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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

February. 17,1959
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7.2
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G
| Fantasy Animation Romance Family

A beautiful princess born in a faraway kingdom is destined by a terrible curse to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep that can only be awakened by true love's first kiss. Determined to protect her, her parents ask three fairies to raise her in hiding. But the evil Maleficent is just as determined to seal the princess's fate.

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Steineded
1959/02/17

How sad is this?

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SpunkySelfTwitter
1959/02/18

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

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Kidskycom
1959/02/19

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

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Caryl
1959/02/20

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

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Jesper Brun
1959/02/21

Sleeping Beauty is one of those animated Disney movies with some of the best elements ever created by them and at the same time it has drawbacks which stick out like sore thumb. But the greatness of the good stuff is so overwhelming and magical that you would be an asshole not to judge its greatness. Along with Bambi, Sleeping Beauty has the most gorgeous forest landscapes and a colour palette which demonstrates how much colour adds to the mood and impression of differen places, from the green and black of Maleficent's lair and her minions to the pastel colours of Aurora's castle. Speaking of Maleficent, she is bloody brilliant in almost every way. Of the fantasy based Disney villains she and The Horned King are my favourites. The Horned King's design surely is based on her's ;) About the characters: that's one of the movie's most polarising aspect, because the fairy godmothers are great and have the best lines in the movie along with Maleficent. The prince and Aurora are so boring! Our main characters barely say anything through out the movie, Aurora is put to sleep so she is forgiven, but the prince doesn't even utter a single line after saying "goodbye father" and goes out to fight Maleficent. Yeah, that's a major drawback, but everything else is so amazing that it outweighs the obvious flaws. If you like exeptional artwork, great music, entertaining side characters and all power of hell brought to you by The Queen of Darkness herself then you definitely must see Disney's Sleeping Beauty.

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Davis P
1959/02/22

That is my favorite quote from this Disney classic. Disney really didn't shy away from being real and didn't try to stay completely G rated. And I love that about this film. Maleficent is an excellent villainous, she has the perfect evil look and the voicing is great too, fits the character well. The fairies are great lovable characters. I always forget which is which but I know they're flora fauna and maryweather, hope I didn't butcher the names lol. But anyways, the fairies that guard and look after Aurora as a child are very colorful and fun characters which makes the movie overall more fun and fitting for kids to love. Aurora is an alright Disney princess, I don't know she's just not a very good character to me personally. Now I did like Prince Philip as a character, he's a charming lovable male love interest. I would've liked the romance between Aurora and Philip better if Aurora wasn't so bland and boring as a character. Aurora really is the only part of the movie I just don't really care for. The rest is great and very entertaining. This is yet another Disney movie that I do recommend for a fun family movie night. The action is fun and engaging and I especially loved the special effects, they're the best when it comes to Maleficent. 8/10.

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Aeonar
1959/02/23

One of the most famous (and beautiful) adaptations of the classic Grimm fairy tale, "Sleeping Beauty" remains a Disney masterpiece. Funny, romantic, scary and magical, this animated film creates an enchanting picture of Medieval Europe (probably Germany) that resembles the Gothic artistic movement, enriched with music inspired by Tchaikovsky's ballet. "Sleeping Beauty" touches themes such as love, hope and the perennial battle between the forces of Good and Evil. Although it is not similar to the latest Disney films that present independent, emancipated women, it is, nonetheless, an exciting artistic creation that has received a place among the films that comprise the Golden Age of the cinematic (animation) world.

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rekocarreis
1959/02/24

I chose to write a review of the Disney movie "Sleeping Beauty", as it is disturbingly different from its origin. It is an adaptation of the fairytale by Charles Perrault, "The Beauty in the Sleeping Wood". The Disney version of the fairytale begins with Princess Aurora as a child. Her parents promise that she will marry Prince Phillip of the neighboring kingdom in order to unite the families. They have three fairies come to bless and give gifts to Aurora. The first gift is that of beauty, and the second is that of a beautiful voice. Before the third can be given, Maleficent, the mistress of all evil, arrives and is angry that she was not invited to Aurora's christening. She curses Aurora and says that before the night of her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die. Luckily, the third fairy had not given her gift to Aurora, so the third fairy says that instead of Aurora dying, she will fall into a deep sleep. This is where the Disney adaptation and the original fairy tale go their separate ways. In the Disney version, Aurora is brought by her aunts (the three fairies) to live in safety until her sixteenth birthday. However, she still pricks her finger and is cast into a deep sleep. Prince Phillip fights Maleficent, who turns herself into a dragon, and rescues Aurora by awakening her with a kiss. This is very different from the original version.In the original, Aurora pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep. One day, the Prince happens by her home and knocks on the door. No one answers, so he climbs in through a window. There he finds Aurora. He tries to wake her, but she is unconscious. So, oddly and disturbingly enough, he proceeds to rape her. Aurora awakens after giving birth to twins. One of her babies tries to find her breast, but finds her finger instead. The baby sucks the splinter from the spinning wheel out of her finger, and Aurora wakes to find that she has two children. This is alarming to me, because she simply accepts her children and does not question their origin or legitimacy. Prince Phillip is married, and murmurs the children's names and Aurora's name in his sleep. The queen is furious, understandably. However, though her anger is understandable, she reacts in a disturbing way. She orders the cook to find and boil the children, so that they can be fed to Prince Phillip. The cook does not comply, and instead cooks two lambs. The queen taunts Phillip after he eats the lamb and tells him that he has eaten his own children. After this, the queen creates a fire in order to burn Aurora alive. Prince Phillip manages to stop this from happening and orders that the queen be put to death. And, oddly enough, Prince Phillip and Princess Aurora fall in love and get married. The difference between the Disney version and the original version are astoundingly different. I've never cared much for the Disney movie, mostly because I found it boring and cliché, even as a child. Though, now knowing the original version of the story, I can see why the movie would come off as boring. Disney clearly had to remove huge portions of the story in order to make it colorful, glossy, and suitable for children. In my honest opinion, I think that Disney should have left this one alone. The movie is superficial and contains no real message. The bulk of the story had to be removed, and, though what was removed was alarming, it leaves behind a well-worn, lifeless attempt at something lighthearted and magical.

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