Disney's "Maleficent"

An official synopsis has been released, and it sounds like our worst fears and then some are coming true.

At this point, I think it's no longer a question of whether or not this will suck. It's a question of the degree to which it will suck.

....What the hell?

I may not have seen Sleeping Beauty but this feels incredibly stupid

I haven't seen it either, and I'm already praying that this shit bombs hard.

It probably will.

HARD

...remind me what is wrong this again? I don't get it.

...The fuck.

Why did they feel the need to change everything about the original story?

I have faith.

Of course, this smells like the same sort of idea that was behind Wicked- which I agree with in premise and abhor in execution. So I wait to see how it does before passing judgment.

They're turning one of Disney's best villains into a misguided hero. That's rather obnoxious. And if the script that was being passed around awhile back is correct (which seems more likely now that we have a plot synopsis) there were some rather awkward undertones to Maleficent's interactions with Aurora.

For me, it depends on whether they're emulating the book or the musical. If it's like the book, then I can see this thing being possibly watchable. If it's like the musical, then...well...you can guess.

Maybe they can end up doing something interesting with it. They've got a pretty decent cast, after all.

edited 23rd Aug '13 1:09:13 PM by Mort08

Don't tell me the film's going to make Maleficent a Tragic Villian! I mean, Maleficent is one of the most evil Disney villains!

edited 27th Aug '13 5:17:10 AM by unnoun

I feel we'll have a beautiful chance to rename Draco in Leather Pants soon.

Pretty sure that applies to fandom though, not an official work.

Oh god, why. Why? Why couldn't they just have her mysteriously appear and start wrecking shit, lots of her fucking shit up, kicking ass etc, and then at the end of the movie she's pissed but they beat her back/banish her temporarily. Then she hears that the queen has given birth to a daughter... roll credits.

Oh no, it's simpler than that.

Disney, villains don't have to have an altruistic motive to what they do, and most of them don't. What happened to wrecking havoc out of spite or a lust for power?

Because we've suddenly decided that our villains simply have to be more complex than they seem for some reason.

If they want to do a "Maleficent was actually good" thing like Wicked, then start out that way and have her go through a genuine Face–Heel Turn. And FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND HOLY, don't make her go evil because her would-be boyfriend leaves her or something. Fuck that shit.

That's probably what they'll do, though.

edited 25th Aug '13 5:35:49 PM by Mort08

Better, don't have her original name be Maleficent. Have that be the name she assumes after taking on all the powers of HELL.

The random ideas that we're tossing around are already better than what they're offering us. That's a good sign.

I'll forgive the devillification if the "invadng army" turns out to be aliens. If you are going to go "meh" at least go balls out with it.

So Christopher Johnson brought his reinforcements to the wrong place/time, then?

edited 25th Aug '13 6:29:10 PM by Mort08

The district nine aliens accidentally invading and exacting vengeance on a magical kingdom rather than real earth thus causing a sorceress to go insane and evil in the process of defeating them? I would watch the shit out of that.

I'd write it, but that would require watching District 9, and I have no tolerance for Body Horror.

Maybe we could find someone to superimpose the arm bits with pictures of kittens so you could get yourself through it.

Or maybe I can have a barf bag on standby. Darn it, Copely! Make a good movie that won't fry my brain and cause my food to creep up my throat!

One of the reason why Maleficent is THE Disney villain is because she doesn't need a motivation. She is just pure evil. The whole movie is based on symbolism and NOT on character development, and she is supposed to stand for everything bad in our world. The last thing we need is some sort of explanation for her behaviour.