Download necessarily Maleficent 4K. The two hundred millionth prequel of the classic Disney tale, which tells about the transformation of the winged fairy of the Malificent into a well-known horned villain. The directorial debut of a computer effects expert and production designer of Avatar and Burton's Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg, promises us large-scale horse battles, unprecedented magical creatures, and most importantly previously unknown motives for the main character performed by Angelina Jolie. Representative extras are responsible for El Fanning, Sharlto Copley and Juneau Temple.
Maleficent 4K ReviewMaleficent Ultra HDR's young fairy from the land of magical creatures makes friends with a boy named Stefan from a neighboring human kingdom. Years pass and their friendship grows into love, but after a few more years matured Stefan (Charlto Copley) betrays Maleficent (Angelina Jolie). Having drunk her with sleeping pills, he cuts off her wings and takes them to his king to assure him that he killed the most powerful fairy, who does not allow people to conquer magical lands. In gratitude for this “feat”, the ruler, seriously wounded in a battle with Maleficent, makes Stephen his successor. Upon learning of this, the insulted and humiliated fairy is plotting revenge. On the day of the baptism of Princess Aurora, Stephen’s newborn daughter, Maleficent 4K appears in the castle and imposes an indestructible curse on the baby, which should come true on the day of the 16th anniversary of Aurora ...
According to Maleficent producer Joe Roth, they wouldn’t shoot the picture if Angelina Jolie refused to play the title role
"Sleeping Beauty" takes an ambiguous place in the Disney canon. On the one hand, the 1959 painting is considered one of the most beautiful and expressively animated classic Western cartoons, and American girls love to dress in simple but elegant dresses by Princess Aurora. On the other hand, this magical fairy tale has a classic but clumsy and primitive story by the standards of the 20th century, and the main character still holds the primacy by the least time that the formal protagonist spends on the screen (being a “sleeping beauty”, Aurora quickly turns off out of action).
Maleficent’s plastic make-up was answered by the legendary Rick Baker, a seven-time Oscar winner in his category
Therefore, when it was announced that the screenwriter of Beauty and the Beast and the recent Alice in Wonderland Linda Wolverton rewrote the fairy tale in a more respectful way for women on Disney orders, it did not seem sacrilege. It is one thing to change the masterpiece, and another is to modify the Beauty, which at one time was not very successful at the box office and almost buried Disney Studios. So why not try to look at this story from the point of view of Maleficent - the fairy, who in the original appears literally as the fiend of hell?
Now, however, it is very clear that this was a bad idea. Perhaps another screenwriter could improve Beauty, but Wolverton made it worse. And many times. A dramatically clumsy but internally logical tale in her hands turned into a collection of absurd clumsy.
Take at least the curse that caused the whole fuss. What does a powerful resentful woman do? Revenge quickly and avenge the offender. And what does Maleficent Ultra HDR do? Invents a spell that hits a newborn girl with a 16-year delay. This is not an act of an offended woman, but an evil sociopath. For which resentment is just an excuse to throw out anger and show sadism. The classic Maleficent 4K was just that, but the new Maleficent UHD is completely different! She is kind, caring, gentle. Is it possible to imagine that the Bride in "Kill Bill" encroached on the daughter of the Viper? And Maleficent Jolie UHD is not a hitman, but a virtuous fairy. Such a heroine could have rendered Stefan (legs behind wings - “eye for eye”). But damn his daughter? Never.
The freshly baked king, however, behaves even more delusional. Where would you hide a little girl from a forest fairy who cannot touch steel? Obviously, in the steel tower of the royal castle, closer to the guard in armor and away from forest monsters. Stefan sends the baby to live in the forest (!) With her fairy godmothers (!!!), who are formally subjects of Maleficent. Even if they are the Fey "fifth column", firmly standing on the side of people who are trying to conquer their country, Stefan is clearly not so trusting. Moreover, the Wolverton fairy godmothers are powerless and useless, and the king has no reason to believe that they can hide the girl from Maleficent or take care of her.
And so on and so forth. A treatise can be written on the mistakes of Maleficent. And every time you can clearly see where these blunders come from - the screenwriter is trying to save as many events from the cartoon as possible and give them a new meaning. And she doesn’t succeed over and over again, because “Sleeping Beauty” and a children's fairy tale say that the meaning is there on the surface, and the other meaning does not combine with these events. With the same success, Wolverton could cook beef stroganoff from potatoes and pans.
What else is bad in the film? It’s easier to say what's good in it. Robert Stromberg is a two-time Oscar-winner for art direction (Avatar and Alice in Wonderland), and Maleficent UHD came out stylish and beautiful, with many spectacular shots. Jolie is also magnificent in the title role - as much as possible in the framework of a weak scenario. She, as they say, was born to play a sinister fairy with black horns and