Maleficent (2014)

The brand new retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty story that changes it up and while it has some interesting ideas the whole thing just ends up being meh. It has some nice visuals and  the theater style performances really worked but all the story elements don't quite work that successfully. There are alot of parts that are specifically aimed for kids but feel like they've been lazily thought out and added in to dispel some of the films dark nature. Also all men are evil, female empowerment for the win.(that isn't a criticism I'm just stating what the movie says)
Overall this isn't a a bad film as such but it's not particularly that good either, still I give it kudos for trying something different.
**1/2