Did not achieve the advertised "from fairy to witch"

Matt 2022-04-19 09:01:25

Many people have written that it is the best adaptation, because I haven't seen many other adaptations and dare not talk about it, but I can responsibly say that the adaptation is really good. Breaking the stereotype that true love in fairy tales is limited to princes and princesses, aren't maleficent and princess really a pair! ! Well, should I want to say mother's love? Or what love? Or it should not be defined as a specific kind of love such as maternal love. Love is love, regardless of types. Jolie once said that this "is not simply telling the story of a villain witch, but to explore how a person goes to evil step by step, that is, 'how a bad person is made'", to be honest, I don't agree with it. Maleficent has never actually gotten worse, and she has not caused any substantial harm to anyone. The biggest bad point is casting a curse, but after casting a curse, are you going to be a babysitter for beastie? ! Well, it looks good in this way, I admit, but the villain is not successful at all, and there is no reversal problem at all, under the curse, running to sell a cute to scare the child, it will be broken? After casting a curse and working hard to unravel it, will it be broken? ! But another angle can also be said to be correct. Although the film does not describe in detail, there must have been an extreme distortion in my heart after the wings were cut off and before the curse, although the distortion was too light and too short to satisfy my feelings for Zhu Li Diablo's longing for acting. Speaking of which, at first I felt that jolie is definitely only suitable for acting in the stage of black belly becoming "bad". Would it be better if she wore a white dress and make up a little lighter, it turns out that she is still a stereotype, and little maleficent is not. As pure white as we expected fairy to be like an angel, maleficent is actually a very powerful elf, so there is no need to be too entangled in the clothing. But I still have to say that jolie's cheekbones are a bit too... Well, it can't be judged by human standards. BTW, jolie really did a great job of acting out that kind of wickedness and duplicity, and the setting of the loyal servant of the bird next to it is also very good. I thought that I would fall in love with the princess like Jacob, but it was cute if I didn't. The prince couldn't be more handsome, the prince soy sauce played so hard, he felt sorry for the prince for three seconds, and the prince didn't cry. In fact, Stefan's interpretation is very good. He must have love for maleficent, and he did betray her. But this is also the difference between humans and so-called elves. He had love, he couldn't bear to hurt her, so he couldn't kill her, he cut off her wings as important as life. But from a human point of view, it is a greedy nature and instinct for him to pursue fame and fortune. It is his greatest warmth that he does not kill her. To be honest, wouldn't he think that she will take revenge one day? He chopped off his wings, in part because humans don't have wings and can't quite understand the importance of wings. He feels that the most important life is the greatest gift. (Of course you can also say that it is precisely because he knows the importance of wings, he understands that the maleficent without wings has no lethality to be afraid of) Maybe I am over-interpreting. Until maleficent comes for revenge and hurts his daughter. He felt the hatred and the change in the maleficent. He began to be afraid, and he also began to blame himself. It was he who filled his once pure and kind heart with hatred. He frantically tried all kinds of ways to deal with her, on the one hand, he was afraid, on the other hand, was it because he didn't want to see the fairy that was twisted because of him. He closed his wings, sat across from him, and talked to them. In fact, he is also very poor. Of course, self-inflicted consequences. But who can deny that he is human. He is you and me. Fanning is very beautiful, but his acting skills have not been shown much. In this film, it is enough to be responsible for laughing beautifully.

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Maleficent quotes

  • [last lines]

    Narrator: So you see, the story is not quite as you were told, and I should know, for I was the one they called "Sleeping Beauty". In the end, my kingdom was united not by a hero or a villain, as legend had predicted, but by one who was both hero *and* villain. And her name was Maleficent.

  • Flittle: [as she, Knotgrass, and Thistlewit fly above the forest, on their way to finding Aurora] It's so good to be small again! Look at my *feet*! I love my tiny little *feet*!

    Knotgrass: Pay attention! We have to find Aurora, or the king will have our heads!