Every fairy tale movie is basically a cheerful rhythm, and the ending is generally happy. Will this dark fairy tale movie be a run-of-the-mill remake or will it bring unexpected surprises?
First of all, the whole movie focuses on the dark plot. On the movie poster, Jolie's look is very eye-catching: white face and red lips, prominent cheekbones, and horns facing upwards, she is full of queen style and immediately holds the audience. The initial publicity of "Maleficent" attracted the audience's interest with the past and present life of the witch in "Sleeping Beauty". Why did the evil witch curse the princess? What kind of stories are hidden in her past and present life? Since the story starts with the evil witch Maleficent. So with the pursuit of goodness and the yearning for beauty in fairy tales, there must be an unknown story behind Maleficent's evil deeds. Grafting on the basis of the classic animation "Sleeping Beauty", what Hollywood has to do is to subvert it. Relationships like princes, princesses, and evil witches, and stories like this, are spoiled by fairy tale movies and even live-action movies. If you don't make a subversive plot setting, how to attract the audience? So: the villain in the story is not the witch Maleficent, but has become a high king; the king is no longer the emperor, but a commoner who stole things in his childhood; the kiss of true love does not come from a handsome prince, but Tears of repentance from the witch; and the prince is in a completely neglected secondary position in this film. Only if the audience can't guess the development of the plot, can the audience have the urge to watch it. This is also the premise and basis for making the audience happy to pay for it.
Of course, as a real human magic giant system adapted from a fairy tale, how to restore the fairyland in the fairy tale is the most concerned issue for the audience. So, visual fantasy is definitely a must. Robert Stromberg has previously participated in the production process of visual effects blockbusters such as "Pi" and "Avatar", and directing this film seems to be at ease. In the film, in addition to enjoying the beautiful kingdom of elves, there are also fantastic creatures created with special effects. In particular, the images of the three flower fairies do have the charm of the characters in the animation of that year. Being able to show a miniature flower fairy in a live-action movie shows the surprises brought by today's constantly innovative film technology.
With the development of society today, with the current appetite of the audience, it may no longer be the beautiful and kind-hearted Snow White-style perfect character that impresses them, but the "bad guy" who has a little bit of bad intentions but does not lose his kind nature. Angelina Jolie has been very successful both in styling and in characterization. Julie with her sexy, wild and rebellious interpretation of Maleficent's dark, distorted but kind nature. This is also the most memorable to the audience.
Of course, the plot settings in this film inevitably have their own clichés. After all, the fuse of the movie begins with the revenge of a scumbag man and a heartless woman. This kind of plot setting is not uncommon in life or in film and television works. However, when we are in the kingdom of elves, this movie and such a plot setting still surprises us.
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