Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 07/31/2019
Although the conventional set pieces and excessive use of SFX give it a light stench of banality, "Maleficent" is a re-imagining of a Disney classic that's not entirely necessary but isn't deserving of disapproval either.
Rating of
1.5/4
hoods_breath - wrote on 12/17/2015
Good acting, Good CG and special effects, just don't like rewriting a classic.
Rating of
2.5/4
Rod - wrote on 08/15/2015
Everything went well except from how it ended. It felt like the action scenes on the later part and the crowning of princess were not as extravagant as it supposed to end. The very least they could have done was to make the ending really heartwarming.
Rating of
1.5/4
smeagol - wrote on 09/20/2014
a pretty mundane sleeping beauty story. with lots of cgi some of which doesn't look good. average suguary nonsence i dont see this as a cinema movie or one to attract everybody. its very much like your tv fairytale movie. not keen on the casting sleeping beuty is more like a spoilt brat. angelina jolie is ok but has little to back her up. the whole movie looks cg1 riiden and fake and just doesn't have a good look the fairies are awful big heads cg1 sillyness. most of all its boring.nothing really happens of any interest. its over with a whimper as it begins. tv movie for kids even then not much to keep them focused. poor
Rating of
2.5/4
Cavernstones - wrote on 08/18/2014
Take the musical Wicked, apply the basic premise to Sleeping Beauty, add a touch of CGI and a deliciously portrayed Maleficent by Angeline Jolie, and stir the pot. Unfortunately, the rest of the cast seems misplaced, and I for one knew fifteen minutes in what the supposed "twist" was going to be. Oh well, there are definitely worse ways to spend a couple of hours.
Rating of
3.5/4
Chris d - wrote on 06/14/2014
i never really was sure exactly what to expect from this movie but I am tremendously glad that I saw it was a wonderful experience in magic and wonder full of the same fun and adventure and humor that you expect from the Disney movies all i can say to close my review really is magnetic melifacent fun and funny till the very end extremely well done perfect for all ages and both genders 'i am a 24 year old man and i fell in love with it ' so needless to say that I say see it i will definitely be watching this movie agin and agin
Rating of
3.5/4
Amy - wrote on 06/07/2014
Was this movie great? Objectively speaking, no. The special effects were too busy, the plot was negligible, the supporting actors were mostly flat, and the "feminist twist" was possibly even more regressive than the original fairy tale. But it turns out that Angelina Jolie being unutterably fabulous makes up for a multitude of other sins. Quite possibly the campiest, vampiest creature to grace the screen since the silent era... and if a generation of small children experiences a mass sexual awakening thanks to the sight of Jolie done up like a dominatrix, then that can't be all bad.
Rating of
2/4
Matthew Brady - wrote on 06/01/2014
The one thing that I kept saying to myself while watching this movie is "why is this made?". Okay Anglina Jolie did a good job in her role as maleficent but the movie lacks on characters and the visual effect's was not so good and the three fairy's in the movie where annoying.
