Disney movie review Maleficent

Prewriting 1
An overview on Maleficent looking at the characterization of the main characters especially Maleficent, the female villain.
Focus on the actions undertaken by Maleficent, Aurora and Stefan as they are related to the movie’s plot.
Take a closer look at the depiction of Maleficent and Aurora in the fairytale.
Prewriting 2
Focus on the theme of female empowerment as well as feminism.
Look into whether the portrayal of female characters is different from the stereotypically representation of female characters.
Compare the strengths and weaknesses of the Feminist edge in the film
Highlight on the interaction of feminism, progressiveness and the unity of women in achieving equality
Outline
Introduction
Provide a background to the story’s development.
Introduce the subject of feminisms and how it is related to Maleficent.
Description of the subject
This highlights more on feminism, and how the subject matter is important to the story.
Emphasize on the use of revenge as simply a way to get back at past wrongdoings.
Nonetheless, showing that Maleficent intended to liberate people shows that feminists should look at combining forces with likeminded people to change the society.
Strengths of the subject
Highlight on differences with the typical representation of women in fairly films.
Compare the depiction with gendered traditional roles, and the extent to which, the subject is powerful in passing the message across about progressiveness.
Emphasize on the significance of showing powerful female heroines in the film.
Weakness of the subject
Highlight on limitations about the film’s depiction of female characters in fairly tales.
The portrayal of male villains as the source of evil oversimplifies the narrative about the role of men and women in the society.
The feminist edge in the film is not transformative enough, as the story is simply revisionism.
Even though, Maleficent is a strong woman, the same cannot be said about Aurora who is depicted as simply a beautiful blond.

Strengths versus the weaknesses
The feminist angle did not overly ridicule men, but it is the betrayal of Stefan the male villain that results in Maleficent’s vengeance.
Mutilation of Maleficent by a man, who supposedly loved, provides talking points on the different angles to feminism, focusing on women’s viability and their ability to fight for equality.
Conclusion
Sum up the various angles to the subject of feminism as depicted in Maleficent, taking into account the characterization of Maleficent and Aurora.
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Movie Review: Maleficent
Introduction
In Maleficent, Disney depicts a female character that vengeful, but Maleficent charms the audience as a loving mother to the Sleeping Beauty. There are indications that Maleficent is also a feminist who is not afraid to stand for what she believes in, whereby motherhood and feminism are interwoven in the story. As such this review will focuses on the depiction of Maleficent in the film as well as the characterization of Princess Aurora the two leading female characters. Similarly, the characterization of Stefan will be taken into consideration, as this sets ground for the theme of victimization as represented by Maleficent’s actions following her betrayal b yStefan. This essay will further focus on the subject of women portrayal in the fairies and how this is related to the feminist edge in the story as well as strengths and weaknesses of the subject addressed.


The character of maleficent
Description/ summary of the subject
The film has a feminist angle, where the revisionist fairy tale focuses on Maleficent the villain, who is revengeful (Johnson). To begin with Maleficent and Stefan appear to have a mutual understanding and respect for each other. As the story progresses, Stefan gets power hungry and decides to clip her wings. At the time, there is no indication that Maleficent is angry simply because of betrayal, and there is also no hint time she started having anger issues. As Maleficent finally realizes the extent of Stefan’s betrayal, she vegeance, and liberation the people under Stefan’s rule.
Since Stefan crosses Maleficent she decides to get back at him, by cursing his daughter Princess Aurora. Nonetheless, Maleficent grows to love Aurora, and this sets the stage, for Maleficent to show her maternal instincts to try to save the Princess from harm in the long run. At the same time, this gives Maleficent the opportunity to rewrite the wrongs committed by uniting the two kingdoms inhabited by fairies and humans, where Stefan grew to be increasingly power hungry. In other words, Stefan’s betrayal is a significant event, as the leading characters show their true self from this point in time.
Strengths of the subject
One of the main strengths of the subject is that it projects a different idea about women in film. Disney movies depict princesses who have a narrow view about life and marriage, while also promoting unrealistic ideals. However, in the film, Princess Aurora looks up to Maleficent for guidance, and the notion of a strong woman who has an important role to play in the society is enduring. For instance, Aurora wants to understand whether Maleficent really had wings, and she confirms this stating that they were stolen from her. Aurora At the same time, it departs from the notion that the princesses are damsels in distress who wait for charming princes to save them. The character depiction of Maleficent and the princess is a new angle to the usual representation in Disney movies of damsels.
Another subject in the movie is that true love exists in different forms, and in the scene where Aurora agrees to work together with Maleficent, it is apparent that women who cooperate and work together are able to overcome difficult circumstances because of their love for none other. Towards, the end, Aurora proclaims ‘Our Kingdom has been revived’, and this was possible because Aurora and Maleficent collaborated to bring positive changes. However, for any form of love to flourish, there is a need for forgiveness as Aura forgave Maleficent for being curse. On the other hand, Maleficent did not forgive Stefan for his betrayal, and this shows that love does not necessarily conquer all. Greed and jealousy are factors that make it harder for true love to flourish.
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