There
are two realms, one is the moors which is a peaceful forest kingdom without a king. The other realm of humans is ruled by a King who comes with his men to invade
the forest but they are unsuccessful. Maleficient is a fairy and she has grown up in the forest
kingdom. One day, as a young girl
she met Stefan. He is a farm boy living in the human realm
who has stolen something in the forest.
She rescues him and has him return the stolen item. They become friends for a long time
until one day he doesn’t return again.
Maleficient misses him but she begins to put their friendship in the past. When Maleficient is a woman, he returns
to see her as an adult, she forgets and forgives him for his absence. Maleficient falls asleep because Stefan has given her a sleeping potion in a
drink that has made her sleep. What she
doesn’t know is that Stefan has come back for a reason.
Maleficient
doesn’t know about the feelings that rule the human realm. Jealousy, envy, strife, desire for
conquest and battle. She learns a
lot of these things when King comes to invade and more after she wakes from her
sleep. I thought this was very
good and a different twist on Sleeping Beauty. 4* (I liked this movie)
97
min, Action directed by Robert Stromberg with Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning,
Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple Sam Riley,
Brenton Thwaites, Kenneth Cranham.
Note: Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 49% critic 71%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*.
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