Maleficent

Tuco_sl said:

Bro she's an average looking 16 year old.

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She looks pukeworthy gross; practically ruined that zoo movie with Matt Damon due to her face appearances. She's worse than that girl with the bike from 3 Ninjas

supertouch_sl said:

All of Brad Bird's movies are awesome so I have high hopes for this.

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Uh what does Bird have to do with this ?

Homsar_sl said:

Uh what does Bird have to do with this ?

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When I made that comment, he was listed as the director on Rotten Tomatoes.

Heylel_sl said:

#1 fat girl movie of the year.

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Based on social media and online reviews, I am standing by this prediction.

Look as good as John Carter, so in other words another 200 million $ bomb

She shouldn't have married Brad Pitt, now her box office appeal has dropped to his level.

Pitt is a good actor at least. I'd like to see him do True Detective, though it might just be Se7en nostalgia, and I guess the most recent thing he did that I enjoyed was Moneyball. But at least he did stuff in the past that showed he had acting skills. Same can't be said really for Jolie.

Juvarisx_sl said:

Pitt is a good actor at least. I'd like to see him do True Detective, though it might just be Se7en nostalgia, and I guess the most recent thing he did that I enjoyed was Moneyball. But at least he did stuff in the past that showed he had acting skills. Same can't be said really for Jolie.

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You kidding? Her role in Hackers was A+.

I took my nieces (ages 9, 8, and 6) to see Maleficient yesterday. They loved it, especially the goofy fairies. Theater was packed for a early afternoon showing.

Box office: Disney's Maleficent spells success $65-70m weekend

moontayle_sl said:

You kidding? Her role in Hackers was A+.

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The same year she did that, Pitt did Se7en....

kidgamer_sl said:

I took my nieces (ages 9, 8, and 6) to see Maleficient yesterday. They loved it, especially the goofy fairies. Theater was packed for a early afternoon showing.

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What did you think of it apart from your niece's reaction?

Decent CGI, Jolie did fine, they simply didn't bother to develop much background or characters beyond what was needed. Some darker elements with the usual Disney battle gloss over where people would otherwise be killed in gory fashion. The one positive theme behind the "real story" is kind of overshadowed by the whole humans are shit perspective that comes with it.

3.5/5

Jolie made the movie. Had they cast anybody else, it would have sucked.

A slew of friends saw this over the weekend. From what I gathered:

4/4 females loved it
0/4 males liked it, even a little

moontayle_sl said:

You kidding? Her role in Hackers was A+.

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Hack the planet!

Movie was ok. Like others have said, it suffered from poor character development. Also, giving her the name Maleficent from the beginning made absolutely no sense.