![]() ![]() Unfortunately, "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" is the stuff of nightmares. The Disney magic must have been locked away in the company vault on this one.įanning, for her part, gives a committed, believable performance as Aurora, and her pale skin and delicate features make her an ideal Sleeping Beauty. Large, CG-rendered armies and dizzying scenery reduce the entire experience to a screensaver. The narrative pieces are put in place without any sense of emotional investment and the film goes through its required motions, getting louder and more busy as it tick-tocks toward its finale. Sheesh, and you thought your in-laws were a drag. Today we bring an improved version of it and we would like, once again, to read your thoughts on it. We heard your feedback and since then we have been working pretty hard on it. Ingrith is dead-set on waging war with fairy creatures and wants to use the wedding as a backdrop. Two weeks ago we revealed the Kensei to you. Put these two in a room and let them rip! But their royal battle is cut thin by the needs of the wonky script (from "Maleficent" co-writer Linda Woolverton and two cohorts) and the film's insistence that any human interaction be filtered through multiple layers of digital enhancement, exploding bursts of color and special effects. Joachim Rønning, the Disney yes man who brought "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" to the screen, directs this thing like a Coldplay video run amok. Her son, Prince Philip (Harris Dickinson), has asked for Aurora's hand in marriage, setting up a truly unholy meeting of the parents.Ī knock-down, drag-out Jolie-Pfeiffer showdown would be worth its weight in celluloid. Ingrith is the soon-to-be mother-in-law from hell to Princess Aurora (Elle Fanning), Maleficent's goddaughter. (One of her weapons is spreading fake news, which is fast becoming a lazy screenwriting go-to attempt at topicality.) Her supposedly sneaky misdeeds are telegraphed so deliberately she might as well announce them via press conference. The evil torch has been passed to Queen Ingrith (Michelle Pfeiffer), who is about as subtle in her villainy as a "Scooby Doo" bad guy. Jolie vamps and gives off 'tude where she can, but strangely, she's not called on for much here anyway. ![]()
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