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Maleficent~ You’ll Never Look At That Dragon the Same Way Again

May 30, 2014 By D Marie 6 Comments

**  NO SPOILER VERSION!**



The 1959 classic is told “anew” in Maleficent; the Walt Disney Pictures film is released in theaters today, May 30th 2014. My sons and I were oh so lucky to locate a 3D IMAX version in a local venue last evening, and donned the 3D specs for an early glimpse of this, the story that is held between the pages of the Sleeping Beauty tale.

Visually beautiful yet often haunting, the fairy-laden moors are fit for a Disney heroine.  Or two.  Though Sleeping Beauty Castle does not resemble the Disneyland version, you will recognize Aurora’s christening, her fairy protectors, the spinning wheel and Prince Phillip.  Perhaps that is all you will remember from your story books in this emotion-packed one hour and 38 minute film.  We thought Angelina Jolie forever changed the persona of the long-loathed sorceress, and has cast a spell over Sleeping Beauty fans for years to come.  It is difficult not to draw parallels between Maleficent and Angeina Jolie’s personal health issues and physical transformations, which makes the character’s agony seem all the more vivid.

Before you see Maleficent the magnificent, you may want to read on the D23 site about how the original film art influenced filming, production, and the adaptation of the central characters.  You’ll learn that it is not an accident that Maleficent is the most beautiful of Disney villains… (Thank goodness for the decades long of work of the Disney archivists!)

You MUST see this “Once Upon a Dream”; it is true love’s kiss in 2014 style.  The only problem I have with the movie is this: Who will I be rooting for the next time I see Fantasmic!?

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  1. Donna Kay Anderson says

    May 30, 2014 at 2:02 pm

    I cannot wait to see this movie, and now I want to see it even more!! Thanks for this great review D!!

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    • blogging says

      May 31, 2014 at 2:22 am

      Can't wait to compare notes Donna. (I know you are a BIG Aurora fan!!)

      Reply
  2. CJ says

    May 30, 2014 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks for the great review! A little nervous for it, as the animated version is one of my family's favs- but excited to see it all anew! And I totally get what you are saying about Fantasmic…

    Reply
  3. blogging says

    May 30, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    I had the same trepidation CJ; the additional layer that this movie gives to the story will warm your heart, but have you questioning what you know… Let me know what you think!!!

    Reply
  4. Lynn says

    June 6, 2014 at 1:44 am

    We saw it and loved it!

    Reply
  5. Denise says

    June 6, 2014 at 1:55 am

    We saw it yesterday, just awesome! Can't wait to see it again.

    Reply

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