Instead of taking place before the events of “Sleeping
Beauty” the film is set before, during, and after that film. The film works
sort of as a behind the scenes of what really was going on during the events of
the film much like “Wicked” was the truth behind what we didn’t get to see in “The
Wizard of Oz.” While that hit musical played with what we knew from Dorothy’s
story, it didn’t change the fundamental elements that we all know so well. “Maleficent”
sets out to not only tell us things we didn’t know, but to change everything as
we know it.
Maleficent is a fairy and she has magical powers. She resides
over the fairy world which doesn’t quite get along with the human world. As a
teen she falls in love with a peasant boy but when he sees an opportunity to
become king he betrays her, cuts off her wings (instead of killing her), presents
them to the king and he’s eventually given the entire kingdom. This is King Stefon
(portrayed as an adult by District 9’s Sharlto Copley). Understandably hurt by
the betrayal, later, Maleficent seizes the opportunity to curse Stefan’s new
infant daughter Aurora. She’s foresees a prophecy that will have the sixteen
year old Aurora prick her finger on a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep
but throws in a clause that says she can be awoken by true love’s kiss (since
she believes that true love doesn’t exist). This has already deviated way too
much from the original story. Of course we remember that it is the third good fairy
that changes the prophecy to include the true love’s kiss option.
We’ve seen plenty of alternate versions of true loves kiss
in everything from “Enchanted” to last year’s “Frozen.” And since Maleficent
spends the next sixteen years actually watching over and interacting with young
Aurora while the three good yet disturbingly incompetent – and obnoxious – fairies
(which were really the best thing about “Sleeping Beauty” besides Maleficent) supposedly
have her in hiding from Maleficent and her evil curse. Then while we wait for
Maleficent to become more and more evil and villainous – even shape-shifting
her not all that evil either raven Diaval (Sam Riley) to help carry out her
dirty deeds – she becomes more and more sympathetic as she and Aurora bond and
have a fairy godmother relationship! The film really doesn't convince us that Maleficent would do something so bad as to curse Aurora and then become her mother figure in one act alone. I just couldn’t get past the film’s last
two acts as it deviated further and further from the original story to a point
where it seemed unrecognizable; including Aurora (Elle Fanning) in a deep sleep
for about five minutes of screen time. More like a nap if you ask me.
Everything I loved about this evil character got flushed down
the proverbial toilet. And for what reason exactly? I have no idea. They had
such a great character to work from and didn’t do anything new or exciting with
her. The film’s screenwriter also butchered Disney’s recent “Alice in
Wonderland” so I guess it makes perfect sense. Director Robert Stromberg, who
makes his feature debut after a successful run as a production designer, fills
every scene with either unrealistic CGI sets or unrealistic sound stage sets.
Has a production designer ever successfully directed a film that didn’t look
like a box of crayons barfed onscreen? I’m not that disappointed that the film
isn’t all that great. I’m just disappointed that Maleficent didn’t get the big
screen treatment she deserved. GRADE: C-
Feature Trailer for Maleficent on TrailerAddict.
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