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7.5/10 on IMDb right now. User reactions appear to be mixed. Not exactly a rockin' start for a new Disney movie, but it'll no doubt score a pile of cash.
Excerpt: Above all other things, Lowery has made this story his. Unlike recent live-action versions of THE JUNGLE BOOK, MALEFICENT, or ALICE IN WONDERLAND, PETE’S DRAGON isn’t attempting to re-create something that came before.
But judging from the previews I've seen, it sure looks like this movie does what every remake ought to try to do: Be different. If you're just going to re-shoot the original with new actors and better special effects, why bother?
I will miss Doc Terminus though. He's still my favorite part of the original.
I haven't watched Maleficent, either, but it sounds like a reinvention to me, more so than Pete's Dragon, which is still going to run with the adults-just-don't-understand theme.
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A beautiful, pure-hearted young woman, Maleficent has an idyllic life growing up in a peaceable forest kingdom, until one day when an invading army threatens the harmony of the land. Maleficent rises to be the land's fiercest protector, but she ultimately suffers a ruthless betrayal – an act that begins to turn her pure heart to stone. Bent on revenge, Maleficent faces a battle with the invading king's successor and, as a result, places a curse upon his newborn infant Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and perhaps to Maleficent's true happiness as well.
Said one rival studio B.O. analyst this weekend, “I find it amazing that an R-rated animated CG movie [called Sausage Party] is beating a Disney film in the marketplace.”
Respectable showing in my top 20. They (Disney) seemed to give Lowery a lot of leeway to make this movie his, which is glaringly noticeable with the almost total lack of subliminal and blatant references to the issue(s) of the day.
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. To avoid spoilers, I'll read the review after I've seen it.
