Welcome to “Trailer Tuesday” where I talk about trailers for upcoming movies.
A couple months ago we got our first look at Big Hero 6, the upcoming collaboration between Marvel and Walt Disney Animation Studios, in the form of a cute teaser trailer. We’ve now got a new, bigger trailer, as well as finally some confirmed information about the voice cast. Watch the trailer below and read on for my thoughts:
Maleficent tries to do for Sleeping Beauty what Wicked did for The Wizard of Oz. It strives to take a villain and reexamine her life, giving us context and an explanation for her actions and making us question our preconceptions. Yet it lacks the grace and power of Wicked. Maleficent is occasionally shockingly old-fashioned, it has a mediocre script and an inconsistent tone, and it trades one shallow villain for another while leaving few of the characters with any depth. Yet Maleficent shines in spite of all that, defying expectations and rising above the things that might hold it back. It’s truly more than the sum of its parts, and it owes any success it finds to its two charismatic lead actresses.
The Love Pirate 