Maleficent IS the best Disney Villain and you can't change my mind

[@fightingfaerie]

The baby is actually Angelina Jolie’s daughter. They couldn’t find a baby that wasn’t scared of her in costume but her daughter wasn’t scared because she knew it was her mom.

[@relicking9207]

Was going to comment this

[@nikolaipetrichor2065]

That's adorable

[@NamikawaHitomi]

That's so cute

[@desertwaterdemon]

That’s a lie.

[@AnsophOfficial]

@@desertwaterdemon "he says as it was confirmed"

[@blakeythekitty]

Absolutely, NO ONE rejects Angelina Jolie. NO ONE.

[@Welchy]

AGREED

[@RareGacha_YT]

@@Welchy ey i made it 69 likes o.o

[@whenraindropsfall]

except brad pitt ✊

[@aimeemarwood4569]

​@@whenraindropsfalloof

[@defiantly_nota_dragon]

​@Welchy now you need to watch the second one 🤌

[@blakeythekitty]

"This looks like Professor Umbridge" help, that IS the actor for Professor Umbridge XD

[@LiSkyFox]

Actor spotted 😂

[@16taysia]

𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒫𝒾𝓃𝓀!! 😂😂😂

[@lilmissrockchick4962]

Also, Lesley Manville who plays one of the fairies was once married to Gary Oldman who played Sirius Black

[@MikeSBarrett]

I'm all here for Welchy correctly hypothesising the "true love's kiss" twist halfway through the movie

[@Welchy]

Fs 😂😂😭

[@OokamiSolstice92]

I don't even think it was halfway

[@videohistory722]

Little fact about her discovering the wings are gone: Angelina Jolie said the scene was one giant metaphor for being violated. The drugging, the pain, realizing what happened, it's all right there. P.S. I'm only wording it as such to get past the censors.

[@shinobu3617]

Honestly, I hate that analogy. If you want to make a metaphor for being violated, in my opinion, what you see at face value should not be worse than what it's trying to be a metaphor of. As horrific and traumatizing as being violated in your sleep is, I'd find it way more horrific to be drugged and then wake up with TWO OF MY LIMBS AMPUTATED. And, besides the point, I also despise how SA or DV is constantly used over and over to justify a female villain. It's almost like saying "the only way for a female character to be a morally grey villain/anti-hero is if she's been through some sort of s3xual abvse". It's gross. So I am just going to completely ignore that BS they said about the wings, and just take it at face value.

[@hana3703]

@@shinobu3617 As far as I know, no one’s taking DV and SA to justify Maleficent’s action here even though it’s a metaphor for that, people still took it literally. I still took it literally (like Stefan cut her wings) but I can see what you’re saying. If you know “Teeth” that’s like the visual presentation of “She’s been through SA and she became a villain” that you were talking about. I’m actually tired of that type of reason for a female villain like we don’t need to feel bad about them, they could’ve just born to be an asshle and decided to fck with everyone like Regina George in “Mean girls”

[@mischr13]

@@shinobu3617 I don't know if you know this but, humans don't have wings, so no it's not like getting amputated. it'd be more like having a vestigial tail removed. also, if you didn't notice, she wasn't SA'd in the movie, she had her wings cut off. she wasn't morally gray cuz she's been through sexual abuse, she's morally gray cuz she had her wings cut off. seems like you have a hard time following basic concepts in kids movies, but it's ok, you don't HAVE to pick up on a theme. It is weird you're upset other people are talking about a particularly theme, especially since it means a lot to people who have been through what we're talking about and they were greatly moved by the analogy of assault feeling like having your wings cut off. But then, you'd need to have empathy to realize that sort of thing, which brings me to my last thing... I'd greatly appreciate it if you didn't say what SA does or doesn't feel like. you can't compare different kinds of pain like that, mental and physical, but if you HAD to, being SA'd is WAY worse than losing two limbs you don't need to get around or function in the slightest. Now go cry somewhere else

[@naolucillerandom5280]

@@mischr13 ... That's a fairy. Their wings aren't vestigial. They just cut someone's arms right there.

[@bobtheball5384]

@@shinobu3617 The thing is...how likely is it for someone to experience that?? I get that the trope of women antagonist and or just women characters in general being assaulted is overdone but come on if we're trying to form comparisons to real life, that example makes a lot of sense.

[@almsy8625]

What I love about this is movie is that Maleficent's plan so perfectly unravels itself. The rules of magic are implied that the spell will work 100% by it's wording, as shown by the whispering of "no power on earth can change it" when she tries to revoke the curse. Maleficent plays herself by specifically stating in the wording of her spell that Aurora will be "Beloved by ALL who meet her." That's why she continues to care for and save Aurora as she grows up, and can't help but feel fond towards her. Anyone who meets Aurora, including Maleficent herself, will love her. The single inclusion of that phrase in the spell determined the course of the entire film and it was played off as a throwaway.

[@saorise28]

Why didn’t the queen in the second one adore her?

[@Staicha]

@@saorise28 I think because the curse broke on her by then?

[@aniflowers1998]

@@saorise28 I'd argue she partly did. She DID want to take Aurora as her own daughter after all. Sure, it was also to spite Maleficent, and in the end the queen generaly chose her own ambitions over feelings (she even casted her own son away) but I think in the begining she was at least somewhat drawn to Aurora, just like everyone else. Plus the curse was generaly weakened at that point in time, becouse it alredy got broken once.

[@Reptile_Gecko]

@@aniflowers1998 wouldn't the curse part about "ALL" loving her be broken at the same time as her waking up from the curse with true loves kiss? Then people adoring her furthermore, were people that already did, or because of the other fairies points I believe surrounding her personality and beauty? Or the personality is just Aurora's own thing, she is just a delightful young woman by that point 🤷‍♀

[@aniflowers1998]

@@Reptile_Gecko technically you are right, yes, and I would totaly agree with you. But if I remember right the curse was still somewhat affecting Aurora even after beeing broken. She was still beeing called by the spinning wheel to prick her finger, until Maleficent destroyed the needle in the end. So I'm not so sure if it is actually as clean cut as "curse broken, there fore no lingering effects"

[@miserableghost6385]

One character I feel absolutely terrible for was Aurora's actual mother. She only had at most a few months with Aurora when she was a baby and literally never saw her again. She didn't do anything to Mal just like Aurora didn't either but imo she rlly got the short end of the stick. Her husband went completely mad and she didn't get to raise or even see her daughter before she died.

[@Mailed-Knight]

Disney parents really get the shaft.

[@PyroDrew]

True, except the movie also quietly paints Aurora's actual mother as bad. She knew baby Aurora for "a few months" yet Aurora's own birth mother didn't have "true love" for her own daughter? Worse, after Maleficent attacks the baby with the curse and leaves you can see the scene ending with Aurora's actual mother fleeing the room instead of going to her own child who just attacked (unlike in Sleeping Beauty). The movie paints all the characters in the movie as severely flawed (evil and/or stupid and/or weak, etc) except Diaval just to make Maleficent and all her evil actions not look as bad.

[@alexandrasmith4226]

​@@PyroDrewI'm pretty sure her birth mother died before Aurora came back to the castle. She can't exactly do true loves kiss from the grave and I think the true love has to go both ways. Like both people have to love each other and Aurora wouldn't remember her mother.

[@PyroDrew]

@@alexandrasmith4226 True, Aurora's mother did die, but Maleficent did not know Aurora's mother would die or that "Aurora wouldn't remember her mother" so Maleficent was only lucky her curse wasn't just a 20second fainting spell. Also nothing in her curse said "both people have to love each other". Second, even if Maleficent knew the future of Aurora's mother the whole curse is still a silly paradox. If Stefan truly loves Aurora then his kiss would cure her (just a 20second fainting spell again) and if Stefan didn't truly love Aurora then Maleficent's curse doesn't truly hurt him. Maleficent was a fool to fall for Stefan and a fool with her curse.

[@SillySid4Ever]

Welchy getting mad at the terrible Scottish accents in this was my favorite part

[@thedaydreamingauthor2744]

Maleficent couldn't grow other wings because they are part of her magic. Fairies biggest magic is their wigs, they can't be replaced. And it would be too risky sending some magic string to find her wings, especially when she doesn't know if they were destroyed or held in a glass box. Another thing, the reason she couldn't remove her curse is because she said "No power on Earth can change it." when she first cursed Aurora. No power, not even hers. This movie is magnificent, I'm glad you finally watched it!

[@tokenofdreams]

this is honestly probably my favourite live action disney rendition it’s just so appealing with its visuals and i honestly really enjoy the story; it truly felt like they gave maleficent depth more than just “the villain becomes the hero” edit: and i also really enjoy the scene where maleficent realises her wings are gone; you can truly feel her anguish and it just makes me uncomfortable but in a good way? like it’s a sign of superb acting

[@Marimariposa26]

Yess omg that scene I also heard and read somewhere it's supposed to be like showing the after math of SA like waking up and realizing what happened.

[@Bjjbhcoa86]

I mean, Angie's acting never fails to make you feel whatever the character feels. She is seriously talented.

[@thEonLyfiREanGeL]

It is very sublte, but Stephen drugged her, that is why she is not waking up. It resembles something very realistic in real life, if you think about it. Being drugged and then left in the cold after something of you was stolen.

[@SoulTouch-rw7ip]

Angelina screaming after losing her wings always gives me chills

[@videohistory722]

Here's some interesting research I found on the actual story: Apparently the spinning wheel is a metaphor for growing up. The Curse was essentially Maleficent saying, "She will be given the chance to grow up." By burning them, the king was saying, "She will NEVER grow up!"

[@chaoticmind4886]

Oh wow...that is certainly interesting. I wonder how exactly a spinning wheel references growing up.

[@videohistory722]

@@chaoticmind4886 well, it's more like the inevitably of time and how things change because of it, but growing up is implied.

[@Entxq_]

when you asked why maleficent would care for the baby, i saw it as maleficent actually ended up involving herself in her own curse as she mentioned "the baby shall indeed be loved by all who meet her" and she ended up unknowingly caring for aurora

[@travelingbandana]

I'm always happy that she treated the baby nice because the children are innocent of their parents crimes. They didn't ask to be born. It was the king that deserved revenge against him, not the child

[@quinn3110]

Her scream when she realised he had violated her by stealing her wings was gut wrenching🥲

[@Crappy9922]

This is the only liveaction "remake" of the classic movies I accept because it at least tells a different story with another angle. I'm a sucker for whimsical fantasy and this hits all the right notes. A lot of people dislike this movie because they gave a sob story to a cool villain who didn't need one -- but I can accept this as a retelling and admire it separate from the OG. Quick edit: Only thing that lacks in this to me is that Maleficent never transformed into her badass dragon self. I'm guessing they didn't want to do it again after giving Enchanted the parody in 2007? But c'mon! That was seven years past by the time this came out! Oh well.

[@therediodeerman5811]

Oh what a surprise, Umbridge sucks at bringing up children, I am shook'th.

[@Welchy]

LOL

[@mothids]

i remember loving this movie as a kid because of the platonic true loves kiss. as an aroace i LOVE it when they show the importance of platonic love

[@ace_of_cakes]

SAME

[@okamiimizu3070]

Omg SAME!! I really love the whole true love kiss, but it isn't romantic, because love has many different forms, that's how I like to think about it!!

[@mikemorro140]

eh I think it was more a Frozen thing with familial love(even though not blood related) than purely platonic

[@fangirldreamer748]

@@mikemorro140 it’s a Lilo and Stich thing before the “Frozen” movie even existed!

[@mikemorro140]

@@fangirldreamer748 True

[@samsbin]

Top tier movie. I think most people find the tiny humanoid fairies terrifying, it's just part of the movie experience at this point

[@fanty9910]

14:38 She couldn’t reverse it because of how specific the spell was. She said something along the lines of “no power in this world can reverse the curse”, she is part of the world, so she cannot reverse the spell because she excluded herself from the beginning.

[@altollie9035]

It’s actually “no power on earth” but you’re still right. (Sorry if I’m being annoying, I just rlly adore this movie)

[@thomasbradley4505]

In the scene where aurora falls off the cliff and then goes to maleficent, all the children they auditioned were afraid is her with the makeup on, so Angelina Jolie’s daughter was cast since she wasn’t afraid of her own mother

[@LauraVivian]

In the beggining she doesn't wake up cuz he drugged her with the water, then took her wings. So messed up in every way.

[@brandiarmstrong2902]

Hey, to be honest, Philip was from the original animated movie. But at least he has a name. For instance, we have to search Disney hidden lore to learn that Snow White's prince even has one, and it's confirmed that Cinderella's prince doesn't.

[@kpbennett7743]

Historically it's the French variation of Henry. It's pronounced the same as the adjective awnry

[@humanintelegence]

You with fake Scottish accents is me with fake Australian accents 😂

[@Welchy]

Annoys the life out of me 😂

[@twilightsquire]

I've always found it interesting the direction they went with King Stefan in this movie, a dark man who tried to kill Maleficent and ends up violating her just to be king and when he is reunited with his daughter he's cold to her since in the original animated Sleeping Beauty he's really chill, really misses his daughter and even gets annoyed with King Hubert for wanting to marry her and Philip off so quickly like man really flipped sides in this one 🤣 also skumps 😌

[@shinobu3617]

I really love this movie. As cool as Maleficent is, and I don't think evil villains need to be "redeemed", I really like how this movie at the very least is a completely different take on the story, and not a complete copy of the animated version, unlike almost all the other live action Disney movies. The world feels really magical too.

[@chronosclaimsall]

17:52 Lmao Welchy it's pretty common for ALL the rooms to have servant's entrances. It makes it easier and faster for them to do their jobs around the castle without having to go thorough the complicated regular corridors (plus there's certain things you typically wouldn't want visitors to see your maids doing, like carrying around the dirty laundry and stuff).

[@mathildaandersson1341]

For anyone who wonders, the reason she looks out for aurora is that the curse won’t work if she isn’t alive. But in “reality” Maleficent fell for her own spell, Aurora is to be “beloved by all who meet her.

[@amyfalls]

so true

[@Stardust_7273]

In the original movie from 1959, the prince was called Phillip, so they just stayed true to that

[@kimikolee7313]

I had the honor of seeing Angelina’s dress, staff, and head dress in person! I worked at Epcot in the France theater, and the theater pre-show lobby had cases of on-loan costumes from French plays, operas, and movies (Hunchback, Three Musketeers, Cinderella, Phantom of the Opera, Les Mis, La Boheme, La Trivata, Beauty and the Beast, and Maleficent). I always liked to joke about how thin she was, considering she had a child (who is the actual baby Aurora in the film btw) a few months before! She is VERY thin, like most guests probably wouldn’t have gotten her dress pass their thighs! She’s a true master of her craft and is a phenomenal actress!

[@juliapakarinen7956]

It's quite clever that during casting the curse she says: "beloved by all who meet her". Nice foreshadowing that also Maleficent is going to care for her. I also love how they made "Once Upon A Dream"-aspect come alive without any romantic aspect and that this movie is more about "family is more than blood/mother's love"-stuff. Your reaction to "fairy godmother"-part is so accurate. There's something so funny and heartbreaking about that line at the same time. Thanks for this reaction, this really is such an underrated live action. I hope you'll watch the sequel as well.

[@brandiarmstrong2902]

She didn't wake up when he took her wings for one very simple reason. He drugged her.

[@karisworldgaming4832]

Maleficent didn’t wake up when Stefan took her wings, because he drugged her. The drink he gave her was drugged.

[@ayandajamjam]

I love when he said: "What did he steal? A leaf🍃 " "That looks like ice 🧊 " 😂😂😂

[@Welchy]

😆

[@unclewiley1986]

Saw someone say they didn't like the movie bc they turned Maleficent from a petty villain to a 'crazy ex girlfriend' and said she had no reason to curse Aurora lmao. It was crazy to me that someone got that from the movie

[@CG.M]

This is my favourite life action Disney movie. And I loved it even more when I found out that the little kid that ran to Angelina and hugged her was actually Angelina's daughter. They couldn't find any other child to do that scene because they were scared of Maleficent.

[@cl9564]

"Kill the baby??" Literally very next breath "aww kill that baby!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@KimonoSuki]

"why does she care about this baby?" ITS A BABY???? if you saw a baby crying on the street and no one was helping, would you be like "thats rough" LMAO

[@shyfoxfeatherhere6446]

All you need is a buddy at the end and you would have made zuko reference

[@Welchy]

Of course! But as this was supposed to be a *villain*, usually they have no remorse 😂

[@sophiaescareno8410]

@@Welchy There r villains with morals tho.

[@earthing3696]

@@sophiaescareno8410 not villains! Anti-heros!

[@sophiaescareno8410]

@@earthing3696 Yes there r villains with morals

[@kookielover7523]

I definitely recommend the original animated film "Sleeping Beauty" from 1959, it is cliche but I think you'll like it! And don't worry, Maleficent is still just as cool in that one too 😌

[@AryaForce]

Yes, that would be good right before Maleficent 2.

[@nizbiz1104]

that's..the movie he was talking about at the end. unless there is another animated film called sleeping beauty i am unaware of

[@windexiled]

She's much better in the original one. Here she feels like a different character, and I'm not saying the live action is a bad movie at all, I love it. It's just that it doesn't feel like she is the same character.

[@tiago9977]

This was *such* a good movie. I was especially a fan of how good the magic looked in this movie lol - Maleficent's spells & her wings were always so visually stunning, exactly what I want to see in live action Disney movies.

[@blessyuu8078]

14:32 Maleficent said, "This curse will last until the end of time. No power on Earth can change it."

[@Nonalhomophobie]

5:54 : The reason she did not wake up is because Stefan's drink had been laced with sedative.

[@rue...whenwasthis]

what i like about this movie is the same reason i like WandaVision so much, that extremely powerful magic comes from a place of pain, and the way she falls for her own spell, like she says "beloved by all who meet her" and she never thought that would include her.

[@LifeLessSquip]

10:19 Maleficent doesn't kill her because she understands that the sins of the father are not the sins of the son,or in this case of the daughter. she does love the Aurora but she hates her father and she wants the father to suffer, but she's not going to kill the girl before she turns 16. This is all to make sure that the father's suffers. she's going to take care of the girl, and she's going to make sure she makes it to 16 so that the father ever does meet her and if she ever does get pricked by the spindle (which she does), he's gonna suffer

[@blakeythekitty]

HELP THE NOISE THAT CAME OUT OF YOU AT THAT SHOT OF MALEFICIENT FLYING OUT OF THE WINDOW

[@eleanorbrown3462]

She cares about the baby because she is a good person. it showing that she is still the good person she was before Stefan broke her heart

[@videohistory722]

11:45 That's her real life daughter, because she was the only one who wasn’t scared of her in costume. That literally is the mother that's been raising her all this time.

[@Marimariposa26]

wooo I made it but also, I love this movie so much definitely one of the top live actions that they have done so far! But also, the young version of Aurora is played by her daughter because she is the only one who wasn't afraid of her in the horns.

[@millieboon]

I really love this film and the angle they went with , the only thing I didn’t like is they made the king soooo bad to justify her actions and over shadow what she did , it would of been cool to see that they were both in the wrong but find away to to not have to make him so evil as it still doesn’t take what she did

[@chaoticmind4886]

He was much better in the original film. He kept his hope and therefore remained sane for all those sixteen years. Plus, he was actually a good father and truly cared for what his daughter felt.

[@millieboon]

@@chaoticmind4886 Yh I have seen sleeping beauty, but I love this film as it gives maleficent a more in depth character and shows her growth but I just think making the king too deranged undermines the fact that she cursed an innocent baby but the character development she goes through , causes to the audience it’s like saying Yh what she did was bad but he is obviously way worse so there for she’s not that bad, they could of just lessen the evilness to the king abit

[@chronosclaimsall]

@@millieboon Really? I don't see it that way. I think the film portrays them both as wrong, and both knowing that they are wrong. Stefan knows that stealing her wings is wrong, but he's blinded by power. Maleficent knows that cursing the innocent child is wrong, and she still does it because she wants revenge (which to be fair, makes her actions a lot easier to justify for lots of people). Now I personally see all of Stefan's actions after that as responses under stress/trauma. He knows he's done something unforgivable to this all powerful woman, and he thinks it's only a matter of time before she takes something from him too. And perhaps he's thinking more along human lines of thought here, because he probably thinks she won't stop until she takes *everything* from him as another human probably would have done. So he continues to pile on the offenses, hoping to get rid of her before she can hurt him. However, all she ever did was curse his daughter because she deemed it an equivalent exchange: taking something he loved and cherished for years and making it inaccessible to him. After that, all she did was defend her own land. Him living under that much stress and paranoia is definitely going to take a toll on someone's mental state, so I think his decline made sense. Not to show him becoming "more evil", but to show that he was becoming more and more desperate to escape the threat of her ruining his life and kingdom. (Also in the narration they started the movie off by saying the story was slightly different that the one we know, which means they intentionally made him seem different than the caring well-adjusted hopeful king in Sleeping Beauty. In this universe that story was probably written by bards of the kingdom, so it would make sense that the two stories are kind of different since the bards a) wouldn't know the full story and b) would twist the truth in favour of their king regardless.) Anyways that's just my opinion, thank you for reading if you got this far and have a nice day/night/time wherever you are!

[@femmm0336]

"This movie was magnificent" is just the best description of this movie

[@Jahniah_indiana_love]

When this movie 1st came out I was like she is the best Disney villain of all time then you also realise that like it was kind of like a regular story but I get had a lot more depths to it like you're more showed why the dark varied in what she did then just is who like she was evil

[@spaceface320]

Saw this one in theaters with my best friend when it came out. Hands down, the best of the live action Disney movies in my opinion. It’s such a good comfort movie

[@missjoannaofyeetyoink]

I love this movie its so well done. I'm glad you made a video on it :D

[@Welchy]

So am I! :D

[@benarts2271]

Despite the messy story line, I still love it because it’s a reimagining of one of my ultimate favorite childhood movies “Sleeping Beauty”. If you plan to check out the original animated movie, you’re doing the Lord’s work 😂 the art, the animation and the music 🤌🏼 unlimited chef’s kisses lmao

[@angelbloodshinra]

Yesss this movie is SO underrated, especially that twist! (The original sleeping beauty has the three other fairies be way less annoying (it's more their film than anyone else's, everyone else just gets standard fairytale characterization), but I understand why they changed them for this one - the OG trio would have never stood for king Stephan cutting a fairy's wings off (Merryweather especially would have kicked his ass). Also, in the original, it's MALEFICENT who turns into a dragon, which is the only thing this version does wrong imo (diaval is great, but maleficent is the iconic Disney dragon, c'mon.)

[@kaithlyn-in5es]

''BRING ME HER HEAD'' Welchy- ''AND YOU HIS DI--'' also Welchy: * proceeds explaining the weird comment * HAha i love ur reactions!

[@lenneke4712]

Thank you so much for reacting to this amazing film, made my whole day! If you like seeing te 'villain' as the main character, I also think you'd love Cruella, though it's quite different from this film, it's a very good one as well😊

[@silvercloud96]

What a malef-...magnificent commentary!

[@animetedfangirl]

"Loved by all who meet her" that's why

[@gabrielletozier6347]

I love your commentary and I love your shirt. Been on a binge of watching all of your videos since I’ve discovered you a few days ago and I’ve been just as impressed with your outfits lol. It’s been nice rewatching these movies that I had forgotten about

[@Welchy]

Aww thank you so much!

[@Isabeltiful_da_bel]

Literally the last live action movie that actually made something decent and good.

[@brittanybyrd4188]

I love this movie so much cause it shows you how she became so evil its so beautiful and so dark but i felt so sorry for her.

[@oliviagorickedits]

“Her losing her wings is like me losing my balls” I choked on a grape when you said that 😂

[@AliceBakaneko]

Alternative tittle "Welchy fanboyed over Angelina Jolie for almost 24 mins" 😂

[@data_storytelling9167]

🥺 it's just so adorable for me

[@firechar27]

So glad that you liked this! I am also quite confused how it got such a middling reviews. it was great

[@j0y_]

Oh man, your reactions are always so entertaining!! 😂😂 But I would definitely have to agree with Maleficent being the favorite villain.

[@Welchy]

Ahh thank you J0Y!

[@seaottar25]

They actually made a follow up movie to this which actually expands more on Maleficent

[@tiago9977]

6:54 I *just* realised that the actor of Diaval also plays Mr Darcy in Pride & Prejudice & Zombies lol. I'd love to see a reaction to that film up on the channel as well sometime.

[@stormcross9112]

Welchy: Is this something like Sleeping Beauty Me: *looks at title* *looks that the camera👀*

[@oglatnik]

"We do not claim this bitch" 😂😂

[@irishlepricaun2000]

You know I remember watching this and absolutely loving it because they break the villain and love stereotypes. I must have had media amnesia because I haven’t watched it since it came out, but this video has made me remember why I fucking stanned this film😂😂

[@Bri_Games]

This is bay far one of my favorite live action movies Disney has made. Would love to see you react to the second maleficent movie. Love the reaction and your videos! You do such a great job.

[@ultima1594]

It’s Maleficent’s fault she started to care about Aurora she put a spell on her that anyone who meets her will love her. 😂

[@elindayana8174]

THIS IS THE BEST SLEEPING BEAUTY STORY EVER!!! 😭😱💖

[@lilmeowmeow8935]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE❤❤❤ Also Welchy is a very pretty person

[@Welchy]

Ahh why thank you!

[@skylarmccain9613]

@@Welchy lol, I literally imagined you saying that

[@stellaberndtson3406]

17:22 How can you blame her? If someone who had taken care of me turned out to having cursed me, I'd also get hurt and leave that person. Plus Maleficent maybe never told her her name.

[@PyroDrew]

Agreed. Maleficent deliberately deceived Aurora into thinking she was not the "evil fairy" who cursed her, but instead her "fairy godmother" and deliberately waited until the last day of the curse to tell her the truth believing that she would never see Aurora awake again after that anyways. Throughout the film Maleficent was a jerk.

[@stellaberndtson3406]

@@PyroDrew I mean I don't blame Maleficent. She was so hurt she didn't know what she did, but I don't blame Aurora either. I think they both had a sane reason to act like they did.

[@PyroDrew]

@@stellaberndtson3406 It's sane to want revenge. It's insane and/or evil to deliberately attack and put an innocent child into a coma. Maleficent quietly left Stefan alone for 9+ months after he betrayed her. She only invaded his castle after she learned Aurora was born and then attacked baby Aurora. That's not sane.

[@stellaberndtson3406]

@@PyroDrew I guess she thought death was too good for him, that he needed to suffer and the best way to do it was taking the thing he loves the most.

[@PyroDrew]

@@stellaberndtson3406 Agreed. Except, if Stefan truly loved Aurora then his kiss would break the curse. If Stefan didn't truly love Aurora then the curse doesn't really hurt him. The movie indirectly implies that both Aurora's own birth mother and father (as well as the 3 pixie fairies) never had "true love" for Aurora. Also at the end Maleficent could have saved Stefan from death with her vast magic (telekinesis, shapeshifting, etc) and/or wings after he "accidentally" fell off the tower since Aurora never wanted her father dead, but Maleficent preferred him dead over anything Aurora may have wanted.

[@raintowne-eo7lr]

The reason she still got so invested in aroura is because she is subject to her own curse. Not only is she cursed to die. But she also cursed her to be beloved by everyone who meet her. Including well. Maleficent. As she has met the child-

[@mothids]

i was thinking about rewatching it recently so im glad you uploaded this !! now we can rewatch it together

[@peterratter6603]

Maleficent was always my favourite villain. I was so scared of what a live-action/origin story might be... But I was pleasantly surprised. Maleficent is still my favourite villain.

[@observantwonderer7401]

I'm so glad you loved this movie! Def underrated (and I don't know why it's it's the ONLY live action remake that was good besides Cinderella)

[@butterflywarrioredits]

I agree

[@brittanygale2551]

21:32 you okay there bud? Sounded like something we weren't supposed to see

[@springlizard3487]

Love the video

[@Welchy]

:D

[@scarletblossom]

I really love this film! So many great messages, and I adore Diaval and Malificent

[@KindredKeepsake]

You were wildin'! XD

[@unlucky5494]

I love how Welchy is just raging at the fact that the stefan and his kingdom has a fake scottish accent

[@Entxq_]

regarding her being unable to take back her curse, hatred and jealously is a very strong feeling which i think then translated into the intensity of her powers during the curse, the feeling of betrayal and jealously can be quite powerful

[@can_ijust_watchstuff]

I really love watching your Disney videos takes me back to my childhood and love that you've done off-shoot ones like treasure planet and enjoyed them it's quite a bit older and a bit spooky but I would truly love to see you watch The Black Cauldron it's so amazing and different for the usual thank you for what you do man! ^^

[@rob.atemypringles8857]

Welchy you are awesome I noticed that you have less videos than Rival and almost the same subscribers. Keep it up 💯🙆

[@2february1]

1:22 THAT IS professor Umbridge😂

[@AryaForce]

I am really glad to see you enjoyed it. It is my favorite Disney live action adaptations next to 101D. Yeah, I can never really figure why many didn't like it, probably they didn't find Maleficent to be as mean or villainous as she originally was in SB. There is a sequel to this one.

[@brendabravo137]

I love this movie for so many reasons, and you being one of my favorite reactors watching this was just the highlight of my day🫶🏻🫶🏻and I am a hugeeee lana del rey fan and when you left like 5 seconds of the end credits song go, and you saying it was good just got me all cheery😁😂

[@AlyssaK83]

Another great movie and entertaining reaction. You the best Welchy! 😊

[@xelyd7989]

I literally was watching this movie yesterday, so this is a surprise Edit: also Maleficent couldnt undo her curse because she specifically said as a part of her curse that no power on earth can change it.

[@pinkgirly3767]

I love it when he nuts when she got her wings back lmao.

[@travelingbandana]

I'm actually happy that my magnificent didn't harbor any anger really towards the child because during affairs and everything the children are always innocent. They didn't ask to be made or born, but I also always thought that it was extremely stupid that they sent the kid away. I mean she would be less likely to prick her finger on a spinning wheel if she was constantly surrounded by knights and guards watching her and if it was only going to happen when she was 16 you could have spent her whole childhood together

[@squidskits7725]

OMG IM EARLY TO A WELTCHY VIDEO IM SO LUCKY

[@Welchy]

Legend

[@piperthecollector]

I hope you consider watching the sequel to this. I'm a sucker for this version of Maleficent. The wings are just gorgeous, and all the action scenes are amazing. There's even more of that in the sequel. I think it'd be worth your time.

[@MariaLangan]

Yeees! was so excited for you to react to this! hope you watch the second one as well!

[@sara-ng9qv]

Omg you should watch the second one!! Its my favourite!! Its basically about the whole backstory of Maleficent

[@ChuchiiChoo]

from a quick scroll in the comments no ones mentioned the second one, i would recommend it for a continuation of this one and even more backstory