Since I had been greatly disappointed in Disney's retelling of classics, such as Oz, The Great and Powerful, I did not experience Maleficent's world when it first arrived in theaters. I had received mixed reviews from friends and family. Most disliked it and were disappointed, although my older sister passionately loved its contents so I gave it a try. My first impression was wonder. (Mostly because winged people have fascinated me of late). It had the classic strange looking creatures, with fairies and tree people, separated from the humans with constant war between them.
Over all it was rather enjoyable I did not very much appreciate the ending of the story. It made no sense to me, and so rather dampened my view of the movie to something of unsatisfied. Of course there were little visual and story line mistakes I saw, like every movie has if you look hard enough. The scene where maleficent has a sudden and unexplained wardrobe change really threw me off, personally.Then there is the actress Angelina Jolie, I do have my distaste for her personal character and acting, however with her role of Maleficent she did a wonderful job and portrayed the hate and love very well.
Fantasy always has me enthralled, especially when there are dragons, knights, wars, and developing and funny characters (Like Maleficent's faithful companion, the crow, Diaval).
There are many things I enjoyed about this movie and many things I thought over used for such things, or completely wrong. I don't wish to make a list but encourage you to find out for yourself. It might be a interesting one time movie for you.
Thanks for reading, Beasty.
