A good movie

Right now, it seems that Disney have found a new gimmick (as if with Marvel and Star-Wars, they needed something else to generate even more revenue…) and they keep releasing some really successful live-action adaptations of their timeless fairy tales. To be honest, since I wasn’t really blown away by the really flat ‘Cinderella’, I wasn’t really expecting much from this flick but, I have to admit it, it was not bad at all after all. Indeed, this time, they decided to give this adaptation some twist by focusing on the villain, Maleficent, instead of the usual princess, in this case, Aurora. It was a nice move as Maleficent has always been one of the best Disney villains. On top of that, Angelina Jolie was a great choice for the part, she obviously had a lot of fun with this material and I thought she gave a solid performance. To be honest, I think they did actually cheat a little bit though. Indeed , even though this movie was supposed to be about a villain, in this version, Maleficent was actually not so bad after all and it would have been interesting if they had made the whole thing even darker but I guess it would have been pretty much unwatchable for the young children (my daughter already thought that it was pretty scary as it was). Anyway, to conclude, even though it wasn’t really a masterpiece, it was a decent fairy tale with some impressive visuals and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10