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If you do the 1959 original cartoon (which I hope you do after seeing this), here are some facts: 1. The original film was based on the ballet by Chickovisky, which was also based on a fairytale written by The Brothers Grimm. The original fairytale was two paragraphs long, so Disney had to expand on it by adding to the story and using the Chickovisky score. In that version, Mary Costa, an opera singer from Tennessee, did the singing and speaking voice for Aurora and Eleanor Audley (who voiced the stepmother in Cinderella), did the voice of Maleficient. In Maleficient, the producer used one element from the original story, and that was the eighth fairy (there were seven in the original tale. Disney reduced it to three and gave the eighth fairy a name) was actually a good fairy before she became evil. They took that element and built a story around it. Bill Shirley, a famous pop singer, did the singing and speaking voice of Prince Phillip ( though I find it interesting that he is a pop singer because he sounds more like an opera singer in the film). Verna Felton, who played the fairy godmother in Cinderella, did the voice of Flora, the self-appointed leader of the three fairies. One thing about Mary Costa I forgot to mention: she had to drop her southern Tennessee accent for the role, but on the line "it wasn't that", she briefly goes back into it, so if you're wondering why that line sounds different than her other lines, that's why. I'm surprised Walt allowed her southern accent to stay in on that line since she was supposed to have an English accent. 2. The original 1959 film was the first Disney animated film shot in widescreen. Walt made that decision because he felt it would look better that way. 3. The original film, like all the other Disney hand-drawn films before and since, used live-action references for the human characters. It's when models are hired to play the characters and recreate the scenes while animators are nearby drawing them. This was done so the animators can draw movement better and make it more authentic. Helene Stanley was the model for Aurora (as well as Cinderella) and Eleanor Audley herself was the model for Maleficent (she also was the model for the wicked stepmother in Cinderella, making her one of the only voice actors to do both). 4. This was the last Disney Princess film until The Little Mermaid in 1989. The reason is because of the film's release. Walt spent 6 million dollars on Sleeping Beauty, making it the most expensive animated film that year. When it came out, it opened at 5.3 million dollars, less than what they were hoping for. In total, it made 51.6 million dollars, making it one of the top highest-grossing films that year. However, due to the high cost of advertising, promotion, and distribution (which is where the money went), Disney never recovered the costs from the film. As a result of this, and the low opening box office numbers, Disney decided it was too expensive and people were no longer interested in fairy tales. He stopped doing Disney princess films and focused on projects that were cheaper to make and hoped would satisfy the public's interest. 5. This is the last film for the ink and paint department. Starting with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the men did the drawing and the women did the painting. The men would draw the picture, the picture would be put on cells, and the women would paint the cells for color. After Sleeping Beauty, Walt got a machine that would make painting cells quick and cheap. As a result, the ink and paint department was shut down indefinitely. The film after Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmations, was the first Disney animated film that used this new technology. Sorry for the long history, but I researched so much on the original film that I wanted to let you know in case you decide to react to it. Hope this was helpful.
@@naimahal-azeez1728 to help correct since I’m a big fan lol Tchaikovsky and they actually based the story more off of the French author, Charles Perrault (who wrote the famous version of Cinderella, Disney also took inspiration from). Everything else is accurate. If I’m mistaken, I assume “Lady and the Tramp” was the first to use Technirama.
@@benarts2271 Ok. I watched the making of documentary and read online to get the information. Since Walt and the animators didn't exactly say which version they used, I assumed it was from the brother's Grimm. Thank you for clarifying and thanks for the correct spelling of the composer's name ( it was hard to spell because it sounds different from the spelling).
@@naimahal-azeez1728 I didn’t realize until as I gotten older, but look back at the opening credits. It would say they based it off of both Tchaikovsky’s ballet and Perrault’s source material. I was shocked when I saw that like wow they really did their homework haha
Angelina said that the scene she realize she lost the wings is an anology to SA, that's how she portraits it. She gets drugged only to wake up and realize she had part of herself taken
it's such a great metaphor for SA, and I liked that the film deconstructs the notion that women need to be broken down in order to be strong (a lot of "strong female characters" had horrible things done to them in their backstories which largely contributes to why they're badasses). maleficent's trauma didn't make her stronger, it caused her to hurt others, she lost the kind part of herself and was unable to process and grow past her trauma and she only gets better through her love for aurora. it's by hurting a person she loves so dearly that causes maleficent to reexamine what her trauma has done to her and she finally starts being able to move on from it and I think it's so refreshing to see a movie that says that "no, your trauma didn't make you stronger, but it also doesn't have to define who you are"
@@clarasundqvist6013 exactly. She's always been strong. Its also a great homaje to the power of motherhood (wich is further explored in the second movie) and the concept of chosen family. Maleficent and Diaval were Aurora parents in every way that matters. Its also why Angelina accepted this role.
@@roseflowth SA stands for s*xual assault, it's usually shortened or censored because words like that tend to get suppressed by the algorithms these days and it can be triggering for some
"Maleficent" is the movie which launched the "Famously Evil Character is suddenly revealed as Sympathetic" story which paved the way for "Joker" and "Cruella."
I mean to be fair, the concept wasn't new when this film came out. In the UK one of my favourite books when I was pretty young in the late 80s was one that was a retelling of fairly tales told from another perspective where things weren't what we had been told (called "There's a wolf in my Pudding"). And there was a cartoon that had done something along those lines in the 80s as well.
I would say that "Wicked", although it's a play, did that much before this movie ever did. It's one of the most succesful and longest running plays, based on one of the most popular movies/stories of all time (The Wizard of Oz) and twists the story around to reveal that one of the most iconic villains of all time (The wicked witch of the west) was not so wicked or evil after all.
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.
Fun Fact: Young Aurora was played by Vivienne, Angelina's own daughter, who was reportedly the only child who didn't get scared of seeing Angelina in costume.
a detail I really like about this film is that when maleficent is using her magic out of anger and hate, the magic is this creepy green colour that is consistent with the animated film and helps with her being perceived as evil by others. but when she's using her magic when she's happy and compassionate, it's this wonderful golden colour that you'd associate more with a "good fairy/witch". it's great visual storytelling and I just love it so much
Plus I love that when she's messing with the three "pixies," her magic is that golden color. Nice to see she can be a bit less than respectful of the ones my favorite reviewer calls "dingbats" without going green with her magic. So, she can still have a bit of fun playing pranks even if she's not doing it "for the evulz."
@@brandiarmstrong2902 exactly! it also tracks with the playful side of her personality that she had when she was younger. she's having fun with it because messing with stupid people can be fun and that doesn't make you evil
@@clarasundqvist6013 I agree, but I will concede that it's generally less fun to *be* messed with as the stupid person, than it is to do the messing around.
And then if you associate her happier magic with the colours copper and bronze, the green is even more fitting, since copper tarnishes green and bronze oxidizes green as well.
Honestly, I'm kind of sad that we don't see anything about the Queen, even though she was also most likely a victim of Stefan. She was married off to him by her father, lost her child because of him and then died completely alone without ever being able to see her daughter a single time. It could even be sad that grief was one of the reasons she died (it's a Disney movie after all), seeing as she was pretty young and judging from the rest of the cast, dying that young wasn't as common as it was in reality. So F in the chat for the queen.
I totally agree! Sleeping Beauty is actually one of the few popular fairy tales in which the birth mother is alive, and what's more is that she's a good, kind-hearted person (not a wicked stepmother). I almost consider Sleeping Beauty to largely be the Queen mother's story, or at least my favorite versions of the tale feature the Queen prominently. Her not being given a fair rendering in Maleficent is just one of many issues I have with the movie.
@@blerksnarfgut2766 Agreed. They even made Aurora's mother look bad in Maleficent. After Maleficent curses Aurora and leaves they show Aurora's mother flee the room unlike in Sleeping Beauty where she immediately goes to her child who was just attacked. Also in the Maleficent movie, Aurora's mother knew baby Aurora for months and conveniently both her and Stefan didn't have "true love" for their own daughter. All the characters in the movie, except Diaval/Diablo, were made worse (evil and/or weak and/or stupid, etc) just to try to make Maleficent look better.
“Couldnt you use a worse actor?” Yea I agree. Even watching a reaction of this, when she cried after her wings were cut, it got me tearing up. Her cry felt so visceral
In the version of 'Sleeping Beauty' I grew up with (which is a German Movie from 1971), there were 13 fairies, but only 12 were invited to the christening of the princess, because they only had 12 gold plates. So the king decided not to invite the fairy of hard work, as their daughter was a princess and wouldn't need to work hard ever. I always liked this little detail and would have liked to see it in the original Disney movie...
That would have been awesome to include, and I'm now going to have to watch that version if I can find it! I would also be pissed if I wasn't invited to a party because the host had poor planning skills when ordering plates
In the Charles Perrault version (French), there were eight fairies. Like in Grimm’s, the King and Queen were short on golden plates. But the differences are the reason they didn’t invite the eighth fairy was because people assumed she died or just disappeared since she hadn’t left her tower for 50 years. When the eighth fairy arrived at the christening, the royal couple offered her a silver plate to make up the mistake for not inviting her. Still mad, though. This made the youngest fairy sense that the eighth fairy would cause a scene or do something awful as in bestowing a curse and she hid herself behind heavy velvet curtains, until the eighth fairy says her gift to the Sleeping Beauty. Smart move, youngest fairy 😅
it’s already been said in this comment section but the allegory is fairly clear. it’s painful and angelina jolie is a phenomenal actress which surprises nobody
"A sleeping curse " because Stephan gave her sleeping potion " True Loves Kiss" because she doubts the baby will find love since she herself believes it isn't real
Great points! I also thought it was sort of poetic how the tool used to enact the curse on Aurora was an iron spindle since fairies are allergic to iron. It was like Maleficent's way of turning the human's/King Stefan's advantage over the fair folk against them/him.
The true love’s kiss was more of a mockery than a statement, as if it were true, they’d still be together, and also the fact Aurora could have been her child
I love that Maleficent, in a way, also cursed herself with the curse... that 'all would love her' and Maleficent basically put herself in the position of caregiver and guardian. Petty revenge urges can only last for so long in the face of devoloping a real bond and love for another life.
I remember watching the sequel to this and I laughed so hard in the first scene Michelle and Angelina share because there was SO MUCH petty back-and-forth behaviour and dialogue from those two
Just realised you haven't done 'Enchanted' (2007), yet. That is such a great, self-aware live-action Disney movie. On the classics front, would love to see a review for 'Cinderella' (1950). Ta.
Something I didn't realize when I watched the film the first time is how Shakespearian King Stefan's descent into madness (and ultimate demise) is. Just like Lady Macbeth in The Tragedy of Macbeth, Stefan's guilt over his betrayal of Maleficent, as well as his being convinced that she'll strike first, drives him to the point of obsession and insanity. Not to mention Sharlto Copley played that festering torment phenomenally well. It's what makes him such a despicable (but awesome) villain in my opinion.
Yes! Also brings to mind Cersai Lannister, especially if you've read her chapters in the fourth book. She is her own downfall. Self fulfilling prophecy.
I do love how you can tell the King goes mad, not really for a empathetic or moral guilt for what he did, or for being kept away from his daughter, but it’s a more shameful guilt of having his bad actions actually come back to him and have consequences. He did that thing to Maleficent under the belief that it would never be known and he’d just get away with it and be able to forget about it with the help of luxuries and the glory he gained as King.
Them catching feelings w/ each other after they first met is acceptable, because of that one line from Maleficent's spell 'beloved by all who meet her' Phillip have no control he was somewhat affected by an external force.and Aurora falling inlove to the first guy she meet(love at first sight).
You guys are totally right, Angelina sells that scene where she wakes up to discover her wings gone almost too well for a kids movie, it’s absolutely chilling and terrifying.
Come to think of it, Stephen pretended to have defeated Maleficent, and that's how he became king. When Maleficent comes back, wingless but still very full of magic, and terrifies everyone, I wonder how Stephen keeps his throne. There should have been torches and forks and a revolution against the impostor. Also, that sort of jerk would have probably just said "eh, my first born is cursed, but I can still get my queen pregnant again, and get a son this time, so whatever."
@@dinkerz No no, I get that monarchy means stability, and that societies need that and people like that, and they're never in a hurry to kick a monarch out. However, when it comes to monarchy, especially in such a magic environment (in real history that would be "supersticious" instead of "magic"), folks are legitimists and one is supposed to be born into the royal line to be considered "chosen" to inherit the throne, and Stefan is an orphaned peasant nobody. He conquers his power, not by war but by an exploit, getting rid of a perceived enemy. And from there, for starters he goes almost immediately into paranoia and we can assume he' not that great of a ruler, therefore the kingdom enjoys little stability or prosperity. Second, it is eventually revealed that his exploit was a fraud. He has, then, no legitimacy to be on the throne. I believe it could trigger a popular revolt. Or, at least, another ambitious guy would be justified to try to fight him and take his crown.
@@dinkerz in real history, people who were as deceptive and/or mentally deteriorating as bad as this king often did find themselves on the pointy end of a sword (or imprisoned and replaced by whatever noble had the next best claim to rule). Nobles didn't really appreciate their sovereigns running things into the ground, bad for the bank account
@@ameliecarre4783 He had legitimacy to the throne by marrying the king's daughter. It didn't happen too often in history, not for monarchies, but if a duke had a daughter, for example, her husband would rule for her.
Eh, I’ve just never understood why Aurora was sent away immediately to live with the pixies for 16 years. Why the hell couldn’t he raise his own daughter, and then just send her some where or keep her in a tower for one day when she’s 16…?
He’s narcissistic. He gained nothing from that sentimental attachment. Aurora was just an asset he needed to “protect”. He also didn’t just have more kid’s because his ego was attached to Aurora by Maleficent’s curse.
Everyone always seems to miss this but Maleficent's curse was for Aurora to prick her finger BEFORE the sun set on her 16th birthday and die, not ON her 16th birthday, meaning Aurora could have pricked herself at any time leading up to that birthday. She could have been 5 years old and fallen under the curse if she pricked her finger. That's why the fairies took her into hiding for 16 years, so they could keep an eye on her leading up to the expiration of the curse. The 16th birthday was just the cut-off, not the only set day for the curse to be fulfilled.
Quick note: the baby in the window scene was a shot/reverse shot not done with Angelina because the baby kept crying, so they made it smile with a toy. The little girl in the cliff scene that toddles up and wants Maleficent to pick her up is her daughter, Vivi.
While the sequel isn't a perfect movie, it is good, does have some stunning visuals, pull at the heartstring's moments, and Michelle Phiffer playing opposite Angelina Jolie... Two drama queens of the highest caliber.
Just to provide some context on the movie terminology pixie vs fairy. The way the movie uses "fairy" is more like the Celtic mythological umbrella term of faerie, the Fae, the Fair Folk, the Sídhe, etc. So all of the creatures in the Moors are Faerie or Fae creatures but they're different kinds. So the three godmothers are faeries but are specifically pixies and the little dude who took his mushroom headpiece off to bow is most likely a Redcap. Maleficent is a bit undefined but she seems to be a type of dark fae from the Disney reimagining of the Unseelie Court (Scottish lore) which is basically a more malevolent realm of Faerie. (As opposed to the Seelie Court which is the more benevolent but still dangerous realm.) Thus why her name is Maleficent, which has a darker meaning, to match her classification as a fairy. Side note, I love the way this movie plays around with lore both within the Disney Sleeping Beauty mythology and with Celtic Fae mythology. It's my second favorite part of this franchise behind Angelina Jolie's incredibly engaging performance, of course.
I was just about to make a comment about this to explain the umbrella term and differences between as when she says some do have wings and some don't. Same for the fact that her horns and feather-like wings are just among many variations a Fae can have. I also loved the movie for the fact that they kept in the knowledge that iron burns Fae.
Angelina is incredible in ‘Changeling’ - it’s very much the opposite of a Disney film and the last thing you’d expect to be recommended from here - but it’s a deeply powerful, incredibly moving and haunting watch
Snow White And The Huntsman is another great reimagining from this era of fairytale remakes. Very underrated and overlooked because of the Twilight prejudices against Kristen Stewart. Bonus: Maleficent’s pointy cheekbones look was directly inspired by Lady Gaga’s alien look in her Born This Way video and era.
I liked the parallel that instead of being Prince Philip going through the thorn to Maleficient’s castle, it’s Maleficient going through the metal thorns to get into Stefan’s catle and save Airora
Man when this movie came out I raved about it to everyone who would listen. I love fairytales redone well plus it was one of the first sort of villain backstory/redemption arc type movies, that I had seen anyway. I just love this one, the message is so beautiful. Ive watched it with all my kids as soon as I felt they could handle the scarier bits.
I like to imagine this movie is like, a woman keeping the baby after being violated. She had to care for the baby of the man who hurt her. At first she hated the baby, saw it as part of him and wanted to punish it. But she felt compelled to care for it, seeing that the child she cursed for being born was innocent. She learned to love the baby, see that the baby loved her despite all of her trauma. Maleficent allowed the baby to change her, to make her feel vulnerable, and to let go of her hate to give the girl the life she should have. This is just my reading on it tho
I was so happy when I saw this in the cinema. I love movies that are about familial love instead of romance, personally. Maleficent overcoming her trauma by developing a mother-daughter bond with Aurora was so beautiful it still makes me emotional lol
We call our youngest daughter Beast/Beastie. She was born just a year before this movie came out and we came up with the name coincidentally. It's a deviation from how she used to pronounce her name.
Stephen violating Maleficent was definitely worse than killing her because at least in dying, she wouldn't have to live with the knowledge that someone she trusted had betrayed her. as always, you guys have the best takes and taste in films. Maleficent has always been one of my favorite Disney villains and I love how this movie expanded on her character. Angelina absolutely killed it in this role! ❤️
The whole thing with why she didn't turn him into a dragon to get to the castle in my opinion is that the guards would see a giant dragon aproching the castle and then they would get caught.
27:15 There is one very interesting symbiosis. Wolves and crows share the prey with each other. It has been observed that crows are able to lead a flock to a fallen animal. The fact is that the crow is not able to pierce the thick skin of an animal with its beak. Wolves, tearing apart their prey, generously share with the crows. Moreover, crows are able to warn a wolf pack of danger. We can safely assume that wolves have their own natural drones.
That beating Aurora' s head took when she collapsed just *screams* concussion, and when someone is recently concussed, the first rule is *don't let them fall asleep!* If a person is concussed, and they fall asleep, there's a strong possibility that they will slip into a coma and die.
Would love for y’all to check out Maleficent 2. Without having to stick to the confines of the original story they were able to just fully give in to the madness and it’s beautiful
I love Maleficent and its sequel. I think both were really well done, and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing you react the Maleficent: Mistress of Evil soon!
Angelina works as an ambassador for the UN and on one of her trips to visit refugees one of the children was really scared of her and no one had any idea why. He called her a witch and tried to hide from her and then she realised he’d seen her as Maleficant so he got very scared
If you count her biological parents, of course if Maleficent spent 10 minutes caring for Aurora out of 16 years, she's spent more time than he own parents. Make it a generous 2 minutes for her "aunties."
I remember back when this movie was released I liked it but didn’t care much afterwards. Now with hindsight of all the Disney movie remakes, I wonder how they started so good and lost sight with this trend shortly after. It is a shame as there was a lot of potential with this idea of remakes giving them a different perspective or focusing on different characters to expand the story and worldbuildong.
The way the song literally says “i know you, i walked with you once upon a dream. I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem But if I know you, I know what you'll do You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream” It’s like Aurora talking to Maleficent.
Aaa one of my favorites! I genuinely feel like maleficent is one of the best cartoon to real life adaptations, all of the actors are so great in this movie and it's just overall really underrated for the amount of talent that got put into this movie, actors talent and also production
The curse is based off of just seeing the spindle wheel in the corner of the from and literally the fact that Stephan drugged her. “Sleep like death”. Also at 16 because of what he told her when she was 16 and they kissed.basically aurora was cursed with the exact reality her father did to maleficent except she wouldn’t wake up and realize what hapened
21:41 thank you for mentioning that every time I've seen that character I'm always like I know that actress from somewhere thank you for reminding me it's Professor Umbridge
Pixies i think are considered a type of fairy. It differs in mythology and fantasy series, but i think in this case for those three, it's interchangeable
I was sixteen when I watched this in cinema, and the scene where Stefan cuts off her wings was so painful to watch it was almost unbearable. I understood right away it was an allegory for SA. I'm honestly a bit surprised some people don't catch that.
Honestly I'm pretty sure that the reason why many classic Disney heroes all have dead parents is to a. give them childhood trauma that will make them more interesting characters (because otherwise their characters are pretty flat) and/or b. to explain why their parents aren't actively involved in their lives and talking them out of doing the stupid shit they tend to get up to without having to go down the whole abandonment/neglect route
I actually don't hate the good fairies. They had an interesting look that made them look almost human but not, which is a great aesthetic to have for a fairy. Also, I feel really sorry for Aurora's human mother because she literally did NOTHING to deserve that grief. Her only crime against maleficent was being married to Stephan, and because of that she lost her daughter and had to watch her husband go mad. When the fairies took Aurora away that was the last time she saw her daughter, she ended up dying days before her daughter came home and never got to meet her. It's REALLY tragic when you think about it.
Your comments about how long birds live made me curious, so I looked it up. Ravens tend to live for 10-20 years in the wild, but the record for a captive raven is 69 years, and there are rumours of ravens living up to 80! Presuming Diaval IS a raven. Crows don't live nearly as long!
I think the reason she chooses not to kill the king is because it would be mercy. Better than what she could do to him a live. I saw it as a retaliation for him stripping her of her wings, but not killing her. Making him have to live in terror and regret for what he did to her, like how she must of felt about people after he violated and mutilated her
29:11 i'd imagine maleficent is probably immortal or has an inhuman lifespan due to being a fairy, and diaval, due to being affected by her magic, will live and stay young as long as she does. which leads to the sad thought of them outliving their little beastie...
I like that movie very much. Stefan is one of the scarier villains cause he is a human. When he took the wings of maleficent it made my skin crawl. I would love your take on the hunchback of Notre Dame as I think they have the scariest villain (Frollo). He is just pure evil.
I love this movie and the whole idea that perspective in stories is everything. I've always thought that and wanted to know what the other sides version of the story was. I hope disney, and movies in general, do this more. Also a little note, when the movie calls Maleficent a fairy I'm pretty sure they don't mean like a little tinkerbell fairy. I think they mean Faerie which is just an overall term for anything magical (kinda it's complicated). Some say fairies are the "good ones" and Faeries are the "bad ones" but different sources say different things. I wonder if them not clearing this up was suppose to be a play on that or maybe I'm just wrong and overthinking it lmao. I'm going off the pretty surface level folklore that I know so who really knows.
I love this movie Angelina did such a beautiful job playing maleficent my 2nd favorite villian and having her actual daughter play in it made it better and sweeter. I love y'all's reaction it's the best reaction I've seen so far.
It's not a surprise or anything because your reactions are always great, but MAN you guys react so well to this movie. 💖💖 Loved it all. It was a good movie, and I liked it way better than other 'villain backstory' remakes. I think Angelina does a wonderful job, and I like that she both pushed to make it darker *and* insisted on keeping the dramatic look; she wouldn't let them 'pretty' Maleficent up (more than having her played by Angelina Jolie.) Hands down favorite part was the relationship between her and Diaval. They're kind of adorable together, and Aurora is totally their hatchling.
It wasn't strictly an accident, but to be fair, Aurora, even though you're hearing about it now, when it's almost upon you, the betrayal came *way* before the befriending. She was actually trying to revoke the curse herself, but got tied up with the red tape of her own "exact wording" issues. She really could have used a good lawyer to look over the curse prior to casting it, to catch any problematic wording and/or loopholes.
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If you do the 1959 original cartoon (which I hope you do after seeing this), here are some facts:
1. The original film was based on the ballet by Chickovisky, which was also based on a fairytale written by The Brothers Grimm. The original fairytale was two paragraphs long, so Disney had to expand on it by adding to the story and using the Chickovisky score. In that version, Mary Costa, an opera singer from Tennessee, did the singing and speaking voice for Aurora and Eleanor Audley (who voiced the stepmother in Cinderella), did the voice of Maleficient. In Maleficient, the producer used one element from the original story, and that was the eighth fairy (there were seven in the original tale. Disney reduced it to three and gave the eighth fairy a name) was actually a good fairy before she became evil. They took that element and built a story around it. Bill Shirley, a famous pop singer, did the singing and speaking voice of Prince Phillip ( though I find it interesting that he is a pop singer because he sounds more like an opera singer in the film). Verna Felton, who played the fairy godmother in Cinderella, did the voice of Flora, the self-appointed leader of the three fairies.
One thing about Mary Costa I forgot to mention: she had to drop her southern Tennessee accent for the role, but on the line "it wasn't that", she briefly goes back into it, so if you're wondering why that line sounds different than her other lines, that's why. I'm surprised Walt allowed her southern accent to stay in on that line since she was supposed to have an English accent.
2. The original 1959 film was the first Disney animated film shot in widescreen. Walt made that decision because he felt it would look better that way.
3. The original film, like all the other Disney hand-drawn films before and since, used live-action references for the human characters. It's when models are hired to play the characters and recreate the scenes while animators are nearby drawing them. This was done so the animators can draw movement better and make it more authentic. Helene Stanley was the model for Aurora (as well as Cinderella) and Eleanor Audley herself was the model for Maleficent (she also was the model for the wicked stepmother in Cinderella, making her one of the only voice actors to do both).
4. This was the last Disney Princess film until The Little Mermaid in 1989. The reason is because of the film's release. Walt spent 6 million dollars on Sleeping Beauty, making it the most expensive animated film that year. When it came out, it opened at 5.3 million dollars, less than what they were hoping for. In total, it made 51.6 million dollars, making it one of the top highest-grossing films that year. However, due to the high cost of advertising, promotion, and distribution (which is where the money went), Disney never recovered the costs from the film. As a result of this, and the low opening box office numbers, Disney decided it was too expensive and people were no longer interested in fairy tales. He stopped doing Disney princess films and focused on projects that were cheaper to make and hoped would satisfy the public's interest.
5. This is the last film for the ink and paint department. Starting with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the men did the drawing and the women did the painting. The men would draw the picture, the picture would be put on cells, and the women would paint the cells for color. After Sleeping Beauty, Walt got a machine that would make painting cells quick and cheap. As a result, the ink and paint department was shut down indefinitely. The film after Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmations, was the first Disney animated film that used this new technology.
Sorry for the long history, but I researched so much on the original film that I wanted to let you know in case you decide to react to it. Hope this was helpful.
@@naimahal-azeez1728 to help correct since I’m a big fan lol Tchaikovsky and they actually based the story more off of the French author, Charles Perrault (who wrote the famous version of Cinderella, Disney also took inspiration from). Everything else is accurate. If I’m mistaken, I assume “Lady and the Tramp” was the first to use Technirama.
@@benarts2271 Ok. I watched the making of documentary and read online to get the information. Since Walt and the animators didn't exactly say which version they used, I assumed it was from the brother's Grimm. Thank you for clarifying and thanks for the correct spelling of the composer's name ( it was hard to spell because it sounds different from the spelling).
@@naimahal-azeez1728 I didn’t realize until as I gotten older, but look back at the opening credits. It would say they based it off of both Tchaikovsky’s ballet and Perrault’s source material. I was shocked when I saw that like wow they really did their homework haha
@@benarts2271 You watch the opening titles? I fast-forward through them because I find that section boring.
Angelina said that the scene she realize she lost the wings is an anology to SA, that's how she portraits it. She gets drugged only to wake up and realize she had part of herself taken
it's such a great metaphor for SA, and I liked that the film deconstructs the notion that women need to be broken down in order to be strong (a lot of "strong female characters" had horrible things done to them in their backstories which largely contributes to why they're badasses). maleficent's trauma didn't make her stronger, it caused her to hurt others, she lost the kind part of herself and was unable to process and grow past her trauma and she only gets better through her love for aurora. it's by hurting a person she loves so dearly that causes maleficent to reexamine what her trauma has done to her and she finally starts being able to move on from it and I think it's so refreshing to see a movie that says that "no, your trauma didn't make you stronger, but it also doesn't have to define who you are"
@@clarasundqvist6013 exactly. She's always been strong. Its also a great homaje to the power of motherhood (wich is further explored in the second movie) and the concept of chosen family. Maleficent and Diaval were Aurora parents in every way that matters. Its also why Angelina accepted this role.
Holy shit…that’s daaark. I didn’t read it that way (only saw it once)
Whats SA?
@@roseflowth SA stands for s*xual assault, it's usually shortened or censored because words like that tend to get suppressed by the algorithms these days and it can be triggering for some
"Show up to a party, outdress everyone, curse a baby" I'm going to repeat this many times in the next few days
Let's get it on a t-shirt!
The new ‘gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss’.
@@SessVlogs first time hearing this and I enjoy it as well
my new motto
"Maleficent" is the movie which launched the "Famously Evil Character is suddenly revealed as Sympathetic" story which paved the way for "Joker" and "Cruella."
And that's amazing
I mean to be fair, the concept wasn't new when this film came out. In the UK one of my favourite books when I was pretty young in the late 80s was one that was a retelling of fairly tales told from another perspective where things weren't what we had been told (called "There's a wolf in my Pudding"). And there was a cartoon that had done something along those lines in the 80s as well.
ummm, Wicked would like a word with you 🤧
I would say that "Wicked", although it's a play, did that much before this movie ever did. It's one of the most succesful and longest running plays, based on one of the most popular movies/stories of all time (The Wizard of Oz) and twists the story around to reveal that one of the most iconic villains of all time (The wicked witch of the west) was not so wicked or evil after all.
@@kweeniepiez That doesn't even make sense, a word about what? What are you talking about?
It came after what I mentioned . . . . .
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.
This is exactly how it feels. Angelina is such a phenomenal actress
That's an incredibly powerful metaphor, it really comes across that way on screen.
So that's why it hit me so deep.
Yeah when I watched that scene the first time I instantly got that parallel. It gives me the shivers every time.
Yes, a woman and not humans . . . . .
Fun Fact: Young Aurora was played by Vivienne, Angelina's own daughter, who was reportedly the only child who didn't get scared of seeing Angelina in costume.
Yeah, they pointed out that the baby was Angelina's own kid, but it's actually the toddler, not the baby. Very cute!
I thought both of the younger versions of aurora were angelina's kids. The baby and the toddler versions.
Спасибо за информацию!
a detail I really like about this film is that when maleficent is using her magic out of anger and hate, the magic is this creepy green colour that is consistent with the animated film and helps with her being perceived as evil by others. but when she's using her magic when she's happy and compassionate, it's this wonderful golden colour that you'd associate more with a "good fairy/witch". it's great visual storytelling and I just love it so much
It's like a color representation of the poison/venom she's feeling inside versus happiness.
Plus I love that when she's messing with the three "pixies," her magic is that golden color. Nice to see she can be a bit less than respectful of the ones my favorite reviewer calls "dingbats" without going green with her magic. So, she can still have a bit of fun playing pranks even if she's not doing it "for the evulz."
@@brandiarmstrong2902 exactly! it also tracks with the playful side of her personality that she had when she was younger. she's having fun with it because messing with stupid people can be fun and that doesn't make you evil
@@clarasundqvist6013 I agree, but I will concede that it's generally less fun to *be* messed with as the stupid person, than it is to do the messing around.
And then if you associate her happier magic with the colours copper and bronze, the green is even more fitting, since copper tarnishes green and bronze oxidizes green as well.
Honestly, I'm kind of sad that we don't see anything about the Queen, even though she was also most likely a victim of Stefan. She was married off to him by her father, lost her child because of him and then died completely alone without ever being able to see her daughter a single time. It could even be sad that grief was one of the reasons she died (it's a Disney movie after all), seeing as she was pretty young and judging from the rest of the cast, dying that young wasn't as common as it was in reality.
So F in the chat for the queen.
I totally agree! Sleeping Beauty is actually one of the few popular fairy tales in which the birth mother is alive, and what's more is that she's a good, kind-hearted person (not a wicked stepmother). I almost consider Sleeping Beauty to largely be the Queen mother's story, or at least my favorite versions of the tale feature the Queen prominently. Her not being given a fair rendering in Maleficent is just one of many issues I have with the movie.
@@blerksnarfgut2766 Agreed. They even made Aurora's mother look bad in Maleficent. After Maleficent curses Aurora and leaves they show Aurora's mother flee the room unlike in Sleeping Beauty where she immediately goes to her child who was just attacked. Also in the Maleficent movie, Aurora's mother knew baby Aurora for months and conveniently both her and Stefan didn't have "true love" for their own daughter. All the characters in the movie, except Diaval/Diablo, were made worse (evil and/or weak and/or stupid, etc) just to try to make Maleficent look better.
“Couldnt you use a worse actor?” Yea I agree. Even watching a reaction of this, when she cried after her wings were cut, it got me tearing up. Her cry felt so visceral
In the version of 'Sleeping Beauty' I grew up with (which is a German Movie from 1971), there were 13 fairies, but only 12 were invited to the christening of the princess, because they only had 12 gold plates. So the king decided not to invite the fairy of hard work, as their daughter was a princess and wouldn't need to work hard ever. I always liked this little detail and would have liked to see it in the original Disney movie...
That would have been awesome to include, and I'm now going to have to watch that version if I can find it! I would also be pissed if I wasn't invited to a party because the host had poor planning skills when ordering plates
In the Charles Perrault version (French), there were eight fairies. Like in Grimm’s, the King and Queen were short on golden plates. But the differences are the reason they didn’t invite the eighth fairy was because people assumed she died or just disappeared since she hadn’t left her tower for 50 years. When the eighth fairy arrived at the christening, the royal couple offered her a silver plate to make up the mistake for not inviting her. Still mad, though. This made the youngest fairy sense that the eighth fairy would cause a scene or do something awful as in bestowing a curse and she hid herself behind heavy velvet curtains, until the eighth fairy says her gift to the Sleeping Beauty. Smart move, youngest fairy 😅
that's so cool wth 😳 would've loved to seen that
I had this verson read to me as a child
I love me some petty faeries. Faes just be like that.
Sam's utter disgust and shock at the 'morning after' scene was so relatable.
it’s already been said in this comment section but the allegory is fairly clear. it’s painful and angelina jolie is a phenomenal actress which surprises nobody
"A sleeping curse " because Stephan gave her sleeping potion
" True Loves Kiss" because she doubts the baby will find love since she herself believes it isn't real
Great points! I also thought it was sort of poetic how the tool used to enact the curse on Aurora was an iron spindle since fairies are allergic to iron. It was like Maleficent's way of turning the human's/King Stefan's advantage over the fair folk against them/him.
The true love’s kiss was more of a mockery than a statement, as if it were true, they’d still be together, and also the fact Aurora could have been her child
I love that Maleficent, in a way, also cursed herself with the curse... that 'all would love her' and Maleficent basically put herself in the position of caregiver and guardian. Petty revenge urges can only last for so long in the face of devoloping a real bond and love for another life.
I remember watching the sequel to this and I laughed so hard in the first scene Michelle and Angelina share because there was SO MUCH petty back-and-forth behaviour and dialogue from those two
That scene was so good.
I loved that scene and the cat scene when they are at the dinner table
Just realised you haven't done 'Enchanted' (2007), yet. That is such a great, self-aware live-action Disney movie. On the classics front, would love to see a review for 'Cinderella' (1950). Ta.
Yesss
AND it's getting a sequel called "Disenchanted"
Omg yes!!! I would love for them to do Enchanted!!!
i would loooove for them to watch this!!! One of my faves!
Definitely
maleficent mourning her stolen wings is heartbreaking and reminds me of how victims of a$sault react
Angelina has said that it's supposed to be a metaphor for that so your exactly right
Something I didn't realize when I watched the film the first time is how Shakespearian King Stefan's descent into madness (and ultimate demise) is. Just like Lady Macbeth in The Tragedy of Macbeth, Stefan's guilt over his betrayal of Maleficent, as well as his being convinced that she'll strike first, drives him to the point of obsession and insanity. Not to mention Sharlto Copley played that festering torment phenomenally well. It's what makes him such a despicable (but awesome) villain in my opinion.
Yes! Also brings to mind Cersai Lannister, especially if you've read her chapters in the fourth book. She is her own downfall. Self fulfilling prophecy.
I do love how you can tell the King goes mad, not really for a empathetic or moral guilt for what he did, or for being kept away from his daughter, but it’s a more shameful guilt of having his bad actions actually come back to him and have consequences. He did that thing to Maleficent under the belief that it would never be known and he’d just get away with it and be able to forget about it with the help of luxuries and the glory he gained as King.
Them catching feelings w/ each other after they first met is acceptable, because of that one line from Maleficent's spell 'beloved by all who meet her' Phillip have no control he was somewhat affected by an external force.and Aurora falling inlove to the first guy she meet(love at first sight).
You guys are totally right, Angelina sells that scene where she wakes up to discover her wings gone almost too well for a kids movie, it’s absolutely chilling and terrifying.
The wing scene always evokes the strongest emotions from me 🥹
Angie's screams are really powerful
Come to think of it, Stephen pretended to have defeated Maleficent, and that's how he became king. When Maleficent comes back, wingless but still very full of magic, and terrifies everyone, I wonder how Stephen keeps his throne. There should have been torches and forks and a revolution against the impostor.
Also, that sort of jerk would have probably just said "eh, my first born is cursed, but I can still get my queen pregnant again, and get a son this time, so whatever."
I think you are lacking some insight to both how the monarchy and psychology work.
@@dinkerz no no they do have a point back then if a child had issues (mental or physical) they would be abandoned and/or hidden away from the public
@@dinkerz No no, I get that monarchy means stability, and that societies need that and people like that, and they're never in a hurry to kick a monarch out. However, when it comes to monarchy, especially in such a magic environment (in real history that would be "supersticious" instead of "magic"), folks are legitimists and one is supposed to be born into the royal line to be considered "chosen" to inherit the throne, and Stefan is an orphaned peasant nobody. He conquers his power, not by war but by an exploit, getting rid of a perceived enemy. And from there, for starters he goes almost immediately into paranoia and we can assume he' not that great of a ruler, therefore the kingdom enjoys little stability or prosperity. Second, it is eventually revealed that his exploit was a fraud. He has, then, no legitimacy to be on the throne. I believe it could trigger a popular revolt. Or, at least, another ambitious guy would be justified to try to fight him and take his crown.
@@dinkerz in real history, people who were as deceptive and/or mentally deteriorating as bad as this king often did find themselves on the pointy end of a sword (or imprisoned and replaced by whatever noble had the next best claim to rule). Nobles didn't really appreciate their sovereigns running things into the ground, bad for the bank account
@@ameliecarre4783 He had legitimacy to the throne by marrying the king's daughter. It didn't happen too often in history, not for monarchies, but if a duke had a daughter, for example, her husband would rule for her.
Eh, I’ve just never understood why Aurora was sent away immediately to live with the pixies for 16 years. Why the hell couldn’t he raise his own daughter, and then just send her some where or keep her in a tower for one day when she’s 16…?
even without the curse, he wouldn't have raised her bc that's not what royalty did at the time.
@@oop2351 there was still no reason to send her away and go no contact
He’s narcissistic. He gained nothing from that sentimental attachment. Aurora was just an asset he needed to “protect”. He also didn’t just have more kid’s because his ego was attached to Aurora by Maleficent’s curse.
Everyone always seems to miss this but Maleficent's curse was for Aurora to prick her finger BEFORE the sun set on her 16th birthday and die, not ON her 16th birthday, meaning Aurora could have pricked herself at any time leading up to that birthday. She could have been 5 years old and fallen under the curse if she pricked her finger. That's why the fairies took her into hiding for 16 years, so they could keep an eye on her leading up to the expiration of the curse. The 16th birthday was just the cut-off, not the only set day for the curse to be fulfilled.
@@blerksnarfgut2766 this.
I love that everyone I’ve seen watch this movie just HATES Stephan on sight and I love it 😂😂
Quick note: the baby in the window scene was a shot/reverse shot not done with Angelina because the baby kept crying, so they made it smile with a toy. The little girl in the cliff scene that toddles up and wants Maleficent to pick her up is her daughter, Vivi.
While the sequel isn't a perfect movie, it is good, does have some stunning visuals, pull at the heartstring's moments, and Michelle Phiffer playing opposite Angelina Jolie... Two drama queens of the highest caliber.
Just to provide some context on the movie terminology pixie vs fairy. The way the movie uses "fairy" is more like the Celtic mythological umbrella term of faerie, the Fae, the Fair Folk, the Sídhe, etc. So all of the creatures in the Moors are Faerie or Fae creatures but they're different kinds. So the three godmothers are faeries but are specifically pixies and the little dude who took his mushroom headpiece off to bow is most likely a Redcap. Maleficent is a bit undefined but she seems to be a type of dark fae from the Disney reimagining of the Unseelie Court (Scottish lore) which is basically a more malevolent realm of Faerie. (As opposed to the Seelie Court which is the more benevolent but still dangerous realm.) Thus why her name is Maleficent, which has a darker meaning, to match her classification as a fairy.
Side note, I love the way this movie plays around with lore both within the Disney Sleeping Beauty mythology and with Celtic Fae mythology. It's my second favorite part of this franchise behind Angelina Jolie's incredibly engaging performance, of course.
I was just about to make a comment about this to explain the umbrella term and differences between as when she says some do have wings and some don't. Same for the fact that her horns and feather-like wings are just among many variations a Fae can have. I also loved the movie for the fact that they kept in the knowledge that iron burns Fae.
Angelina is incredible in ‘Changeling’ - it’s very much the opposite of a Disney film and the last thing you’d expect to be recommended from here - but it’s a deeply powerful, incredibly moving and haunting watch
Yess!!
I researched the true crime case that was based on!
I love this movie!!!
Girl Interrupted remains her Magnum opus . That's how you steal spotlight from everyone, also far menacing and evil version of Regina George
honestly THAT scene very much triggered and shocked me when i first watched this. like damn. my theatre was dead silent
I hear you, that scene was pretty intense - Sam
Snow White And The Huntsman is another great reimagining from this era of fairytale remakes. Very underrated and overlooked because of the Twilight prejudices against Kristen Stewart.
Bonus: Maleficent’s pointy cheekbones look was directly inspired by Lady Gaga’s alien look in her Born This Way video and era.
I liked the parallel that instead of being Prince Philip going through the thorn to Maleficient’s castle, it’s Maleficient going through the metal thorns to get into Stefan’s catle and save Airora
That's a nice detail, I didn't realize
My day is 100% improved by Steff's intros. They never disappoint
My favorite one ever is 'They say wisdom is pain...so prepare to get wise'
Man when this movie came out I raved about it to everyone who would listen. I love fairytales redone well plus it was one of the first sort of villain backstory/redemption arc type movies, that I had seen anyway. I just love this one, the message is so beautiful. Ive watched it with all my kids as soon as I felt they could handle the scarier bits.
I would too, I genuinely loved this movie! Hope your kids enjoyed it 😊 - Sam
I like to imagine this movie is like, a woman keeping the baby after being violated. She had to care for the baby of the man who hurt her. At first she hated the baby, saw it as part of him and wanted to punish it. But she felt compelled to care for it, seeing that the child she cursed for being born was innocent. She learned to love the baby, see that the baby loved her despite all of her trauma. Maleficent allowed the baby to change her, to make her feel vulnerable, and to let go of her hate to give the girl the life she should have.
This is just my reading on it tho
This is actually really good and makes me love the movie even more. ❤️
That’s a beautiful interpretation.
I was so happy when I saw this in the cinema. I love movies that are about familial love instead of romance, personally. Maleficent overcoming her trauma by developing a mother-daughter bond with Aurora was so beautiful it still makes me emotional lol
We call our youngest daughter Beast/Beastie. She was born just a year before this movie came out and we came up with the name coincidentally. It's a deviation from how she used to pronounce her name.
Stephen violating Maleficent was definitely worse than killing her because at least in dying, she wouldn't have to live with the knowledge that someone she trusted had betrayed her. as always, you guys have the best takes and taste in films. Maleficent has always been one of my favorite Disney villains and I love how this movie expanded on her character. Angelina absolutely killed it in this role! ❤️
True story, that knowledge would be brutal to deal with!
Thanks so much, we really appreciate it 😊 - Sam
Kinda ironic how in her spell she said that everyone who saw her would love her and in the end she was one of those people who loved her
"I just tripped and cursed you" haha this had me dying in laughter🤣🤣
The whole thing with why she didn't turn him into a dragon to get to the castle in my opinion is that the guards would see a giant dragon aproching the castle and then they would get caught.
Maleficent was a fairy in Sleeping Beauty as well, she was a dark fairy
I love you guys’ friendship, I could honestly watch you both rant about quite literally anything all day!
27:15 There is one very interesting symbiosis. Wolves and crows share the prey with each other. It has been observed that crows are able to lead a flock to a fallen animal. The fact is that the crow is not able to pierce the thick skin of an animal with its beak. Wolves, tearing apart their prey, generously share with the crows. Moreover, crows are able to warn a wolf pack of danger. We can safely assume that wolves have their own natural drones.
One thing I loved about this movie is Angelina never lied to beauty Angelina always answered all questions honestly even it it hurts either person.
That beating Aurora' s head took when she collapsed just *screams* concussion, and when someone is recently concussed, the first rule is *don't let them fall asleep!* If a person is concussed, and they fall asleep, there's a strong possibility that they will slip into a coma and die.
Would love for y’all to check out Maleficent 2. Without having to stick to the confines of the original story they were able to just fully give in to the madness and it’s beautiful
I love Maleficent and its sequel. I think both were really well done, and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing you react the Maleficent: Mistress of Evil soon!
Angelina works as an ambassador for the UN and on one of her trips to visit refugees one of the children was really scared of her and no one had any idea why. He called her a witch and tried to hide from her and then she realised he’d seen her as Maleficant so he got very scared
The delivery and editing of the message to those 'coming back' kills me EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. You are some of my favourite people on the internet!!
I love how Maleficent's curse bit her in the butt - "beloved by all who meet her" - *all* who meet her [Aurora] which includes Maleficent
Her kid is actually the only she picks up and says she doesn’t like kids.. These are such great movies.
Angelina is just an incredible actress, I love her! This movie came out amazing and changed a lot of plots in Disney.
I find it really funny that Maleficent's actor was actually the mother of the kid, and that kid was just like ''What you doin'???''
Her daughter Vivienne wasn’t the baby, she was the five-year-old Aurora.
Maleficent and Cinderella are without a doubt the best live action Disney movies. They're so magical.
If you count her biological parents, of course if Maleficent spent 10 minutes caring for Aurora out of 16 years, she's spent more time than he own parents. Make it a generous 2 minutes for her "aunties."
Maleficent always has and always will be my favorite "villian"
True, she's a great "villain" 👍😁 - Sam
My grandma is the major Disney fan of my family. When she saw this, all she said that it was stunning! And I couldn't agree more.
I remember back when this movie was released I liked it but didn’t care much afterwards.
Now with hindsight of all the Disney movie remakes, I wonder how they started so good and lost sight with this trend shortly after.
It is a shame as there was a lot of potential with this idea of remakes giving them a different perspective or focusing on different characters to expand the story and worldbuildong.
Love your guys hatred toward Stephan so much🤣
The way the song literally says “i know you, i walked with you once upon a dream. I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream”
It’s like Aurora talking to Maleficent.
The severed wings give Stefan serious serial killer vibes
Aaa one of my favorites! I genuinely feel like maleficent is one of the best cartoon to real life adaptations, all of the actors are so great in this movie and it's just overall really underrated for the amount of talent that got put into this movie, actors talent and also production
The curse is based off of just seeing the spindle wheel in the corner of the from and literally the fact that Stephan drugged her. “Sleep like death”. Also at 16 because of what he told her when she was 16 and they kissed.basically aurora was cursed with the exact reality her father did to maleficent except she wouldn’t wake up and realize what hapened
I really liked the second Maleficent as well!
(At 13:54) technically, he's a Raven, not a Crow.
21:41 thank you for mentioning that every time I've seen that character I'm always like I know that actress from somewhere thank you for reminding me it's Professor Umbridge
That Avril Lavigne insert had me on the floor 🤣
WHY WAS THIS REACTION SO FUNNY LMAOOOO i laughed the entire time, the replies to every line was amazing pls i'm dead
Only the toddler version of Aurora is Angelina and brad Pitts daughter Vivienne, the one who falls off the cliff.
Pixies i think are considered a type of fairy. It differs in mythology and fantasy series, but i think in this case for those three, it's interchangeable
I mean, in Irish culture pretty much anything that's not human or some kind of identifiable animal is considered fae.
I was sixteen when I watched this in cinema, and the scene where Stefan cuts off her wings was so painful to watch it was almost unbearable. I understood right away it was an allegory for SA. I'm honestly a bit surprised some people don't catch that.
Honestly I'm pretty sure that the reason why many classic Disney heroes all have dead parents is to a. give them childhood trauma that will make them more interesting characters (because otherwise their characters are pretty flat) and/or b. to explain why their parents aren't actively involved in their lives and talking them out of doing the stupid shit they tend to get up to without having to go down the whole abandonment/neglect route
“We do love a petty bitch” 😂
“make everyone around him suffer”
“like a real man”
😂
I actually don't hate the good fairies. They had an interesting look that made them look almost human but not, which is a great aesthetic to have for a fairy.
Also, I feel really sorry for Aurora's human mother because she literally did NOTHING to deserve that grief. Her only crime against maleficent was being married to Stephan, and because of that she lost her daughter and had to watch her husband go mad.
When the fairies took Aurora away that was the last time she saw her daughter, she ended up dying days before her daughter came home and never got to meet her. It's REALLY tragic when you think about it.
no mather how many times I watch the "sa" scen I still ugly cry she is just so good, you can really feel her world view shatter😭
why did I almost cry when Stef said he got in trouble for standing up to his bully :( 💔
Everyone is a villain in someone's story
The trash talk/commentary on this one was gold. Love you guys 😘 stay safe.
I remember being really surprised how much I enjoyed this movie.
So glad you guys reacted to this movie! You should consider watching Maleficent 2 and Cruella
Your comments about how long birds live made me curious, so I looked it up. Ravens tend to live for 10-20 years in the wild, but the record for a captive raven is 69 years, and there are rumours of ravens living up to 80!
Presuming Diaval IS a raven. Crows don't live nearly as long!
"Show up to a party, outdress everyone, curse a baby..." I'm dead kkkkfkfk
I’d buy a “Hurt people; Heal Trees” tee
I hope they react to the sequel in the future as well. Just because its just as visually stunning and has a great antagonist like this one!
Angelina is amazing! My other favourites from her include Salt and The Tourist. Totally worth the watch
They left the baby with the lady who plays umbridge on Harry Potter 😂
Stefan walks up to Mal like a Boss Babe trying to make her high school friends her downline.
I think the reason she chooses not to kill the king is because it would be mercy. Better than what she could do to him a live. I saw it as a retaliation for him stripping her of her wings, but not killing her. Making him have to live in terror and regret for what he did to her, like how she must of felt about people after he violated and mutilated her
29:11 i'd imagine maleficent is probably immortal or has an inhuman lifespan due to being a fairy, and diaval, due to being affected by her magic, will live and stay young as long as she does. which leads to the sad thought of them outliving their little beastie...
Heyyy!!!! That’s not fair! Steven Strange and Stefan Salvatore are pretty cool good guys!
I like that movie very much. Stefan is one of the scarier villains cause he is a human. When he took the wings of maleficent it made my skin crawl. I would love your take on the hunchback of Notre Dame as I think they have the scariest villain (Frollo). He is just pure evil.
I love this movie and the whole idea that perspective in stories is everything. I've always thought that and wanted to know what the other sides version of the story was. I hope disney, and movies in general, do this more. Also a little note, when the movie calls Maleficent a fairy I'm pretty sure they don't mean like a little tinkerbell fairy. I think they mean Faerie which is just an overall term for anything magical (kinda it's complicated). Some say fairies are the "good ones" and Faeries are the "bad ones" but different sources say different things. I wonder if them not clearing this up was suppose to be a play on that or maybe I'm just wrong and overthinking it lmao. I'm going off the pretty surface level folklore that I know so who really knows.
i’ve been binging you all’s videos lately, theres something special about them lol. I feel like i’m watching w friends ❤️
I LOVE your commentaries! You guys bring more meaning to the movies!
I think this is my favorite! I really enjoyed it!
I love this movie Angelina did such a beautiful job playing maleficent my 2nd favorite villian and having her actual daughter play in it made it better and sweeter. I love y'all's reaction it's the best reaction I've seen so far.
26:53 Wingardium leviosa BITCHES!! 😂😂😂
It's not a surprise or anything because your reactions are always great, but MAN you guys react so well to this movie. 💖💖 Loved it all.
It was a good movie, and I liked it way better than other 'villain backstory' remakes. I think Angelina does a wonderful job, and I like that she both pushed to make it darker *and* insisted on keeping the dramatic look; she wouldn't let them 'pretty' Maleficent up (more than having her played by Angelina Jolie.)
Hands down favorite part was the relationship between her and Diaval. They're kind of adorable together, and Aurora is totally their hatchling.
It wasn't strictly an accident, but to be fair, Aurora, even though you're hearing about it now, when it's almost upon you, the betrayal came *way* before the befriending. She was actually trying to revoke the curse herself, but got tied up with the red tape of her own "exact wording" issues. She really could have used a good lawyer to look over the curse prior to casting it, to catch any problematic wording and/or loopholes.