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Sparknotes Transcript(0:56) Will Carter disown his Jansen brother for his opinion on Maleficent 2, live action remakes vs new take from villains perspective, can we get a Jafar movie? lack of humor kills this movie, visually impressive, the preview with bad CGI compared to the film, nice seeing Jolie who does so few movies, Pfeiffer gets a fun role [that no one will remember fondly because the character is nonexistent], high hopes for Elle Fanning yet not particularly good in Galveston & Neon Demon, fits in a fairy tale, is this a feminist tale, are the roles juicy for female actresses, not one scene I'd watch again, everything Scorsece says about Marvel movies is actually true about these Disney cartoons(17:00) SURVEYING THE LANDSCAPE: comparing to Pirates 5, why didn't a woman direct these films, why did they put so much money into this, doesn't set up sequels or more world to mine, franchise running out of gas, how Disney missed an opportunity to make more money, More Universes, Marvel as the modern day fairy tale(27:08) DRILLING INTO THE ASTEROID: Aurora & her Groots, what does Maleficent do all day — stare at things, remembering the great thespian Brenton Theiwates, a teenage Jai Courtney, discovering secret lairs for no reason, Jolie & Pfeiffer should be on the same team, Maleficent a better Dark Phoenix than any X-Men, cutting all the fairy B Plot, side quest of a movie, Forrest not liking Fantasy but liking this movie, why is everyone British, dragons & Reign of Fire, Sean Connery voicing a dragon, enjoying the story because it was so pointless, Maleficent deserved to be framed, can't have the head guard end up alone, Race Wars with Dom Torretto(54:09) CASTING CALL: making David Gyasi Prince Phillip, Dakota & Elle Fanning both stuck in the adult/child in-between, will The Kingsman visual style carryover into Kingsman 3, Bad Boys 3 in January is a worrying sign as is the trailer, Warwick Davis still bringing his troll game, Nicole Kidman, turning this movie into female The Irishman for actresses over 50, Charlize back as Raveena(1:06:06) DEVELOPMENT HEAVEN: wanting to see Elle Fanning go dark, Pfeiffer as Satan, casting Nicole Kidman as a old Elle Fanning, sequel that is just one big Red Bull ad, Prometheus & Icarus combination, Maleficent becomes the beauty that sleeps, Cardi B in Fast 9