Well, to be fair, the film is entertaining. A considerable amount of detail is added to describe what kind of person Maleficient is, her relation with King Stefan, and her ambivalent feeling towards Aurora. Her interaction with Diaval is a brilliant addition to the original story because we could see the personality of the black witch from an entirely different angle.
However, the details are all limited to Maleficient – or Angelina Jolie. For the other characters, there are a lot of omissions about the details, so much so that some of the happenings appear irrational or, to say the least, inexplicable. For example, why did King Henry begin a battle with the Moor? A treasure was mentioned but it never appeared in the movie. Why did Stefan cut off the wings of Maleficient rather than killing her? Was he seeing the black witch his lover? Well, he was making plans to kill Maleficient two-third of the time in the movie. Why couldn’t he be consistent with his ordinary self at the only moment when he could make his plan successful? And, finally, why did Aurora accept Maleficient without a question after King Stefan (that is, Aurora’s father) died?
No, none of these omissions is crucial or irreparable. One could easily think of a dozen ways for solving each and every of them. However, I am particularly disappointed because all these defects are easily rectified but no effort is made for them.
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