castielfan89 This movie was so boring until the very ending. The music is forgettable and Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) is the worst Disney princess she has nothing going for her in anyway. Her voice isn't too good, her looks don't really stand out and she has no character development I mean she's only in 18 minutes of the film. This was wasted potential she could have been better if they tried. The only thing that saves this movie from being utter trash is Maleficent. Her humor I funny and she is a delight to watch as well as watching the prince go out to save the princess. Trust me all you have to do is watch the first 10 mins and the skip to the last 30 mineutes and you will perfectly fine.

JohnHowardReid Copyright 1959 by Walt Disney Productions. New York opening at the Criterion: 17 February 1959. U.S. release through Buena Vista: March 1959. U.K. release through Walt Disney: 7 August 1959. Australian release through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 24 December 1959. 75 minutes.SYNOPSIS: There is much rejoicing in the kingdom for a daughter is born to King Stefan and his queen. Both Stefan and visiting King Hubert, the ruler of a neighboring country, have long wished to unite their lands by the marriage of their children. On this occasion they announce the betrothal of young Prince Phillip to the infant Princess Aurora. Outside the castle, knights and their ladies, townspeople and peasants, join in a joyous processional. While the nobility are celebrating within the great hall, a shaft of light suddenly appears and floating down it come the tiny figures of three good fairies, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. Waving their magic wands they bestow on the baby their favors: Flora, the gift of beauty; Fauna, the gift of song, but before Merryweather can bestow the gift of happiness, Maleficent, the evil witch, appears in a blinding flash of lightning. Angered at not being invited to the festivities she prophesies that before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. NOTES: "Sleeping Beauty", Walt Disney's $6,000,000 animated production in Technicolor and Technirama, is dormant in title only. Six years of sustained effort went into it. For Disney, who liked to tackle the impossible and usually achieved it, this cartoon feature was his most challenging. "Hundreds of our top artists and craftsmen were involved in the picture" Disney declared at the time. "It took a million drawings to bring 'Sleeping Beauty' to life on the screen." The big screen imposed tremendous added labors on the artists. They had to move their characters in larger fields of action. They had to create different color schemes and a new landscape for the classic tale. The mathematical calculations became much more intricate. Every phase of artistry and mechanics which together comprise the art of animation, the art of drawing in motion, had to be revamped. "In fact, the most difficult barrier for the artists was to keep them from covering old ground used in former cartoon classics — to keep their concepts fresh and talents sharp." Directing animator Marc Davis handled both Sleeping Beauty herself (otherwise known as both Princess Aurora and Briar Rose) and Maleficent. Helene Stanley was the live model for Beauty, whilst Jane Fowler posed for Maleficent and Ed Kemmer for the Prince.Filmed in Technirama 70mm, "Sleeping Beauty" was printed and projected anamorphically at an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Initial worldwide film rentals gross returned only $5.3 million, a long way short of recouping the movie's $6 million negative cost, plus print, advertising and distribution overheads.COMMENT: This Disney DVD rates 10/10. The wide anamorphic screen is always full of movement. Absolutely chock-a-block. Never has the wide-wide screen been used so effectively — in either an animated or a live action film. Disney artistry at its super best, "Sleeping Beauty" is an entertainment masterpiece.

utgard14 Classic Disney fairy tale adaptation about a princess named Aurora who is cursed by an evil witch named Maleficent. Lovely in every way with memorable characters and scenes that have stood the test of time. The animation is beautiful and stylish with rich, vibrant colors. The voice actors all do wonderful work. If I had a complaint, it would be that the narrator is rather bland. Someone with a stronger voice would have been better. But it's a minor thing in a film that is so wonderful from start to finish. The Tchaikovsky music is amazing and the song "Once Upon a Dream" is a real gem. I'm no film historian but it seems like, in many ways, this movie represents the end of an era for animated Disney films that began with Snow White in 1937. There would certainly be some great movies to come, even some classics, but they wouldn't have quite the same grand feeling and charming old-fashioned qualities of the films from this era.

bts1984 This movie is triumphant in every sense of the word. And unique in many ways. Its artwork is not only different from everything that Disney did (before and after) but also stylish, delivering the medieval feeling it is supposed to. It took a long time to make this movie, even for the standards of animated movies. And it was a very expensive one to make either. But it was worth it. It is unquestionably one of Disney's most charming classics. It's majestic, charismatic, brilliant, funny when it has to be funny and spectacularly dark when it has to be dark.The music is nice, from the 1890 "Sleeping Beauty ballet" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to the theme "Once upon a dream".The characters are memorable, such as King Stefan and King Hubert, Queen Leah, Princess Aurora, Prince Philip, Samson the horse, the 3 good fairies and Maleficent.Prince Philip is perhaps my favorite Disney prince and his horse Samson is so funny. My favorite one of the 3 fairies is Merryweather because she is the funniest of the 3. Maleficent is a wicked witch or an evil fairy or simply «the mistress of all evil» as she calls herself, being one of Disney's most memorable (and sinister!) villains. She is particularly terrifying when she transforms into a dragon. The line «Now you shall deal with me, ol' prince, and all the powers from HELL» is all the more deliciously scary with the strong thunder sound it makes when she says «HELL».Title in Portugal: 'A Bela Adormecida'.