Maleficent

I straightly went to cinema yesterday afternoon when I saw in the newspaper that there will be a MALEFICENT midnight show that night. We all went to watch it, my family. My sister could not wait to see her beloved Sleeping Beauty.

What she did not realize is that MALEFICENT is a movie about Maleficent, not Aurora. Turns out Maleficent is a Disney-given name to the bad witch who cursed Aurora to sleep. Disney (again) tries to extend a classic by adding never-before-known back stories.

MALEFICENT starts by revealing to us a series of events far before the birth of Aurora. These very much explain why the bad fairy curses Aurora at the first place. A little twist may be interesting (SPOILER ALERT!): it wasn’t Prince Philip who gave her the famous true love’s kiss.

MALEFICENT reminded me of FROZEN, big time. Not that it has many ice on it, but because Disney is trying to convey a similar idea to girls:

1. There is no such thing as LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

1. TRUE LOVE does not always mean romantic love

1. It may not be relevant, but still, DON’T BE NAIVE. A villain does not always appear to be a villain.

1. Don't trust an ambitious jerk (or any guy, at all)

As long as it’s Jolie, it sells

As a feminist, I can’t be happier that Disney finally understands that girls have to come to their sense: a prince isn’t everything, romance isn’t everything. And a person is not either black or white. It may seem like Disney is trying too hard to fit the classics into today’s modern world, but don’t we all love some twists?