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Zero acting, lots of lines being recited with no conviction. Changed the kid's name from Aurora to Dawn (an early clue to the rest of ruin). I just don't actually LIKE any of the characters. The dialogue is part medieval, part malicious, and a lot snotty.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
02/01/23
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For a period piece, the script is generically cheesy, and the two lead characters are thinly written. However, the film has enough strong acting and emotional weight to truly engage you.
Also, as a sleeping beauty reimagining goes, this is admittedly a more elaborate story than Disney's 'Maleficent'. Even if it's not perfect.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/23/23
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Decent watch, probably wouldn't watch it again, and can't recommend.
Wow, they did this on a shoestring budget. The monsters and effects were interesting, but clearly cheap (not bad, but cheap), even at the time. The zombies were a hair better, and yes, they added monsters and zombies to this.
This is basically if Maleficient (I'm sure that Disney has had the free-license laws re-written so that they own the movie rights to pieces of stories they lifted from free market fairy tales), or Tambria, actually attempted to rule the human kingdom while everyone slept, stuck in an eternal cycle.
The writing is probably what got this movie made in the first place, and its the best part of this. I fully recognize that they use character transformation, growth (at least in presentation) of the characters' morals, and very decent pacing of arrogance, adversity, advancement, on repeat, slowly building up to the climax.
The only one you might recognize in this is Jessica Van Dien (Greenhouse Academy), and she's pretty, but I don't know if I'd send man after man to their deaths for her. Sadly, it's a bad sign when one starts to consider the attractiveness of actors to the quality of a movie, and I can't say there is enough to convince anyone to watch this. It not even that it's a bad movie, its just not above the average when so many other movies are.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
02/18/23
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I kept watching this crummy remake just to punish myself.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
01/16/23
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farah r
A pointless adaptation to a classic fairytale which has already been adapted one too many times.
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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While it wouldn't be difficult to mock a film by The Asylum that is obviously trying to cash in on the undeserved success of Maleficent, I will have to give the movie some credit to director Casper Van Dien (no really, the guy from Starship Troopers) for giving Olivia D'Abo some work, and throwing in zombie knights into the story. I could complain about him casting members of his family in the movie, but as it's The Asylum, it doesn't matter in the end.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
02/12/23
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