Maleficent

[DarthSkywalker]

You know what's even more cliché? "I'm doing this because I'm an evil *****, and that's it." Sorry, but you're not going to win that argument.

Sorry, nothing is more cliched then scorned love. We are talking Bible territory here.

 

[Lord]

No, the reason why she's so popular is because of:

1. The voice-actress and her portrayal.

2. Her visual design.

She is NOT popular simply because she's one-dimensionally evil. Heck, even people who like the movie frequently say "her motivation sucks and she's not really all that interesting as a character, but the actress is great and she looks cool/has cool powers." And the simple fact is that you have to flesh her out if she's going to be the protagonist of a two-hour+ long movie (as opposed to a ninety-minute animated one where she only appears in certain spots).

Not sure you know, but the voice actress isn't the same in every country, and people still love her around the globe. And her evilness is also one of the reasons, so many times i see people mentioned how entertained they were by that, this is not Darth Vader, she is more like the Emperor, Hannibal Lecter, Freddy Krueger and The Joker.

Last time they tried to pull this in a character like that, we got the horrible take on the Witch of the West in Oz: The Great and Powerful.

You know what's even more cliché? "I'm doing this because I'm an evil *****, and that's it." Sorry, but you're not going to win that argument.

Point is, if you're going to give her a new reason to be considered by most a "villain", then don't use such an half-a*** cliche like scorned love, just makes the changes seems worse. And what's the problem in making a film about a force of nature and evil, that's what she is, it's in her name and in her look. Let's even look at other Disney villains, Barbossa was pretty much having fun being evil, yet nobody points him out as being one dimensional, why? Because he was entertaining to watch and handled very well, just because you have a 100% "evil" character, doesn't mean it can't be three dimensional.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

So apparently this is 97mins long. Do with that info what you will.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Last trailer got me interested.
A.Jolie looks good as Maleficent.

 

[Capfan]

Quite honestly Angelina as maleficent is looking splendid! I cannot think of anybody in her place, she has the right attitude and charm! Evil needs to look evil and I see no problem in it! You go woman!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xouD7ys6A3E&feature=youtu.be

 

[Lord]

So apparently this is 97mins long. Do with that info what you will.

Really? I though this was going to in least be 2 hours long like most other big productions.

 

[Astro13Zombie]

I had zero interest in this movie until I saw the trailer before before Godzilla.
Can't wait to see it now.heh

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Really? I though this was going to in least be 2 hours long like most other big productions.

That is what I am seeing. And yeah, I thought it would be at least 2 hours, but the buzz for the early screenings have been pretty good apparently, so we will see how it plays.

 

[Silvermoon]

I usually don't worry too much about run times until I actually see the movie and how everything plays out/fits together. Going into it, my view is that a movie should be however long as it needs to be to tell the story it wants to tell. Some are able to do that in 90+ min. or so, others it might take 2+ hrs.

 

[Incarnadine]

Theaters here already have tickets up for sale and they list the running time as 98 minutes.
As long as the story moves along and nothing feels skipped over I'm fine with a slightly smaller run time.
The worst is when they bloat movies with unneeded stuff and have scenes go on too long and end up with run times past 3 hours when it could have been done better in 2, like the first Hobbit movie.

 

[Dark Raven]

97 minutes seems rather short. Maybe it's made for younger children who are used to watching animated movies of around the same length? I hope it's not that it was longer and they cut it down because they had no confidence in it.

Jolie looks great as Maleficent. I hope Marvel look at this film as a potential model for telling stories about some of their villains. The thing is that this format would've worked so well for someone like Dr Doom if they had the rights to him.

 

[terry78]

Well, most Disney animated flicks are around 90-100 minutes, so hey. No need to go overboard.

 

[X Knight]

97 min is fine for an animated movie, but it kind of worries me for a live action flick.

 

[terry78]

You don't want too much bloat, that's my thing. She's not supposed to be that complicated a character.

 

[Dark Raven]

The thing I don't like about 90 minute movies is that as soon as it's starting it already feels like it's about to end.

X-Men in 2000 felt like it had a little action scene in the middle and then it was already the climax.

 

[CB Fan]

I say wait until you see the movie as there have been many films that run 2+ hrs when they should be shorter. This film looks great and if it can tell its story in 97 mins that's fine by me.

 

[Snow Queen]

The score has been released.

 

[Hellion]

X-Men in 2000 felt like it had a little action scene in the middle and then it was already the climax.

Funny you mention this, I always felt the exact same way with X-Men and X-Men TLS…

…Hopefully this weekend I'll get to see Maleficent and X-Men DOFP.

 

[X Knight]

new clip!!

Aurora meets Diaval!! Raven!!!

http://fansided.com/2014/05/27/aurora-meets-diaval-new-clip-maleficent-video/#!RbSCX

 

[CB Fan]

Reviews are beginning to show up and so far it's got a 61% on RT.

 

[BlackFox]

58%, bit mixed at the moment. Not looking stellar reviews wise.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

The RT score is just the percentage of good reviews out of all reviews. The average rating is 6.1/10 as of now.

 

[Apollo]

This may be another case of critics not liking it where the audiences does.
Only one Way to find out! t:

 

[bubbadoom]

Quite honestly Angelina as maleficent is looking splendid! I cannot think of anybody in her place, she has the right attitude and charm! Evil needs to look evil and I see no problem in it! You go woman!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xouD7ys6A3E&feature=youtu.be

She looks great in that Rick Baker make-up...!

Been looking forward to this one for two years...

 

[TheVileOne]

Was a pretty boring dull film. Jolie looks great, but her Maleficent has no edge. She's a complete and total cupcake, not even an antihero. Sharlto Copley was a terrible, one dimensional villain.

Felt like a very dumbed down alternate retelling. Also, they steal the same bait and switch from Frozen.

The movie is well shot, and I'm sure young and teen girls will enjoy it. I'm not really the target audience, but I found it really boring.