Sleeping Beauty (1959) | Movie Review - Bull Session 

OG Maleficent is best Maleficent

Sleeping beauty is definitely underrated massively. It’s a work of art and it’s simple story can’t help but be charming. It’s perfect for literally all ages and both boys can get behind the sword fighting scene and clearly the girls are all for the beautiful princess

This is my favorite Disney film, and Phillip my favorite Prince. He can sing, dance, ride, fight, burst into spontaneous duet, and even stand up to his father. Manliest disney prince there is.

Sleeping Beauty is my favourite Disney movie of all time. So beautifully animated

A true classic. And classic Maleficent is just so good

While I wouldn't consider "Sleeping Beauty" one of my top favorite Disney films, there's still plenty of elements I love about it. First and foremost are the visuals, which are absolutely gorgeous. You explained very well how amazing the backgrounds are, and I really love the character designs, particularly for Aurora and Maleficent. The former has such elegance in her movement, from her dancing in the forest and walking up those dark stairs, to the flowing locks in her golden hair. Maleficent perfectly represents 'all the powers of Hell' with her sharp lines and dark colors, and her dragon form is one of the coolest designs of any Disney film. Not to mention her final battle with Prince Phillip was one of the best Disney climaxes. The other main aspect I enjoyed was the three good fairies. Not only were they entertaining to watch (fairy or peasant), but they were also endearing for acting as mother figures for Aurora. I like how compared them aiding the prince to a video game character giving the player a tutorial.

I’d say that Aurora should be given a fair chance when it comes to her Disney colleagues. Consider that she was cursed as a baby to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die. Her parents send her into protective isolation for 16 years, with only the three Good Fairies and a few forest animals to give her any resemblance of loving care. That takes a toll on a person. I think anyone that’s been in isolation for any amount of time can sympathize with that. On her sixteenth birthday, she happens to meet the man she’s always dreamed of, falls in love with him, and invites him to meet the fairies at the cottage. She rushes home ecstatic, only to find a birthday cake and a beautiful dress (which should be blue in my opinion), which her caretakers have made to soften the blow of the real truth. Aurora is actually a Princess who is betrothed to a man named Prince Phillip. Aurora must leave the cottage without ever seeing the man she met again, and go back into isolation for the good of the country. Destined to marry a prince that she’s never met (the audience knows that Phillip is the man she met), and having virtually everyone look to her as their leader, Aurora believes that she will always be alone for the rest of her life. This makes her almost inconsolable, and an easy target for the evil Maleficent. The fairies sneak her back into the kingdom by night, and put her in her chambers, with a crown on her head. Aurora breaks down again, and the fairies let her have a moment alone. That same moment is when Maleficent, who is maliciously hiding in the fireplace, hypnotizes Aurora against her will, leads her to a room with a spinning wheel, and forces her through the power of suggestion to touch the spindle. Were it not for Merriwether’s gift of slumber changing the curse, and Prince Phillip’s valiant effort to wake his love with true love’s kiss, Princess Aurora would likely be dead, or at least never wake up. But Maleficent is defeated, and the Prince and Princess marry, living happily ever after.

I also love this movie! Literally as a kid I loved the songs and I was both scared of and fascinated by Maleficent. As an adult I honestly love it more because of the art and the amount of work that went into it, and you know no movie is going to look like this again.

The SCORE!! I just adore it.

Watching the movie clips in this video really make me wish Disney was still making animated movies

I soooo looove Princess Aurora.

Wow, I haven't seen this movie in almost 20 years and don't remember it looking this stunning. Thank you for this video! Looks like I really have to rewatch this one. I, too, was scared shitless by that one scene and have very fond memories of the fairies.

Watch Fantasia if you haven’t. It’s an absolutely incredible visual achievement.

I was glad to watch this and share in your feelings about this movie. As a child I remember the music and visuals of the princess going towards the wheel and needle, with the fear of god flowing through my veins. This was always my favorite. Thank you!

Probably my favorite Disney movie, it's so sad that many give this movie negative reviews, so I'm so glad you also liked it as much as I do! It's A LOT better than the new Maleficent movies

Maleficent is the #1 Disney Villain for me, with Frollo at #2

Some animated films under Walt seem to be misunderstood in modern times. Just like in Snow White, the princess and prince are not the main characters of the film. It’s all about the Dwarfs and the Queen fighting over her. In Sleeping Beauty it’s the same thing tho with the 3 good fairies and Maleficent being the key players. When the princess has less screen time than the comic relief that should hint at something.

Sleeping Beauty has always been and will always be my favorite Disney princess and favorite Disney movie

Those fairies are gangsta

Great to review, thanks. It's always been my favorite and the colour palette is breathtaking.

Great review! Sadly this movie is often regarded as one of Disney’s lesser films which is not true at all IMO. A lot of people say this movie is boring but I don’t think it’s boring at all. If you don’t mind if I ask what is your reasoning for liking Sleeping Beauty more than Snow White & Cinderella (I also like it better than Snow White & Cinderella)?

Great video post! Sleeping Beauty has always been my favorite Disney animated film. It kind of ties with Snow White, but for very different reasons. Sleeping Beauty takes the cake for all the reasons you've outlined in this video. Thanks for articulating my feelings exactly!

The reunion scene between aurora and her parents was for me (deeply) underwelming, a simple hug and a few tears and THATS IT 😧😧😧

My favorite movie, ever since I first saw it as a toddler. It only got better, with every passing year and each rewatch. ❤

Fun fact: the music you hear when Aurora and Philip get down the stairs at the end of the movie is actually the anthem of the French monarchy

Thanks for the info brotha. I love animation and saw this at my local thrift store yesterday. Gonna go back today to see if it's still there

My dad introduced me to Sleeping beauty as a kid, telling me I'd love it. My Grandmother gave me the 1983 Ballet by the Kirov Ballet and you had better believe I watch both of these, and listen to the music, regularly. I quote along with Maleficent and sing along with Aurora and I love the art and every rewatch always has something new I didn't notice last time. The Maleficent movies can go burn in the fires that spawned the original Maleficent for being a travesty and an insult. The only reason I did not walk out of the theatre was because I paid top dollar for luxury seats. This original timeless classic will be my favorite Disney movie forever and a day, and the music, the ballet, the fuhnny scenes and all the mistakes I've seen in the film (and the missing sound FX, that bothers me) will always be a part of mt life until my last day.

I would consider 101 Dalmatians from 1996 the first live-action remake from Disney:)

Rite Of Spring is my favorite part of Fantasia (always been a dinosaur nut). Originally, the segment was going to conclude with the Ice Age, showing Humanity's primitive, caveman beginnings. Walt abandoned this idea after they were sent death threats from Creationists who'd somehow gotten wind.

This movie is a masterpiece! Just watched it again and it never gets old.

I never knew why they insisted that if Cruella “doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will” when Maleficent was right there

Fitting how in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, The unofficial trilogy are worlds back to back.

I've never seen Sleeping Beauty. I'm actually watching this video for a class assignment. I remember always telling myself as a child that I'd never watch Sleeping Beauty because I assumed the whole movie was about a sleeping princess. I convinced myself that nothing happened in the film... anyway, this review is kinda intriguing because I'm a sucker for graphics, and seeing how pretty they are makes me want to watch it.

Possibly the most genuinely feminist animated movie ever made... ...And I haven't even seen it in a while!

LOVE this movie! Always been my most favorite, for pretty much the same reasons. 😍☺️

Those repeated scenes in other movies cost them extra. Disney had them do it to create branding. It was one of the factors that almost closed em down.

This is great

Disney starts putting out trailers for malufancent two electric boogooloo. Bull season: time to feed the algertrivem me: well if Disney is going to make a chash grape why not the little guy you go bull you go

Can Review the Disney film the Black cauldron.

I didn't like this cartoon as a kid because it was kinda murky, bleak and creepy. But as an adult I appreciate it more, it's visually beautiful and stands out from other Disney cartoons. And Maleficent is the best villain!

Can you do Peter pan by any chance

At 3:39 😆😁😂

4:48 It was no wonder she was the main villian of kingdom hearts..... for 90% of the game then she gets stabbed by one of Nomura's OCs..... and when she's resurrected Pete is her only servant and none of the heroes take her seriously.... wait wasn't this suppose to be positive?

The visuals are amazing, and the three good fairies are a delight. Maleficent is the standout of the movie, but the reason it doesn't get more love is 1) The story wasn't compelling. It's too run-of-the-mill. 2) There is no memorable song. The film needed its own "Under the Sea" or "Colors of the Wind" to be the next level.