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DAMMIT. I hate Jolie, and have no one to blame but myself- I actually wished for "this". After seeing Snow White and the Huntsman, and Gilliam's Brothers Grimm (for -like-the 6th time) I verbally wished aloud for more fairy tale reboots with a realistic twist.

Oh good, I'm not the only one. I actually really liked Brothers Grimm.

You are NOT ALONE!!!!

Wait are you saying you liked Brothers Grimm? I didn't know people like you existed.

Yes, I did like it. And I am willing to own it and stand by it. I have an unabashed, completely myopic adoration for all things Gilliam. And while I am at it, Ledger and Damon too. I can't help it, I would have liked Don Quixote too if the damn thing had ever been made.

Why is she wearing leather pants on her head?

Same reason she has a motorcycle helmet covering her crotch.

She really is the only actress who could play that part. Look at her. She was probably born in a scary fairy tale and came to Earth to fuck with us.

Um, because she's been mixing it up with Matthew Bourne's swans, of course.

She looks awful.

As usual.

I mention this every time, and I don't think I'm alone in this: I've always thought Maleficent is beautiful. Jolie is a perfect choice, although it took me a minute to figure out if those were her cheekbones or prostheses. I'm still not positive, but either way I'm going to use them to open some mail later.

prosthetic cheekbones and nose ridge I believe.

the dark version? This is a remake of the Disney version. The dark version is the original version, where sleeping beauty isn't woken up by a kiss, but by a rape.

Exactly. The originals are a lot more “edgy,” “dark,” and “twisted” than these versions. What about in Cinderella where the sisters cut off their toes and heels to fit into the glass slipper?

Whoops. I just posted that under someone else's name. Sorry.

Or even later than that, while in childbirth.

That's the one I remember, she wakes up while bearing twins.

Reference?

they mention it on this obscure website called wikipedia

You can wiki it - an Italian version of the story. Oh, and Anne Rice's take (as A.N. Roque-something) - "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty". A great gift for your friends squeeing over "50 Shades of Grey."

Oh God what an awful book.

I was exposed to in college, and yes, "exposed" is the right word. On of my sisters - a Virginia soccer mom - mentioned that it was the first book chosen for a book club of hers. She had no idea....

Isn't 50 Shades of Grey the kind of book that book burnings were invented for?

Not sure--haven't read it, don't plan to. But I meant the Ann Rice erotica thing. Just awful.

Oooooh. I haven't seen a woman more likely to turn into a dragon since, well, Enchanted.

Those look like Tyrion's legs a'kickin

Folks got tired of vampires so they moved on to fairies.

She makes a pretty darn good Maleficent. Reminds me of Tim Curry in Legend, and he was the best part of that movie.

"Veteran visual effects artist ... will direct." Sentences like this tend not to end well...

I'm sure this topic has been covered on Pajiba before, but what the fuck is with all the fairy tale movies? Why were there two asteroid movies in one year? Why did The Prestige and The Illusionist come out so close together? The damn things take so much money and time. Were there, like, a shit-ton of dudes pitching fairy tale movies to Hollywood 3-5 years ago? Is this just a situation where that happened and all the stars aligned and all these movies actually got made?

"Boys, listen, I'm tellin' ya...MAGICIANS!!! That's what's gonna be big a few years from now and I, for one, am not going to be left out in the cold like I was a few years ago with that whole asteroids thing. Coulda paid off my third home..."

Yeah, it happens all the time. My guess is someone in a studio hears that some other studio is doing a film in some very small niche genre (dark fairy tales! asteroids that need blowing up! magicians in the 19th century! animals who break out of zoos!), and they figure it's easier to steal an idea than come up with one, so they try to produce and release it before the other guys do.,

I'm starting to think it's no coincidence but a secret studio pissing match where they meet and place bets.

I don't think that is a costume, actually. I think that's her natural state of being. We just usually see her tamed and groomed by her handlers.

As for why she's wearing "leather pants" on her head, have you seen the Disney cartoon? It looks like they are just trying to re-create that outfit.

LOVE IT

I think that's pretty much what Maleficent looked like in the Disney film. Me gusta.

'Sharlto Copley as a half-human, half-fairy bastard son '
Tuh! Typical! Another actor just playing himself again!

I should probably add: totally not serious. He's a fucking dude.