Maleficent : Mistress of evil

Year of release : 2019

 

Run time : 1h58min

 

Genre : Fantasy / Adventure

 

Cast : Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Skrein

 

 

Once upon a time ,there was a powerful fae,named Maleficent. After she cursed princess Aurora, Maleficent became her mother, her kiss of true love,being the one which broke the spell she placed on her in the first place!

 

The story opens with Aurora,now queen of the Moors(why is she queen of the Moors?!This doesn't make any sense,since she doesn't have any powers! Also,why did she give her reign and castle away to the people?!) ,being asked by prince Phillip to marry her.

 

Phillip gives the news to his parents, King John and Queen Ingrith, and although the queen is not happy with the news,she hides it well.

They invite Aurora and Maleficent to the castle,and the queen is doing her best to trigger Maleficent.

 

King John collapses,and the queen blames Maleficent,saying she put her sleeping curse on him. The king cannot be awaken with a kiss,for the queen doesn't love him.

 

Maleficent flies away from conflict, and is shot with iron by the queen's minion. She is saved by a male of her species and taken to their layer. There, she finds out she is the last of the Dark Phoenix fae,but this remains to be proven .

 

At the castle, the queen is plotting to wage war against the Moors,for ridiculous reasons. Apparently, the reason she hates the Moors is because when she was a kid, her kingdom was poor while the Moors was thriving,and her father refused to start a war with them or k!ll them to take their riches !?!

 

Aurora doesn't know how to be the princess the queen expects ,as she is to be married in 3 days,and all the creatures of the Moors are invited.

 

I personally didn't see a reason for this movie to exist,but anyway. The queen's reason for hating the Moors and wanting it extinct was ridiculous!They could come up with a better reason,like maybe ,someone she loved died at the hands of someone from the Moors.

 

I'm really sick of these movies who's lead is a known villain,but they're good,and misunderstood. Her name is Maleficent,for God's sake!

 

Most of the actors were fine,I felt Elle Fanning didn't match the level of the other actors, Angie was the best!

 

I liked the outfits and the castles with their interior design.

 

The visual effects were great.

 

The soundtrack was fine.

 

The movie is streaming on Disney+, and is for rent / sale on ABC, Amazon Prime Video, Apple Tv, Google Play Movies, Freeform, fubo Tv, Hulu, Sling Tv, Vudu, YouTube.

 

Rating : Could have been a contender !