My Favorite Movie

My favorite movie is Maleficent. The reason it is my favorite is because it is based on my childhood favorite princess, Aurora; The Sleeping Beauty. Hearing about the movie, I believed it would be specifically about the sleeping princess, but as I watched the amazing film in the theaters the day of the midnight showing, I realized the main character was not Aurora, instead, the witch who had casted the spell on her. However, throughout the film, it became clear that the witch is NOT a witch, but a fairy whom had her wings cut and was left to die alone in her bitterness. The plot of the story changed in a whole dramatic way that made me adore the ‘witch’, whose name was Maleficent. It was a tragic story about a heartbreak and revenge. In the end of the movie, the theme clearly is that true love does not only have to be from a prince or a man. Maleficent led me to acknowledging the changing perspectives Disney is trying to send to children, and how it connects with our current events in American society. Maleficent also sends out the message that revenge is never beneficiary, unless you are indeed a ‘witch’, or only acquire coldness in your heart.  Maleficent, like Disney’s recent movie Frozen, demonstrated the story behind the villain in the movie. In conclusion, the film was filled with amazing plot twists,  that made this version of the princess’s story, a better watch.