Disney did so many great things that, for me, some don't quite catch me. Maybe it's the story. Maybe it's the music. Maybe it's a simple lack of the edginess that many of the great one's films often have, but there is something that isn't quite as sharp in this one. Also, I feel the animation isn't as crisp as many of the other films. The story, of course, is that a poor young woman is doomed to sleep for many years after a witch has been crossed. It's an example of how you can do everything you can, but fate steps in and messes with you. But it's a fairy tale that we all know, and things will eventually be dealt with. I feel very positively about this movie; it's just not my favorite. Hooray for Tchaikovsky.

Sleeping beauty is a wonderful fairytale about a girl who is cursed at birth to prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die on her sixteenth birthday until It can be broken by true live's first kiss. Three fairies take her into their cottage deep within the woods to protect her from Maleficent's evil plan. The historical details never forgotten even with magic and mystical elements making it feel like a true story once upon a time.It's perfectly made from the beautiful animation, the villain is top notch and the songs are masterfully composed. The characters all have unique personalities that it's hard to choose a favorite from Maleficent the deliciously evil sorcerer to the three fairies and their playful antics and gallant prince Philip full of strength and might. The song I dreamt of you once upon a dream complements and bookends it like poetry.What makes it truly exceptional is the loving care put into every detail from with the waving of the leaves to the waving of feathers and wrinkling of noses grounding it in realism. The only leap of faith in logic found is how are clothes created or stitched unless the Fairies lead a helping hand.Walt Disney created an enchanting story that draws you in from the beginning and sweeps you away into its magnificent world.10/10

As my aunt's personal favorite Disney movie, I have absolutely no idea what to say about Sleeping Beauty other than the fact that I merely enjoyed it. The magic is stellar as always, and the action is satisfactory, but I didn't feel the "THIS IS THE BEST Disney MOVIE EVER!" vibe that I felt with Mary Poppins after seeing both of them. It might be a result of fantasy (as I mentioned, magic plays a major role, like the argument over a dress color) and action (Maleficent vs. Philip) that, in the style that it was executed, wasn't a particular trigger of my animation taste buds. The animation is just what we'd expect from Disney, but one case in particular caught my eye: Aurora. Specifically, Aurora was animated predominantly by Iwao Takamoto, who you Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. fans might recognize as the creator of Scooby-Doo. The style that Aurora was drawn in gave me flashbacks to when I loved The Scooby-Doo Show, and so even though that came 10 to 18 years after Sleeping Beauty, I enjoyed the film slightly more when I made that connection. If you're unfamiliar with Scooby-Doo and its style, then you might want to consider seeing that before viewing Sleeping Beauty. Not my personal favorite, but nevertheless worth a view.

I chose to write a review of the Disney movie "Sleeping Beauty", as it is disturbingly different from its origin. It is an adaptation of the fairytale by Charles Perrault, "The Beauty in the Sleeping Wood". The Disney version of the fairytale begins with Princess Aurora as a child. Her parents promise that she will marry Prince Phillip of the neighboring kingdom in order to unite the families. They have three fairies come to bless and give gifts to Aurora. The first gift is that of beauty, and the second is that of a beautiful voice. Before the third can be given, Maleficent, the mistress of all evil, arrives and is angry that she was not invited to Aurora's christening. She curses Aurora and says that before the night of her sixteenth birthday, she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die. Luckily, the third fairy had not given her gift to Aurora, so the third fairy says that instead of Aurora dying, she will fall into a deep sleep. This is where the Disney adaptation and the original fairy tale go their separate ways. In the Disney version, Aurora is brought by her aunts (the three fairies) to live in safety until her sixteenth birthday. However, she still pricks her finger and is cast into a deep sleep. Prince Phillip fights Maleficent, who turns herself into a dragon, and rescues Aurora by awakening her with a kiss. This is very different from the original version.In the original, Aurora pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep. One day, the Prince happens by her home and knocks on the door. No one answers, so he climbs in through a window. There he finds Aurora. He tries to wake her, but she is unconscious. So, oddly and disturbingly enough, he proceeds to rape her. Aurora awakens after giving birth to twins. One of her babies tries to find her breast, but finds her finger instead. The baby sucks the splinter from the spinning wheel out of her finger, and Aurora wakes to find that she has two children. This is alarming to me, because she simply accepts her children and does not question their origin or legitimacy. Prince Phillip is married, and murmurs the children's names and Aurora's name in his sleep. The queen is furious, understandably. However, though her anger is understandable, she reacts in a disturbing way. She orders the cook to find and boil the children, so that they can be fed to Prince Phillip. The cook does not comply, and instead cooks two lambs. The queen taunts Phillip after he eats the lamb and tells him that he has eaten his own children. After this, the queen creates a fire in order to burn Aurora alive. Prince Phillip manages to stop this from happening and orders that the queen be put to death. And, oddly enough, Prince Phillip and Princess Aurora fall in love and get married. The difference between the Disney version and the original version are astoundingly different. I've never cared much for the Disney movie, mostly because I found it boring and cliché, even as a child. Though, now knowing the original version of the story, I can see why the movie would come off as boring. Disney clearly had to remove huge portions of the story in order to make it colorful, glossy, and suitable for children. In my honest opinion, I think that Disney should have left this one alone. The movie is superficial and contains no real message. The bulk of the story had to be removed, and, though what was removed was alarming, it leaves behind a well-worn, lifeless attempt at something lighthearted and magical.