Tribute to a classic

Roselyn 2022-04-21 09:01:24

In recent years, Disney has been working on the idea of ​​classic fairy tales, but they are very smart and know that everyone has heard too many traditional stories, so they all come up with a strong flavor subversion, such as this Sleeping Beauty.
The witch became the victim, hurt by human guilt and greed, and then blamed herself for hurting a kind princess by her own jealousy and anger. When she saw the witch cast a spell on the princess, the shape was really different from before. The witch in the storybook is exactly the same, so classic!
In addition, Disney has also kept pace with the times recently. In the previous fairy tales, the prince rescued the princess, and then lived happily and sincerely, so many ignorant girls were mistakenly paid for the so-called prince. Therefore, in this subversion, true love The kiss is not a prince, but a witch who has been taking care of the princess for 16 years. Pure maternal love! This reminds me of the previous "Frozen", true love is sisterhood! Now we have begun to emphasize family rather than love. After all, in such an era, it seems unrealistic to think of love at first sight and eternal love, but family is selfless dedication, so this movie has more practical significance.
The funny thing is that the perfidious king, for so many years, did not enjoy the glory, wealth and family happiness that he had obtained through despicable means, but instead cared about his wife's life and death and separated from his daughter for 16 years, and prepared deliberately for fear of the witch's revenge. It's sad and funny.
The only shortcoming is the casting. Except for Julie, there is really nothing good. The princess has an oval face, the king is even more like a thief, even a crow, don't wear such clothes if you don't have chest muscles, dear!

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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!