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WHEN you work in the writer’s department at a big film studio and you’re short of creative ideas, what do you do? Go back through the extensive archives and put a modern spin on an old classic, of course!
Maleficent is exactly that, a live-action and modern twist on the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty. Instead of following the journey from the perspective of the famous Princess Aurora though, Maleficent switches the story round to the eponymous antagonist. While the premise is certainly intriguing, the execution is ultimately flawed.
