So this movie is
Avatar meets the first movie,
meets a more childish version of the first movie,
meets a very misleading title of the movie.
they are taking 4, 5 different story arcs and combining them into one childish movie and it makes for a bit flat movie for adults.
first of all they are taking the story of the birth of maleficent and the fae world. instead of staying there and showing all that u could, u get a 10 minutes scene about that amazing world of them that u really do want to hear more. and then ur jumping to the castle .
then you have the conflicts between the swamp lands and Michelle Fifer who wants to take them away and all the swamp creatures and aurora that's trying to rule there and the difficulties of ruling, and also on that u want to hear more.
then you have the love story between aurora and the prince which looks like a super flat character like hies father. that's a love story i didn't buy as there is not too much chemistry between aurora and the prince.
then you have the last fight wich only lasts 3, 4, minutes ... and you again would want it to last a lot more. and includes magicaly disappearing creatures and a firework of red smoke that turns them into flowers... i'ts something that fits the smurphs movie... not a movie that grownups could watch.
which leads me to the 2nd point. it's really made for kids this time.
i mean arguably it's a kids movie to start with. but i mean this time they raised the bar to more childish.
first of all all the creatures turns to flowers when they hit that red firework smoke... and that's pretty much the only violence happening in the movie. there isn't an ounch of darkness and u would expect from a movie that calls itself "mistress of evil" to have a bit of darkness. so mind that it's more childish in a lot of aspects.
lastly and here is a huge spoiler. when maleficent turns into the dark fae in the end. that could have been amazing, if the dark fae would look anything other then just a big black bird... i mean in the swamp lands there are alot of big creatures. so couldn't they do like a black fog around here or make it more menacing, more big, more epic.. no .. they couldn't bcz it's a kids' movie and they got to keep it more simple, so that's another wasted potential.
in the end they tried to cramp in 5 different storylines, that each one of them could have been epic, but all came out flat and with very little screen time for each, and then the payoff for all of that was flat and disappointing.
i'd give this movie a 6 because obviously they will do a third one, and will explore the fae world in that one, i just wish they would do it on this.
also one more thing. When maleficent is in the fae world u see her with her hair out and the horns out also, meaning she actually collects her hair into the black thing that she wares. i wish by far she would stay like that because in that shot she ACTUALLY LOOKED like a dark ferry. and i have no idea why Maleficent is wearing that black thing to cover her hair maybe it's just how the kids need to see her to remember her better.. sigh.
hope it was helpfull for you
it's still a good movie, just dont go with expectations to the cinema.
they are taking 4, 5 different story arcs and combining them into one childish movie and it makes for a bit flat movie for adults.
first of all they are taking the story of the birth of maleficent and the fae world. instead of staying there and showing all that u could, u get a 10 minutes scene about that amazing world of them that u really do want to hear more. and then ur jumping to the castle .
then you have the conflicts between the swamp lands and Michelle Fifer who wants to take them away and all the swamp creatures and aurora that's trying to rule there and the difficulties of ruling, and also on that u want to hear more.
then you have the love story between aurora and the prince which looks like a super flat character like hies father. that's a love story i didn't buy as there is not too much chemistry between aurora and the prince.
then you have the last fight wich only lasts 3, 4, minutes ... and you again would want it to last a lot more. and includes magicaly disappearing creatures and a firework of red smoke that turns them into flowers... i'ts something that fits the smurphs movie... not a movie that grownups could watch.
which leads me to the 2nd point. it's really made for kids this time.
i mean arguably it's a kids movie to start with. but i mean this time they raised the bar to more childish.
first of all all the creatures turns to flowers when they hit that red firework smoke... and that's pretty much the only violence happening in the movie. there isn't an ounch of darkness and u would expect from a movie that calls itself "mistress of evil" to have a bit of darkness. so mind that it's more childish in a lot of aspects.
lastly and here is a huge spoiler. when maleficent turns into the dark fae in the end. that could have been amazing, if the dark fae would look anything other then just a big black bird... i mean in the swamp lands there are alot of big creatures. so couldn't they do like a black fog around here or make it more menacing, more big, more epic.. no .. they couldn't bcz it's a kids' movie and they got to keep it more simple, so that's another wasted potential.
in the end they tried to cramp in 5 different storylines, that each one of them could have been epic, but all came out flat and with very little screen time for each, and then the payoff for all of that was flat and disappointing.
i'd give this movie a 6 because obviously they will do a third one, and will explore the fae world in that one, i just wish they would do it on this.
also one more thing. When maleficent is in the fae world u see her with her hair out and the horns out also, meaning she actually collects her hair into the black thing that she wares. i wish by far she would stay like that because in that shot she ACTUALLY LOOKED like a dark ferry. and i have no idea why Maleficent is wearing that black thing to cover her hair maybe it's just how the kids need to see her to remember her better.. sigh.
hope it was helpfull for you
it's still a good movie, just dont go with expectations to the cinema.