The reason for mentioning the "Guilin Case" is that this revamped "Maleficent" actually bears an interesting resemblance to it. In recent years, the darkened adaptation of classic myths or fairy tales has become a fashion, either amplifying the gloomy and evil side of the original work, or digging into the personality of the villain, plus the overall style and tone. It makes the original innocent and childish fairy tales stained with adult and epic temperament. Although the script quality of such films is difficult to be called excellent, considering the format of the original work, such an adaptation can be regarded as a good secondary packaging.
In "Maleficent", the fairy tale witch becomes the absolute protagonist, and a comprehensive subversive adaptation of why she casts a spell on the princess. In the new story, the witch Maleficent is just another Qin Xianglian, a victim who was deceived, betrayed and exploited in love. And King Stefan is like another Chen Shimei. For the sake of power, he did not hesitate to ruin the relationship between the two little ones. Not only did he cut off Maleficent's wings, but he even deliberately wanted to kill him. However, unlike Qin Xianglian, who is light-hearted and lonely and needs to rely on Bao Zheng as the master, Maleficent is by no means a good fellow. If it wasn't for the sake of giving Stefan a taste of the pain, with her ability to turn the clouds over the rain, she would have The king's castle was demolished several times.
I have to mention Angelina Jolie here. There are countless beauties in Hollywood, and there are also many actors with queen style, but there is only one woman like Angelina who has both leadership and feminine temperament. And on her, she has a super charm that doesn't appeal to men at all. With this trait, she is really the perfect choice to play a witch. Maleficent is full of aura under her performance, how can there be a little bit of aggrieved daughter-in-law, she is clearly a mighty and sturdy Hedong lion. King Stefan's casting is also good. Sharlto Copley, with a weird South African accent, followed the hysteria in "District 9" and "Elysium", but in front of the counterattack Qin Xianglian, Chen Shimei No matter how crazy and ruthless he is, he must end up falling off a building and dying.
A fairy tale is a fairy tale after all. Even if the director spared no effort to darken it, the ending of "lived a happy life from now on" cannot be avoided. However, it is not the prince who is soy sauce who saves the princess, but also the maternity aura of Maleficent. The witch has a violent and ruthless side, and of course also has a gentle and kind side. The innocence and cuteness of the little princess melted her bitter and cold heart. Not only did she take care of her health and grow up, but she also regretted the curse and finally gave her a loving kiss. Wake up "Sleeping Beauty".
Comparing with the popular manga adaptation movies today, fairy tale adaptation movies have inherent defects due to the lack of textual support with depth, heritage and world view, so it is difficult to form a large-scale effect like Marvel or DC, and the visibility is also not good. Not very high. However, in a period when good scripts are scarce, utilitarianism and semi-finished product processing are always relatively more time-saving and labor-saving solutions. As for the profit, if you can use the cost of 180 million US dollars to win the global box office of 740 million US dollars, why not do such a deal?
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