Maleficent(2014) - How to Ruin a Great Villain!

[@WolfmanArt]

It's not a bad thing to have sympathy for your villains, if it's done in a different story... But Maleficent embraces her evilness; making her a villian you love to hate, not to mention a memorable one!

[@chrisdiokno5600]

I mean, it COULD still work like this. IE have her in the end embrace her evil, the old "let me be evil" dealio

[@DelightfullyMADD]

@@chrisdiokno5600 Problem with this though is that having some kind of sympathetic motivation for a character like Maleficent actually ruins the core concept behind the character... she's an evil fairy. She's one of the fae, the fair folk, an unseele, they do not operate on anything approaching human morality or ethics and instead operate on completely alien motivations that, at best, humanity would diagnose as psychopathy. And that was what Maleficent was; an unseele, a dark fae, being petty and spiteful is quite literally in her nature, no tragic backstory or motivation required.

[@chrisdiokno5600]

@@DelightfullyMADD fair point

[@DanGamingFan2406]

This is why not all villains need a villain origin story. Classic Maleficent is great because she's evil for the fun of it. Making it so she was the one who was wronged cheapens it.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

Right, not all villains need to be sympathetic. It works for some. But not for her.

[@mittag983]

It also makes people stop rooting for the princess which is the opposite point of the story

[@area52ron]

Yeah it’s like using the sympathetic story to excuse their actions

[@fabianramos6033]

Maleficent being sympathetic doesn't make sense she isn't Mr freeze She isn't Two Face She isn't Obito she isn't Jason Voorhees, she is evil because why Not.

[@fan-of-fiction169]

Showing villain's motives isn't wrong. But making them seem good by force or justifying what they've done to 100 or even 80% is wrong. In my opinion of course, there is both a way to show villains motives and even put on a redemption arc with class. Firstly, by never putting on a "They've done nothing wrong they're only sad😢" approach, and acknowledging that IF you truly, necessarily desire to write a redemption arc to a truly VILE character, there will be absolutely no way for them to change completely, and the possiblity of them stopping their villainous acts is very low. Settling down, calming down the character,showing their pain works. But along with taking into account their monstrous actions. Not in spite of it, and NOT BY JUSTIFYING THEM. (comes from a Maleficent fan who didn't really enjoy the live action movies)

[@area52ron]

Fun fact the child playing little Aurora is Maleficents actor own child because the rest of the child actors were too afraid of her

[@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967]

It's all Linda Woolverton's fault. She should have listened to Angelina Jolie about Maleficent being a great villain and just have her origin story shows how she came to be in a less tragic light and never portrayed her as anti-villainous and sympathetic with sticking to what makes her great.

[@Firstborn0Raz]

You mean Jolie actually wanted Maleficent to remain the villain and just explain how she became the villain throughout the whole movie?

[@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967]

@@Firstborn0Raz Yes, I've discovered that on some sources myself about Linda.

[@superfanmusicmaker]

Honestly, the whole idea of Maleficent befriending Aurora and having second thoughts on killing her could have been genuinely compelling, but it really needed to be a lot more complex and tragic than the redemption narrative they actually went with.

[@igorferreira8454]

What ideias do you haver?

[@chrisdiokno5600]

It COULD work as a redemption story, but yeah, arguably a fallen hero story would have worked better. IE have her start out as a good person, but by the end of it, she has turned full villainy

[@orangeslash1667]

@@chrisdiokno5600 Fun Fact: the actress who played Teen Maleficent voices Jinx from Arcane.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

The context for the whole "Fairy" thing is that in European mythology, Fairy or Fae was a catchall term for unnatural creatures. So Goblins, Dwarves, Elves, Trolls, and Giants etc would be considered Fairies. Even wizards and people using magic would be considered a Fairy. The three dumbasses would probably be something like a pixie or sprite

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

i've read that some Fairies straight up look *identical* to humans.

[@Ghostlyking-tc3vu]

@@jacktheomnithere2127 that true

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

@@Ghostlyking-tc3vu is that an affirmation, or a question?

[@finland4ever55]

Also fairies (and mermaids) are portrayed as nice in modern media, but look at actual mythology and they were often neutral at best (where they could be nice, but if you messed with them you would fuck around and find out), or actually evil at worst.

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

@@finland4ever55 i remember reading that.

[@acidp0p]

i cannot fathom those cheekbones... she won the artistic lottery

[@silashurd3597]

I think it’s safe to say this one isn’t even a “remake”. The more appropriate word I think This movie is a “reimagining” and that name definitely applies with this one😗.

[@thomasciuffreda8783]

The biggest reason I refused to watch this movie was how they completely ruined the three fairies. They took some of the best supporting characters, literally the heroes of the original movie, and turn them into 3 Jar Jar clones.

[@ShinoriDelfrim]

I loved the movie for what it was but yeah I hated that the fairies seemed really incompetent here and kind of annoying?

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

I honestly thought Imelda Staunton was perfect casting for Flora, or whatever the pink fairy's name was. She played other characters besides Umbridge and has quite an elegant energy to her that's perfect for this character. The problem of course was how she and the other 2 fairies were written.

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

I swear to Chernabog, not every Villain needs to be a tragic anti-hero.

[@eway44]

15:10 Hey, she can be a fairy! Fairies in myths and legends are terrifying creatures who don't follow human morals and do things for their own amusement. Even in the original movie, she was a fairy. So yeah, it makes sense for Maleficent to be a fairy

[@ritanman9578]

I just love how the film tries so hard to make you see that Maleficents is actually a really kind person by literally calling her the kindest fairy in the landand yet still use the name Maleficent for her, which means The one whos causing harm

[@LexiB-o9c]

They could have given her a different name that means kind, like Benigna or Alicent; and her name gets changed to “Maleficent” at the end of the story to symbolize her fully becoming the villain we all know and love. Heck, have the movie end with the narrator repeated the same sentence from the beginning, but the words are changed to better fit her name meaning of “One who’s causing harm.”

[@rainbowracer9576]

Sometimes we just like villains being evil for the sake of it, justified or not.

[@sjmhadsock4586]

A cute fact is the child that played child aurora is Angelina Jolie's actual child other's were afraid of her

[@romeoiiihidalgo9516]

I saw a villian retrospective video which made some pretty good points about Maleficent and her character Mal is a dark fae that is evil both for the fun of it but also pettiness (She literally cursed a baby for not being invited to its christening) Merryweather even points out how miserable Malifecent seems all the time when not doing evil Unlike most villians, even when she seemingly succeeds in her goal by cursing baby Aurora and capturing the prince and locking him in her dungeon to prevent him from saving Aurora, she DOES NOT seem all that happy, unlike most other villians who would rejoice Also, she planned on keeping Phillip in her dungeon for a hundred years but would eventually release him, the downside being that he would now be a decrepeted old husk. That is beyond sadistic

[@romeoiiihidalgo9516]

I will give this movie one tho: At least they tried to do something original and new, unlike some of the other live actions that are just pointless shot for shot remakes of the original

[@ching-jungyang62]

Well, in the original movie when Maleficent seemingly succeeds in her goal she is more relaxed and pleased than showing happiness, like finally things are back to normal and she can sit back and enjoy the show. She is the mistress of all evil, and true evil doesn't need to be shown clearly, it lurks around the corner and watches chaos happening around.

[@TheDeadmanDante]

Two things: One, I actually don't have too much of a problem with the idea of making Maleficent into a victim of circumstance, like how Elphaba was in "Wicked." My biggest complaint comes with how Disney decided to play it safe and not show her go through enough suffering. What this film needed to do was flesh out Maleficent's relationship with the future king, and how much of a betrayal it is for him to have cut off her wings; putting more importance on what they ment to her and how this sends her down an ever-escolating path of inflicting cruelty on others to make up for her own. Two, I'm very happy to see that you got your channel back and I'm so excited to see you going back to uploading content. I simply hope that there are no other incidents with people hacking into your account.

[@KittyBGaming]

Not gonna lie but when I was a kid (13) and at the scene where maleficent was scream/crying because she got her wings cut off, I still remember asking someone near me (probably my parent) what was going on and they told me what happened. I just sat there quietly, blank faced

[@lavenderflowersfall280]

To this day I can't watch that scene. If I watch the movie I'll literally skip it

[@hibikuokudan]

Actually, Maleficent is VERY much a faerie. The others are annoying pixies

[@kylew.3031]

To add to the principle that she's simply evil (her name translating to "evil") and wouldn't really have any backstory: she's evil incarnate. This isn't just an expression, it's literal: she's an actual incarnation... of evil. She wasn't even "born" the way beings are, she just came into existence one day. An incarnation is something given form, and this can be something of someone birthed off of themselves to form something like offspring. This is well shown in InuYasha, whenever Naraku made an incarnation. Kanna was "Kanna of the Void", and was an incarnation of "nothingness". Kagura was "Kagura of the Wind" or "Kagura, the Wind Sorceress". She is the element of Wind from Naraku given form, or "Wind incarnate". It can also be an extremely powerful manifestation suddenly embodying. Peeves the poltergeist in Harry Potter, is an incarnation of mischief. A massive amount of teenagers in one location for many months will produce a large amount of energy of mischief. That's why nobody ever bothered exorcising Peeves because they knew such energy of that specific thing would just re-embody very soon after. So, being evil incarnate, Maleficent has no origin as we know the general definition to be, nor does she even have any reason whatsoever for being and doing evil, she just simply is.

[@redwarriorstudios6077]

It’s good to have you back Raisorblade. Yeah I hated this movie too, and I have a history with this movie. I remember back in high school everyone was hyping this movie up and I couldn’t care less. 2014 was a great year for movies, we had movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, the Lego movie, Mr Peabody and Sherman, and How to train your Dragon 2. (Big hero 6 was okay) Then Christmas of that year I received Maleficent as a gift and wasn’t gonna watch it, but I decided to watch it. My idea was “if it was bad, I’ll watch HTTYD2 as a pallet cleanser”. And man this movie did something to me. Like usually with a movie I don’t like I just say “I didn’t like it” and that’s it. But this movie not only did I hate it, I was angry with this movie. Like this is the first time I ever felt that way towards a movie. I remember thinking to myself I could do a better job. I remember talking to my family about what we got for Christmas and Maleficent was brought up, I told them I didn’t like it and for some reason they loved it! And I went to school asking my classmates and coworkers (I worked at the cafeteria at the time) and everyone for some reason loved it! This is what got me to despise the Disney live action remakes. Yeah still don’t like these movies, good luck changing my mind. Also great video by the way. I recommend checking out Cloudy with a Chance a Meatballs.

[@torytellstales]

The twist of Stephen being the true bad guy is what ruined this movie for me. Wasn't the point he sent Aurora into hiding was because that's his daughter and he cares about her well being? In this live action version, Stephen seems to treat his own daughter like she's merely just the keys to a van getting thrown in a field somewhere so the person he hates takes forever to find them

[@milestrombley1466]

Stupid Hollywood thinks everything has to be morally gray.

[@skysiren4113]

Personally I always found the fact that in this film Maleficent became a villain because she lost her wings, then eventually got them back to be....kinda questionable. When you think about it Maleficent in this film is technically disabled throughout most of the film (having lost what was basically 2 of her limbs), which unfortunately falls into the trap of the trope where disabled people are potrayed as villains or become villains due to their disability. It's even worse when in the film Maleficent gets her wings back, which you could see as her disability being "cured". It comes across as unintentionally ableist and can give the idea that you can only be a good person if your able bodied I know some people are gonna argue "well Maleficent in this film isn't a bad guy" and it's true that the film tried to paint her in a more sympathetic light, however Maleficent is more well known and remembered in her original appearance in Sleeping Beauty. In which she's potrayed as a evil, spiteful monster who took so much joy in bring evil and was more then willing to curse a baby just because she wasn’t invited to a party (I mean for crying out loud she proclaimed HERSELF to be "the mistress of all evil") not only that but it doesn't fix the fact that by the end of the film she gets her wings back, in turn "curing" her disability Do I think the writers were intentionally trying to come across as ableist? Personally no, but I think they should've realised the unfortunate implications with how they handled it

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Yeah, though one can arguably see this as her wanting, in some ways justified, against the main who, for lack of a better term, crippled her, and shattered her heart, for his own petty ass reasons

[@tylerfish2701]

@@skysiren4113 0_0 Oh god, how did I never think about that?

[@Hewylewis]

15:01 Actually, yes, Maleficent is a fairy, even in the original movie. In the original fairy tale, the villain was described as a wicked fairy. Fairies can look like anything and not just tiny people with insect wings. Technically, Leprechauns and changelings can be considered fae folk as well. However, this movie still sucks.

[@johnnygallagher5718]

Fun fact: this is not the only time a famous villain is a good guy in a movie. In GMK King Ghidorah is a protagonist up against Godzilla.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Yeah the only time I feel bad for Ghirdorah since they were just harmless little Nimbats that were mutated by the Future people to destroy present Japan.

[@animezilla4486]

Here's a little fun fact originally the early versions for gmk was originally going to have the monsters baragon, Varan, and Anguirus. While baragon made it into the final version of the movie Anguirus and Varan were cut because Toho didn't think the two monsters were bankable enough to guarantee the movie success so they told the director to switch to mothra and King Ghidorah

[@johnnygallagher5718]

@@animezilla4486 Varan likeness was used for Ghidorah.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@johnnygallagher5718 There is Light Yagami for an anime show.

[@dracodracarys2339]

king ghidorah vs dragon maleficent, who would win in a one-on-one fight

[@a.t.m873]

With how good this movie could've been, it's sad it was so bad. At least you still have your queen in the original, and nothing can take that away from you. I did like the alternate version you came up with.

[@brianlevine871]

It's been years since I've seen this movie, but I remember being mostly ambivalent towards it. I'll admit that I liked Angelina Jolie's performance and some of the creature designs, including seeing the raven as a wolf, horse and dragon (at least for how they maintained raven features in those forms). That said, I'm with you 100% on how this movie portrayed the three fairies, especially considering how lovable they were in the original animated film. This movie would've been better off as its own spin on the original fairy tale rather than some confusing take on the Disney version. At least then the role reversal of the fairies and villain could've worked okay with the route they were going for here.

[@LordThomasPassion]

Ah. The lazy trope of "The villain was actually a victimized good guy the whole time, and the good guy is actually evil!" Hate every varient.

[@BlitzDemonGamer3032]

Maleficent only works as a Villain NOT The Hero that's why it fails in so many ways

[@dexstewart862]

Maleficent in the Disney Infinity game was voiced by Rajia Baroudi. She was the leader of the Alien Rangers from Power Rangers, and Jara, a goofy villain from Beetleborgs. That was just a cool bit of trivia I know.

[@Sparking_Roar97]

She won't twist it. She'll just straight up RIP. IT. OFF!

[@Lambdefeatuber]

Surfs up video got privated so let me say this again. He's back boiiiis! So glad you got your job back. (Unfortunately, this means you also have to un-private every single video which is gonna be take long for you to do, so sorry about that. Atleast the videos didn't get deleted by the hacker.)

[@drewluczynski9609]

Should be back now, unless it’s a different video

[@Zero2Hiroki]

Oh thank goodness you’re okay! When I heard what happened I thought we lost another legend!!!

[@tylerfish2701]

I could go into how the sequel from 2019 is much worse because of how it wasted my queen, Eris, but right now, I'M SO HAPPY YOUR BACK!

[@GothLady1987]

Watched "Sleeping Beauty" yesterday with a deep dive on the scene where she hypnotizes Aurora (scary af). I'll buy that Maleficent was a fairy, but the remake did her extremely dirty. She's supposed to be vindictive, not sympathetic. She's a villain, not a f*cking mother figure! Jolie's portrayal was flat and pathetic. Also, why does Disney think they have to make everything literally DARK?? Really shows the devolution of the company that's supposed to uplift its audience.

[@beanburrito1002]

I never thought I'd see someone down bad for maleficent

[@sjmhadsock4586]

This and the rob zombie halloween is why people say not every villain needs an origin

[@supermariof0521]

When Disney is making a 3rd "Maleficent" movie despite the second one bombing at the box office, that means Disney is only making "Maleficent 3" purely out of SPITE.

[@monikorasort]

I snuck into this movie when I went on a field trip to the movies with the rest of my 3rd grade class. I was bored as hell the whole way through and severely regretted not seeing Rio 2 with everyone else

[@homecruz7743]

This remake is a disgrace to the forces of evil!

[@GoldenDog215]

I find it funny how in Maleficent, Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip's relationship is completely non-existent. Phillip doesn't kiss her awake at the end and they barely have any screen time together, which is weird because the original film had a whole sequence of both Phillip and Aurora dancing and singing in the forest. It seems to be a current thing at Disney that they keep disregarding the Disney princes and romance is almost a rarity in their films nowadays, whereas back in the past, romance was a key topic in many of their films. In the Snow White remake, Prince Charming is removed to make Snow White "stronger." In the original Sleeping Beauty, Phillip slayed dragon Maleficent in order to save Aurora, yet this film does him dirty and throws him off to the wayside as a background character. Excuse me!

[@seandewar47]

Aye, I'm glad you managed to get your channel back

[@seandewar47]

@meta527II Iirc, He got hacked and was kicked out of his account for a bit, but it seems he has it now

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

Thank God your channel is back to normal.

[@dovahkiin6488]

Oml I'm so glad you're back, man!

[@171QA]

I get why they wanted to humanize Maleficent so the audience would root for her but why did they have to do the fairies so dirty? They were the OTHER best part from the original film and arguably the true main characters. Did the screenplaywriter secretly hate them or something?

[@balanc-joy9187]

They wanted an easy excuse for why Maleficent becomes Aurora's caretaker, so they made the Good Fairies totally, as in _lethally_ incompetent, to justify it.

[@leonidasgts7940]

I’m glad you’re reviewing this movie because I hated this movie as a child

[@area52ron]

I mean in the original movie Maleficent being upset about not being invited from what I heard it’s because Maleficent and the fairy trio group was at war so the royals inviting the three only and not Maleficent which shows who they sided with upsetting her

[@GusteMizaraite]

The wrigters did the fairys so dirty just to make Meleficent look good

[@jacktheomnithere2127]

15:07-15:10 in the context of fantasy, they're not. in the context of Earth folklore, yes they are. and sometimes, our Fairies can just straight up look *identical to US!* and among them, are Elves. yes, Elves are fae folk - and Dwarves, if i recall. i repeat: that's Earth folklore. (on a tangent, same goes for the dragon: one monster, MANY shapes)

[@tayloredwards4968]

I definitely agree they really butchered maleficent in this movie. And made her a fairy godmother.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

YOU'RE BACK! Hail Spike our merciful patron! Through him all things are possible!

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

This Disney Live Action remakes have no soul.

[@BrandonCroker]

I know you, i walked with you once upon a what??

[@venomslayer3223]

16:10 you joke but now I want to watch a version with Star Wars with Gilbert voicing Vader

[@Uta_Chandra.H]

I'll admit this is how we got The live- action Cruella

[@TheDataByteChannel]

HE’S BACK!!!🎉

[@lehahiah81]

They ruined the curse scene by making it a sleeping curse from the beginning and not having the fairies alter it.

[@thomashuffman3237]

Then again, in all fairness, the three dimwits probably would have messed it up by trying to reverse it anyway.

[@lehahiah81]

@@thomashuffman3237 The fairies were ruined entirely; the only real positive I can give is the casting of Angelina Jolie, but she got stuck with a bad script

[@thomashuffman3237]

@lehahiah81 I completely agree about the Fairies.

[@lehahiah81]

@@thomashuffman3237 I would also say that Maleficent would of been better if they kept her strictly evil. You don't need to redeem a character to give them more development.

[@JadebladeFINN2009]

They way you talk about the Treatment of the raven by the fans… I wouldn’t recommend watching Hilda if I were you. The fandom is down Bad for the raven in that, it’s horrific.

[@eway44]

Your idea for this film having Maleficent and Aurora not truly make up because Aurora would see her as a monster is good, but alternativly, what if Aurora takes Maleficent's side? Maleficent doesn’t turn good, Aurora turns evil.

[@roarkthehalf-orc6598]

The more thought you put into it the more it pisses you off. If they really wanted to start with her childhood they should've made her a prankster instead of a mini jesus. Have her turn to "mistress of all evil" be a misunderstanding. But instead they turned the villain into the hero, the heroes into pointless comic relief, and the comic relief into the villain. What a load

[@michaelbrent1536]

This is basically Wreck-It Ralph Nixon was frozen. Making the villain sympathetic. Honestly I thought this movie was OK, but it will never be as good as the The originals. Maleficent is supposed to be a villain she supposed to be as dark as the Chernabog from Fantasia.

[@graftongazaway]

Disney actually redeemed her 3 times... kinda, there was this LEGO Disney movie where Tiana, Rapunzel, Moana, Snow White, & Ariel where save Ariel's dad from Gaston, and in the climax Gaston uses Maleficent (in her dragon form only) to take down the (mostly) princesses, and one of them notices Maleficent has something stabbed in her and they pull it out (either that or they give her a pep talk, it's been a second since I've seen it) and then Maleficent is now on their side, and when Gaston gets trapped with her it looks like she's about to beat him up before cutting back to the protagonists. Yeah I was kinda let down by that.

[@JT_Saenz]

20:27 MAAAAAAAAN, it really irks me when fans of Disney Classics come up with better premises for their Live-Action Remake Adaptations than a room full of Hollywood Writers in just the span of a couple of seconds! I won't lie, the teaser trailer for Maleficent that Disney released on November 13, 2013 had me hyped for the film back then....then, I saw the final product and was left thoroughly disappointed, especially after the segment where Maleficent attempts to revoke the curse she placed on Aurora. That was NOT 'Mistress of Evil,' whatsoever.

[@GoobyToooby]

5:38 now shall you deal with me oh prince,and ALL THE POWERS OF HELL!!!!!!

[@syppy7416]

honestly my issue with her was less her not being evil and more about the fact that the movie and the marketting tried to portray her as morally grey when she's really not

[@nicholassims9837]

One thing you can give Aladdin and Lion King remakes credit is that they still made Jafar and Scar evil villains

[@funnyhappystudios]

This was my favorite live action remake because… it at least told a new story instead of trying to copy off another movie I could be watching instead

[@Gamergirl-ls7to]

Wasent expecting a security breach sfm meme in this video. 16:20

[@Tinclash365]

I also think so about Cruella, it feels like a reimagined, not origin

[@henrymockingbird9645]

Cruella is pretty much maleficent done right because Cruella at least understood the character unlike there’s abomination

[@YahmilWarlock00]

And this is why I stick with Serena Valentino villain books cause even though maleficent had sad origin *has nothing to do with the movie* she still stays evil

[@FintanMajora]

The best way i can describe this movie is that they had so many amazing ideas and concepts to play with given to them on a silver platter, enough material to make for a really good movie. Alas instead of effectively utilizing those tools and ideas, they instead misused them, used walmart quality versions of what they were offered, and shat out nonsense garbage that simultaneously mimics and mocks the original ideas and pass it out as if it is suppose to be profound. Such a waste of a character and movie.

[@MaxArt228]

Well, Maleficent 2014 is a THING. A THING that I don’t like or care about.

[@papaekowgyedziacquah1012]

Imagine if they made villains like Jack Horner, Doflamingo and the Pillar men sympathetic. LAAAAAME!!!

[@DanEss1992]

When I saw this in theaters, EVERY adult at the screening was like "Awwww!" to Baby Auora and when she sneezed.😊

[@deadsllence1995]

Raisor you should really think about going into screenwriting. I personally thought this movie was ok, but you clearly can tell a better story.

[@balanc-joy9187]

5:20 It's one thing to rework the story _and_ the character so that they synergize into a solid story in its own right, often using the original's elements with a new twist that expands or utilizes them well, it's another thing to essentially just contort the plot and rewrite the character into being basically just a distorted version that doesn't tell a solid story of its own, more just reverses the rolls and takes out the compelling elements of the original in the process.

[@kianrodriguez4455]

I don't remember what the book was exactly called but the premise was essentially "What if Aurora never woke up" and in it, not only does Maleficent become the queen and fakes being Aurora's mother, she also kills her parents by stabbing them in the heart, later on has one of her minions force Aurora to sing to the point where she'll completely lose her voice (thankfully the prince saves her) and then tries to kill Aurora after turning into the dragon

[@littlered6340]

I'm so glad someone said this, I've felt this way ever since the movie came out and I feel like no one agrees 😩

[@Hecuba107]

15:48 The Queen of England? I mean she played her part.

[@emuanon34]

Wicked felt like a companion piece to its source material that gives you a new perspective unlike Maleficent where it pretty much feels like it’s spiteful to the 1959 movie. Also thank god the channel is back, I was so worried.

[@balanc-joy9187]

18:50 One way, off the top of my head, to write something like what the movie did, but at least a _little_ better. Make it that the three good fairies are not ridiculously incompetent, but just...they don't know how to deal with a baby, let alone any further age. They try, and half-succeed, but just don't fully grasp it no matter what they try. Basic care is okay, just that they can't _fully_ care for Aurora as she grows, as they don't fully understand humans. During all this, Maleficent is either searching for Aurora to fulfill her curse, or has some other motivation, that has her disguised as someone else, and she ends up hired as a helper for the fairies. either while Aurora is still a baby or after she starts growing, while they never consider that its Maleficent because they assume she's all about being dramatic and obviously evil, and Maleficent _does_ understand humans, at least enough to do better, and also _teaches the fairies and Aurora what they need to know to do better_ in some way, not just do everything herself, and thus she bonds with Aurora, and the good fairies trust her, until the reveal of who she really is, and all four feel betrayed and that Maleficent lied (likely true to one degree or another) and Maleficent is wracked with conflicting feelings. The good fairies and Aurora are pushed to see the worst in Maleficent by whoever the villain is (I wouldn't have it be the King, possibly some underling who's secretly benefiting from the fighting and nobody suspects) and everyone else's bias against, justified in at least some cases, but the four keep questioning themselves, the same as Maleficent is questioning _herself_ and where she stands with her kingdom and what the right thing is for her to do, whether she HAS to fight or not, and whether she needs to choose at all.

[@kieranstark7213]

Raise your hand up if you hate it when people cite the scene where Maleficent got her wing cut by King Stefan (a character who was never shown in the 1959 movie to deserve being treated like an evil white man regardless of theories that both of Princess Aurora’s parents were the real bad guys by not inviting Maleficent) as an excuse to defend remaking animated classics by Walt Disney Animation Studios rather than genuinely showing support and empathy for women who really have been mistreated. Raise your hand up if you also think the villain of Maleficent 3 is going to be Prince Phillip (despite that he was never shown to go as far as to be “evil”, not in the original version where he saved his kingdom from the Maleficent we really deserved or the 2010s films where he had no personality other than to be a stereotype of white men where they have to be overly dependent on women) where Princess Aurora who throws a temper tantrum after assuming Prince Phillip would cheat on her rather than blaming Maleficent for kissing Phillip in front of her without his consent and then he gets defeated by Maleficent, Aurora, Queen Leah and the three fairies because “girl power” (when it’s the worst way to show it against a man by trying to turn him into another 2014 King Stefan). Does this feel like a script only an AI would make up? Because that’s exactly what Disney’s movies nowadays feel like; while they were technically written by real people, their writing feels like at best, cheap fanfictions, and at worst, complete bastardizations of the source materials. If Disney wanted to make sequels to Sleeping Beauty, not only can they bring back the animation of the original rather than just make them cheap-ass CG-fests, they should also just do a much better job writing them. And Maleficent was written by people who wrote a Disney Renaissance film?! Unbelievable! Very unbelievable!

[@Ajisai2420]

Wait I thought people liked this movie-

[@sapientbirb7350]

Kinda. It mostly depended on who you asked. With my family, it was the kind of movie that we'd remember liking when we first watched it. But it wasn't the kind of movie we'd think about revisiting, much less think about the plot.

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

I kinda like it as it's own thing, but I dislike it as a Maleficent movie. It should have been it's own unique story.

[@Tinclash365]

In Maleficent 2, Aurora’s mother in law was the one that made the evil story of Maleficent.

[@CharlesMoss091]

16:57 They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our mediocrity!

[@chasg3242]

I hope you tear into King Stephen like everybidy else, especially Bobsheaux has even as someone who liked the movie initially he always pissed me off so much but I couldn't put my finger on why it rubbed me the wrong way.

[@BlitzDemonGamer3032]

to this day I'd still wish they di a remaster of Kingdom Hearts on the XBOX Series X just like they released Kingdom Hearts III on the XBOX ONE

[@soulslvr9562]

If my grandmother didnt force me to sit down. This movie wouldve been the first and ONLY movie i wouldve walked out on

[@saralily0977]

0:06 Grab his beep and twist it!

[@iamclassicforlife]

Where has this video been ever since 2014?? YES dude!!!

[@Traffydrhart]

Ughh they never learn live action remake do not work (one piece is one of the rare exceptions) but dread everything else. Especially since I'm a huge httyd fan, which is gonna be ruined or at the very least mid. Which is still an insult

[@Dinosaurianationazation]

All hail the death of the mouse!

[@kidicarusuprising6233]

As a pre-teen, I loved this movie, but after watching Sleeping Beauty and comparing it (as in Maleficent) to Cruella from 2021, I haHonestly, Cruella''s real name was Estella. So why can't Maleficent's real name be something else? Yeah, I don't hate it, but I understand why this is not that great :/

[@GrrethWolf]

I think the movie could have been fantastic if it ignored the 'sleeping beauty' bit or at least didn't focus on it. I think instead focusing on the war between the magical and the mundane would have been compelling. Maleficent is born into war, trained as a warrior-mage to defend her section of the magical world. She's never interacted with the mundane outside of fighting which she enjoys. Suddenly, she has a chance: Stephan, a young soldier, forced into this fight. Maybe she even saw him saving one of her soldiers earlier in the battle. They talk, get close, maybe entertain the idea of bringing the Mundane and the Magical together at last. Then we get the whole thing about the wings. Stephan is conflicted about it knowing he has the chance but genuinely wanting to bring peace. After a particularly brutal battle where he had to sit on the sidelines and watch, he finally takes the wings sneakily, leaves behind a note to say that with her sacrifice 'peace will reign' - but she never reads it. Instead with her strength cut in half, her heart shattered, she sink into the darkness, embracing it wholly because Stephan showed her that the Magical and the Mundane can never have peace. I guess from there you could have the 'Sleeping Beauty' storyline kinda seep in, with Aurora succeeding where her father failed. Maleficent plays the long game trying to twist the child of her enemy against him while also plotting for the eventual curse to take the child should that fail. Maybe Aurora is led into the Magical parts of the land by the Fairies, Maleficent seeing the little moments of caring that Aurora has for the Magical - usually without the Fairies around - despite being mundane. Weave in moments of Stephan regretting his choice, realizing he'd been mistaken in his method if not his dream but also slowly twisting inside until he believes the same folly that has always led to this exact war - if he can kill Maleficent, guardian of the Magical in this part of the land, they will finally know peace. You get the big battle with dragon Maleficent of course. However as Stephan and Maleficent face off, she has a moment of clarity as the battle comes to a close. If she kills Stephan, the cycle will likely never end. If she dies and Stephan lives, the Magical she's protecting will be destroyed. Maybe there's a flash of Aurora with Maleficent's people or something, a flash of hope for the future under Aurora and then it ends kinda like you said - Stephan and Maleficent fall, she barely survives... or doesn't survive, I'm not sure which works better... hmmm. Maybe I overthought a potential story haha but I hope it sounds at least a little more true to character and respectful of Maleficent

[@godzillabebravethetrexretu1381]

I remember my little sisters would watch this movie a lot to the point one of them got a maleficent costume for Halloween and even a maleficent doll for Christmas

[@humanoidcorn4476]

Some villains don't need a sob story to be interesting. Why can't villains just be evil for the thrill! Whatever happened to villains you just love to hate! They may be evil but at least they're entertaining!

[@cabellero1120]

Maleficent is 1 of my Favorite Disney live action films. AJ is wickedly fun and her performance is enjoyable.

[@balanc-joy9187]

17:25 Just seeing that scene without audio made me sputter with laughter.

[@SallyMorgan-ex7qb]

Honestly speaking, I am fine they made her sympathetic. I loved the movie. The second one not so much. It may have changed her character from the original but ultimately it was fine. And Angelina was great in the role. This is the live action Disney has actually done well with. They changed certain things whiles keeping the story basic. Maleficent has more soul, depth and originality than the rest of the live action movie. And Lion King remake, which was basically a cheap copy cat of the original, tend out to be bland, and inanimate and boring. Maleficent was great and I will stand by this. It is so far the best liveaction yet.