Movie Review: Maleficent

So I went to see maleficent and here's what I thought. 

Angelina Jolie was literally the best casting choice the film could of made she was flawless. All her acting choices worked only to enhance the experience. Her facial expressions were so on point. Make up and costume on her flowed to change with the character, but never seemed out of place at any point. She also had the best mix of humour, vulnerability and I am a fierce fairy don't fucking mess with me. 

Elle Fanning expelled the right amount of energy and naïveté for Aurora.

I wasn't incredibly impressed with the choice of Sharlto Copley for King Stefan and instead thing Robert Carlyle may have been a better fit for this role. 

Sam Riley as Diaval was incredible and I loved that they humanised the raven character. He was so well played. I began wanting him and Aurora to get together as he genuinely cared for her so much and as much as I also didn't want that because this is my favourite fairy tale from my childhood and it seems wrong that she wouldn't get together with prince Phillip. But  in the end I am glad he stayed with Maleficent they made a good team. 

Imelda Staunton as Knotgrass, Juno Temple as Thistlewit and Lesley Manville as Flittle were all good choices they managed to embody the characters in the little screen time there characters had. And though vital to the story as they are the ones I trusted with auroras care until she's 16 and 1 day they seemed a little redundant in this film at times. And there scenes felt repetitive. 

The cinematography in this film was stunning and any scene involving Maleficent never failed to be visually enchanting. I went to see this film in 3d something I rarely do as 3d does not excite me and did it enhance the movie going experience, I don't know. But the special effects used to make this world would have been astounding in either I believe as it was done to a great standard. 

Maleficent's back story made her actions understandable. She had been wronged and acted rash hurting someone she would come to love thinking she was hurting someone who had fooled her into loving him. But the real villain of the story was King Stefan who had know long hurt someone he was supposed to care about out of greed. 

The movie did have bad moments in time the script was lacking. Several scenes that heavily involved extras were a little hard to watch. Sharlto Copley's accent was cringe worthy. But all together a much better effort than that of Snow White and the Huntsman. 

And once again Disney has restored my faith in them with continuing on from Frozen that true love does not have to come in the form of romance and certainly not from the "true love" of a man Aurora had only had a brief meeting with before the curse came true. And instead true love was someone who had watched over and cared for her whole life.