Maleficent:
Mistress of Evil (2019)
6/10
Starring
Angelina
Jolie
Elle
Fanning
Chiwetel
Ejiofor
Sam
Riley
Ed
Skrein
Michelle
Pfeiffer
Directed
by Joachim Rønning
Well,
Disney made a second part to Maleficent
(2014) something I did not believe would happen. But I failed
to understand the powers of financial success. Maleficent
for me is the beginning of the live-action remake of the Disney’s
Renaissance animations, and it was welcoming. This second part is
filled with many powerful visual effects which was way too much. Then
there is also powerful performances with Angelina Jolie towering over
everyone with her acting. Also, expect powerful performances from
Elle Fanning and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
The
movie plot though feels compressed and just not as strong as the
first Maleficent
(2014) movie. I
recall feeling the first
Maleficent
(2014) movie was
average, good and fun, but average. Now after seeing this movie I
feel I was a little too harsh on the first Maleficent
(2014) movie.
The
plot of the Mistress of Evil has Aurora (Elle
Fanning) all grown and set
to marry Prince Phillip (played by someone different in the first
Maleficent
(2014)). Maleficent
(Angelina Jolie) is
against this union as she does not like humans. But Aurora’s love
for Phillip weakened her resolve and she played along.
Phillip’s
mother (Michelle Pfeiffer)
as we learn has a dark past
and even though her son wants to marry Aurora we learn that she has
been behind this union for a while. At the end of the movie we
discover she has been behind the scenes working her evil plot since
Aurora and her curse in the
first Maleficent
(2014).
Lines seem to be falling in place for the queen as she ask Aurora to
bring her godmother (Maleficent) to the castle which Phillip lives.
The meeting of the parents did not go well as Phillip’s father was
placed on a curse at the end. This caused Phillip’s mother to begin
a war against the magical creatures. When Maleficent was leaving the
castle in anger, the queen ordered her to be shot as she flew away.
The iron pierced her and she almost died until she was saved by
another Dark Fey. Maleficent woke up from her wounds to discover that
she was not alone, there were many like her, Dark Feys living in
isolation because of the humans.
There is a division among the Feys, some want to go to war against
the humans to regain the lands they lost and others were hoping for
peace. Everything lies with Maleficent because she has the power to
win the war for the Feys and also bring peace as she changed and
loved a human (Aurora).
Well, if you take the time to go see this movie with your family you
can be guaranteed a good time, but do not expect it to be as good as
the Maleficent
(2014).
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