It has some of the best hand drawn animated sequences ever created in the nearly 100 years of filmed animation. Maleficent is elegantly evil, and doesn’t require a back story of pain and misunderstanding to be a standout character. With Prince Phillip, while not a high mark to achieve, would be the best Disney prince up until the 1980-90 animation renaissance of Eric, Beast and Aladdin.
Personally, I think, that it is hampered by a few details. First, that the story sidelines the main character, Princess Aurora, with the sleeping curse inflicted shortly, in film running time, after learning that she is a princess. Second, Aurora happily believing herself to be the simple peasant girl, Briar Rose, looking forward to her 16th birthday, is an underdeveloped character with an excellent singing voice. Third, “Scumps” as both a sequence and song is unnecessarily long.
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| Carmine red pencil on paper. 21.6 cm x 27.9 cm (8.50 in. x 11.00 in.) |
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| Black ink and carmine red pencil on paper. 21.6 cm x 27.9 cm (8.50 in. x 11.00 in.) |
* The penciled construction rough and the subsequent ink-over-pencil version were scanned with different machines resulting in the different color temperatures and contrasts.
** The final version is digitally cleaned and colored.
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