Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Running Length: 1:38
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Sam Riley
Director: Robert Stromberg
MALEFICENT continues the trend of Disney retelling its
classic animated fairy tales with new twists to appeal to the Internet
generation (everything is edgier, the villain is the victim, "what you
know is wrong"). However, those expecting Sleeping Beauty told from the
point of view of the villain would be disappointed. Instead, this movie pushes
the feminist agenda where our “evil female” is turned into a victim because of
a male. I was hoping for a more interesting motive for Maleficent to break bad
but it's the same "story". I get it that men these days are not
playing their role as man but do we deserve to get bashed forcefully over our
heads, over and over again (in such movies) for being the true
"monster"? Frozen did the same thing; Anna falls in love with a man
who turns out to be taking advantage of her. I really am tired of males being continuously shamed this way.
This will paint an unrealistic portrayal of boys and love relationships for our
youth. That said, the visuals in this movie look great and Angelina Jolie owned
the show as our deeply tragic and conflicted protagonist.
Rating: 5/10
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