Maleficent

Maleficent is a recently released movie that we viewed in class. It discusses contemporary issues in a contemporary version of the story of sleeping beauty. It relates to our class because it challenges the way we view stories and interpret things, which is very Post Modern. The film is a spin on the famous tale of Sleeping Beauty from the evil witch’s perspective. Maleficent is the star of the movie and is a beautiful teenager of pure heart. Maleficent is a powerful fairy that lives in a forest filled with mystical creatures, and defends the forest aggressively. As a young girl she falls in love with a human named Stefan. As the two grow older, Maleficent becomes the protector of the forest and Stefan wishes to become king of the neighboring kingdom. When King Henry attacks the forest but fails against Maleficent, he swears whoever kills Maleficent will be named his…

Disney conveyed many life lessons or themes in the movie Maleficent; this movie teaches that greed can cause us to lose everything. According to the movie, Stefan wanted to be more royal and have a better job at the palace so the king told him that if he killed or hurt Maleficent very bad he could be king. Since Stephen just couldn’t kill her he cut off her wings and took them back to the palace, leaving her out in the woods. This supports the theme because he was greedy and he took her wings…

Suddenly, a dark green, enchanted mist appears sweeping and devouring any civilian in its path. Striking out the green shadow, maleficent makes a grand entrance, and advances to give Aurora a magical gift as well. As Maleficent begins reciting her spell, she glances over at King Stephan with disgust and hatred. This provokes Maleficent to take away something he loved dearly to pay back the price of her beloved wings, but the monetary value is great and that price is Stephan’s daughter.…

called the Moors, where enchanted beings roam. One of these beings was a kind, young fairy named Maleficent, who cares for all life in the realm. One day, a young human boy named Stefan enters the mystical realm. He was avaricious and steals something from the land. He was caught by the large tree guards of the Moors, but Maleficent arrived and helped him do the right thing, making sure he returned whatever he stole back to the land of the Moors. This was the beginning to a young, wonderful…

cold bold and malice and jealousy, takes your most prized possession, takes it and sells it to a swap meet agent. Well, that’s pretty much the case with Maleficent. She was in love and her lover stole her beautiful wings away from her. Stefan sold the wings to become King and never said goodbye to Maleficent. Maleficent only cursed his child because he needed to repent of his crimes. Maleficent is actually the kindest person of all. She should be freed of any and all charges brought against her…

Everyone knows or has heard the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” at least. After watching the movie Maleficent that’s exactly what I thought. This original famous ‘evil villain’ finally gets to tell her side of the story and how she was just simply driven by her vengeance against King Stefan. Maleficent wanders through the never before told story of one of Disney's most well known villains from the famous movie Sleeping Beauty and the factors of her betrayal that inevitably turns her…

focused on himself and his success. Interestingly enough, with the change of Maleficent from a villain to an antihero, we see the change of Stefan from a hero to a villain. This is something that I am going to affectionately call “filling the villain gap.” What this means is that every story has to have a villain, in one form or another. After all, what would a story be without a villain? There would be no one to defeat, nothing to fight for or against because everything would be easy and…

The Houston Ballet performed Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky’s full-length Sleeping Beauty at the Brown Theater inside the Wortham Theater Center. The performance was choreographed by Emeritus Ben Stevenson. According to the press, to celebrate the director’s 80th birthday, the staging was the revival that launched his successful career in London nearly fifty-years ago. Recognized as supreme achievement of classic ballet, Sleeping Beauty is based on the classic French fairytale by Charles Perrault.…

In the critical review, we would like to share a well-known movie, which is directed by Robert Stromberg, entitled “Maleficent”. This movie is an action, adventure and family movie. The story is about two rival kingdoms, human kingdom, ruled by a vain and greedy king and the Moors, a peaceful kingdom. A powerful fairy, Maleficent helps Stefan who failed to steal jewel and they grow close. One day, the king wants to attack the Moors but been defeated and he wants to revenge through offers his…

a witch, who could fit the mould for Mistress of all evil? Many could bring to mind the image of Maleficent. While this may be true for the 1959 movie Sleeping Beauty, this can not be said for the 2014 adaptation Maleficent. In the film Maleficent,it is through Maleficent’s actions that she helps the audience to deconstruct some female stereotypes most commonly shown in media; in particular around witches, and females in general, in the fairy tale genre. The stereotypes shown are, the witch that…