the Tramp" launched on Disney+ streaming media.
However, the North American reputation of these films is average.
Among them, "Dumbo" has an MTC score of only 51 points, "Aladdin" has 53 points, and "The Lion King" has 55 points.
Maleficent 2 is the worst, with an MTC score of 43 and a freshness of Rotten Tomatoes of 41%.
If not so harsh, "Aladdin" and "The Lion King" are still worth watching, but "Dumbo" and "Maleficent 2" really have no merit.
I have to say that Disney is really an amazing company. Animated movies are made for adults, but live-action movies are made for children, and even children may not even watch it.
If "Crazy Zoo", "Frozen" and "The Lion King" have changed people's views on animated movies;
Then "Maleficent 2", "The Wrinkle of Time", "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" refreshed people's cognition of live-action movies.
"Sleeping Curse 2", as a family-friendly commercial film, is more boring than a literary film, making people feel drowsy and drowsy.
It's not easy to make a popcorn movie so procrastinated, dull and boring.
Adults find it boring, but children may find it even more boring.
Boredom is not the most deadly, the most deadly is the trough from beginning to end.
In fact, the reputation of Maleficent 1 is also average, with an MTC score of 56 and a rotten tomato freshness of 53%, which is almost equal to that of Part 2, but at least there is something new.
"Sleeping Beauty" broke the curse by kissing the princess by the prince;
In "Maleficent 1", the prince kissed the princess without any effect, but the kiss of Marlene Fessen awakened her.
The same kiss of true love breaks the curse, the difference is that the princess’s true love is not the prince, but her godmother, Marlene Fissen, which is very counter-routine.
Originally, the story should be over by "Maleficent 1", but Disney never dreamed that this ordinary fairy tale film sold 758 million US dollars in the global box office, ranking 4th in 2014, which is better than "The Hunger Games 3 (Part 1)" "X-Men: Reversing the Future", "American Team 2" and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" are all high.
In order to continue to collect money, Disney decided to force a sequel.
And Maleficent 2 was originally set on May 29, 2020, but it was changed to be released on October 18th this year after half a year. I can’t wait to launch a sequel.
There is only one animated version of "Sleeping Beauty", but the live-action version has to be a sequel.
Presumably the screenwriter didn't know how to make it, so it had to be messed up.
Marlene Fissen is still unique in Maleficent 1, and as a result, Part 2 says that there are many people like her in the world.
"Things are rare and precious", it is precisely because she is the only one that she appears unique.
Part 2 forcibly compiles a "Dark Night Race", with Marlene Fissen's people everywhere, but she seems to be very ordinary, not so outstanding.
She is no longer unique, no longer a rare treasure, but one of a group of species, with no sense of mystery and freshness.
This is like Superman is invulnerable and invincible, so it is very interesting.
Later, the Syfy channel went to shoot a "Krypton", telling the story of Superman's hometown of Krypton, and everyone in it is Kryptonian.
There is a big difference between Kryptonians and humans, but there is not much difference between Kryptonians and Kryptonians. What's the point of making a TV show where everyone is Kryptonian?
Maybe the screenwriter was aware of this problem, so he quickly changed the script.
The setting of "Dark Night Race" couldn't be changed, so I had to add that she was unique among Dark Night Race because she was a descendant of Phoenix.
The sequel couldn't go on, so I compiled a "Night Clan", saying that Marlene Fissen is not unique, and there are many people like her.
Later, I felt that this was wrong, so I added a setting of "Descendants of Phoenix" to her, showing that she is still unique...
She is unique → she is not unique → she is still unique...
This is really impossible to make up, and I started to make up.
So the following story becomes the struggle between the dark night tribe and humans, which is too much trouble.
There are good and bad human beings, and the Dark Night Race also has good and bad.
Two races and four camps, this kind of movie really catches a lot.
"X-Men", "Rise of the Apes", "Transformers", "Superman", "Black Panther", "Harry Potter", "Avatar", "Terminator", etc., including the recent "Luo Xiaohei" "This is also the setting.
There are many similar movies, but "Maleficent 2" didn't learn anything. Instead, I chose the most mentally handicapped method of filming-playing back and forth to the end.
Which one of the many movies mentioned above has this ending?
After so many humans and elves died, in the end everyone still shook hands and made peace and celebrated with everyone, as if nothing had happened...
Bora, who hates humans the most among the dark night tribes, and generals who hate elves among the humans, put down their butcher knives and became Buddhas on the spot;
The most vicious queen did not die, but was turned into a sheep. As long as Marlene Fyson was in a good mood, she could be turned back into her.
There was also Lipito, a traitor from the Elf race, who developed a weapon against elves and killed an elven with his own hands, and then suddenly found out with his conscience, released the locked elves, and gave the spinning wheel to Marlene. Fussen destroyed it, and then celebrated peace with everyone in peace of mind.
Are you amnesia, what have you done before, you don't know in your heart?
Other people have collective amnesia, and they are not held accountable.
Marlene Fessen was attacked, the king was framed, Bora and the general were used as chess pieces, and countless humans and elves were killed.
It seems that war is not that terrible. No matter how many people die, peace can be restored in minutes.
Although Disney has always followed the family carnival route, is this ending too far?
Forced reconciliation and forced reunion, as if the war just now didn't exist at all.
The war had just ended, and the princess and prince got married right after that. This change in style was too sudden.
So many people died, and the wedding was held directly on the spot.
The queen was right: "This is not a fairy tale."
Because this is simply magic.
In the last second, there were bullets raining, and countless casualties. In the next second, all of them attended the weddings of princesses and princes happily like okay people. Turning over was faster than turning a book.
Just now I was still releasing "Blood Wars against Hacksaw Ridge", and I will switch to "Teletubbies" in the next second.
(It's just an analogy, not to say that Maleficent 2 can be compared to "Blood War Hacksaw Ridge")
The front and back contrast is too great, as if the first 110 minutes and the last 10 minutes are two different movies.
The queen, Bora, the general, and Lipito all survived, but the peace-loving Connor was beaten to death. This plot is too random.
The biggest slot is Arlo.
The queen looked like a villain from beginning to end, and barely wrote the word "villain" on her face.
Arlo would have been fooled for such obvious planting and blaming, preferring to trust a stranger to the godmother who gets along day and night.
At the dinner, the queen provoked Marlene Fissen many times just to make her angry, and anyone with a discerning eye could see it, only Arlo couldn't.
It's all so obvious, and the feeling of "brain-burning" was filmed, and Arlo arranged a plot to find the truth in the basement, which was an insult to the audience's IQ.
The queen is so obviously ill-intentioned, does this still need to be investigated to know?
Arlo is all inadequate, more than failure, can't help with anything, it's all unhelpful.
If she hadn't stopped her, Marlene Fessen would have killed the queen at the dinner party, and there would be no other people who were shot down by the queen's subordinates.
At the dinner, Arlo easily believed the queen's lie and accused Marlene Fissen.
Marlene Fyssen asked Arlo to go home with her. She was not leaving yet, so angry that Marlene Fyssen had to go alone.
At the end of the movie, Marlene Fyssen asked the queen to settle accounts, and Arlo stopped her again, saying "there is another way."
As a result, the queen shoots arrows at them, and Marlene Fiessen has to defend Arlo's arrows.
On the surface of blocking the arrow, I was very moved, but it was not necessary at all. If Arlo didn't stop Marlene Fussen, there would be no chance for the queen to shoot this arrow.
Fortunately, Marlene Fissen is a descendant of the Phoenix and can be reborn from Nirvana, or he will be killed by Arlo.
But with Arlo's IQ, it is estimated that even if Marlene Fissen died, she wouldn't realize that it was her mother's heart that harmed her.
The queen's subordinates shot Marlene Fyssen an arrow and was rescued by Connor;
Marlene Fissen once again blocked Arlo, but fortunately he was a descendant of Phoenix.
Marlene Fissen is injured every time because of Arlo, and sure enough, her biggest enemy is not the queen, but Arlo.
With an inner ghost like Arlo by his side, it was a miracle that Marlene Fyson could live to the end.
"Maleficent 2" has too many slots. It is really necessary to make a sequel without a good script. In fact, there is no need to make a sequel.
Even if you have to make a sequel, can you spend more time polishing the script and don't treat the audience as fools.
As I said at the beginning, Disney's animated movies are made for adults, but live-action movies are made for children.
It is ridiculous and illogical to be able to make an animated film so deep, but to make a live-action film so low. It is really admirable.
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