movie review - Maleficent
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Toronto, 2015.08.02
This is the story of Sleeping Beauty's wicked witch, who it turns out is rather a pained and resentful survivor with a lot riding on her slender shoulders - she's the queen of a fey realm beset on all sides by truly moronic humans, and she has herself been personally betrayed by the one who now sits on the throne. This is indeed a fairy tale, in that it belong among the stories of witches burning in their own ovens, and children being sold.
I rather enjoyed the tale, it hung together beautifully. I liked the tone as well, being as aloof and caustic as it was hopeful. And the whole thing looked great.
Strongly recommended.