Yes, and I really highly enjoyed it. I'm all for re-imagined versions of classic stories and this definitely was wonderful. I mean, I understand that people wanted unapologetic evil Maleficent like in the animated movie, but I really liked what they were doing with her character in the live-action Maleficent. I mostly love that Maleficent and Aurora became friends and that it was Maleficent's love that broke the spell, not some random prince. ♥
And I like that it was a deliberate choice to go this route, since the live-action Cinderella was just a straight-up adaptation. So it makes me hope that for their new live-action franchises that they'll switch things up instead of retelling the same story.
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Date: 2015-05-22 12:51 am (UTC)And I like that it was a deliberate choice to go this route, since the live-action Cinderella was just a straight-up adaptation. So it makes me hope that for their new live-action franchises that they'll switch things up instead of retelling the same story.