Maleficent is an amazing movie. Disney took an idea from the classic cartoon that most of us have seen as kids and turned it to see things from the view point of the villain.
Enter the darkly magical world of Maleficent, a beautiful, exciting twist on the original 'Sleeping Beauty'. The story is complex, with interesting and well thought out characters, whilst remaining understandable for the younger audience.
The scenery in the film is beautiful, with both dark and bright visuals complimenting each other perfectly and unusual and amazing, glowing creatures and beings throughout the film completed the fantasy world.
Angelina Jolie plays an outstanding villain. She portrays Maleficent as powerful and dangerous whilst still remaining graceful. Her acting is perfect for the role. Diaval is a brilliant secondary character throughout movie and is well portrayed by Sam Riley.
Although, there were certain characters which caused the movie to fall short of wonderful. Princess Aurora, a main character during the film, was quite two dimensional and bland, making it difficult to sympathize with her.
The fairies that looked after the princess as she grew, although extremely irritating, were adored by the children in the audience and got quite a few laughs out of them.
All in all, Maleficent was a brilliant film for the family to see.