1, the story 180 changed the focus to the villain, and the black witch "washed white" successfully turned over.
In Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent, the black witch, was originally a villain, and cast a spell on Princess Arrow because of her anger. However, in The Sleeping Curse, Marlene Fei Sen, played by Angelina Jolie, took a 180 degree turn and was promoted to a role with a painful and unforgettable past, which made people feel pity and sorrow.
In addition, the film also shows the audience that what she calls "bad" has a special reason that is unknown. After such a subversive rewriting, Maleficent's "white washing" has become the focus and main line of the whole film. This method of excavating the psychological course of the villain is unprecedented in the fairy tale adaptation film.
2. Marlene Fei Sen "tied the bell first and then untied it" and put a spell on it&; Take them all off except the curse.
When it comes to the "sleeping spell" that Maleficent imposed on Princess Arrow, although the storylines of the two versions are exactly the same, how to cast the spell and how to release it are quite different: in Sleeping Beauty, the evil Maleficent exposes Arrow to the spindle and successfully puts the latter into a permanent sleep state; But in the Sleeping Curse, it is that curse that inexplicably induces Arrow to touch the spindle and fall into a deep sleep.
The release of spells is also very different in the two versions. In Sleeping Beauty, it is the prince's true love kiss that awakens the princess. In the movie, it was Marlene Fei Sen who broke the spell. Because after a painful experience, she mistakenly thought that there was no true love in this world, and the so-called "true love kiss" was just a gimmick.
3. "In fairy tales, princes and princesses are liars." There is no true love kiss.
The most thought-provoking plot of this story is the moment when Princess Arrow was awakened. In Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent has been looking for Arrow, but three fairies have protected her very well, and her evil wish has never come true. But in The Sleeping Curse, Maleficent becomes Arrow's foster mother.
In fact, Arrow in the film never knew who his real parents were. In her mind, Maleficent is her mother. With the growth of Arrow, Maleficent, who once resisted, also realized that there is truth in the world.
Although the prince loved the princess very much, his kiss didn't break the spell and wake Arrow up. On the contrary, Marlene Fissen, who has been raising Arrow, easily broke the spell with a kiss on her forehead. This change is worth mentioning. First of all, it is pointed out that "fairy tales are all lies", and the prince and princess have no true love; Secondly, the kindness of parenting has become the emotional hub of the film, and the proposition that "the love of parents is the absolute true love" has been set off to an unparalleled position.
In order to highlight this point, the film not only played down the role of the prince and fate, but also deliberately deleted the very important "dream meeting" in Sleeping Beauty.
4. Good and evil were reversed, and the king "took the blame". Although the ending was subverted, it was still a happy ending.
In addition to Maleficent shedding the villain's coat, the film also rewrote the King of Dai Fen. In Sleeping Beauty, he is a kind unlucky ghost, and his daughter is cursed. But in the film, the king becomes an ambitious schemer, ruthless. Dai Fen's villain identity runs through the whole narrative, and it is his wayward, headstrong and crazy desire for power that leads to bad results. If "The Sleeping Curse" tries to whitewash Maleficent, Steven is badly blackened.
At the end of the movie, King Dai Fen saw that the tide was gone, so he drew his sword and tried to kill Maleficent. At this time, Princess Arrow has awakened. In order to protect her, Maleficent's servant turned into a dragon and fought to the death with Dai Fen. In Sleeping Beauty, the climax scene is that the prince fights against the dragon transformed by Maleficent in order to save the princess.
The ending of the cartoon is that Maleficent was killed. Although the film abandons this setting, it is still a happy ending: the king and his evil forces are defeated by justice, and Arrow also helps Maleficent regain the wings cut off by Dai Fen; With the efforts of the princess, the divided magical world and the human world finally resolved their differences and lived together.
5. Not happy enough? Supporting role to gather together! The three flower fairies became "snake sperm disease"
As an assembly line work in Hollywood, Sleeping Curse will inevitably have comic characters as a way to adjust the active atmosphere. Although there are almost no suitable roles in Sleeping Beauty, the omnipotent Hollywood screenwriter has found a little feasibility in the impossible.
In Sleeping Beauty, Arrow was raised by three flower fairies. They did their duty, worked hard and did not use magic. However, in The Sleeping Curse, with the ingenious pen of the screenwriter, the plot was completely rewritten and the story was completely subverted. It was Marlene Fei Sen who brought up Elo, and the three-winged flower fairy became a "snake disease" for fooling around.
They spit on each other, gagged and shirked their responsibilities, but they were completely uneducated. Their irresponsibility even almost killed the little princess Arrow.