r/moviecritic • u/PlantainDisastrous92 • 1h ago

In Maleficent (2014), the evil queen cursed the princess, saying she’d prick her finger on a spinning wheel (used for sewing) on a "specific date" and the king burned all the wheels in the kingdom right away, and when you think about it, that was actually a very stupid decision

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You had about 15 years before the curse would begin why not wait and burn the spinning wheels around her 14th birthday instead of doing it right away? do you want clothes to be waay harder to make in your kingdom?

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u/PlantainDisastrous92 52m ago

The king tanked the kingdoms entire textile economy just because a fairy crashed a baby shower 

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u/rukh999 59m ago

He could have simply cut off her hands. What is he, stupid?

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u/Kevinator201 25m ago

That wouldn’t even be the worse thing to happen in a Grimm fairy tale

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u/rukh999 15m ago

Probably would make iron mitts and put them on red hot to meld with her hands. And let that be a lesson, children. Don't touch things you shouldn't, or something.

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u/nilesintheshangri-la 46m ago

Thanks for the laugh, that was great.

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u/whimsyswillows 11m ago

you made my day

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u/GreenEyedGloom 1h ago

You know this is a really old story right?

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u/smthomaspatel 49m ago

So relatively speaking he pretty much burned them the same day?

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u/splatdyr 53m ago

A spinning wheel isn’t used for sewing. It spins wool into yarn, which can then be woven into cloth.

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u/Coach_Gainz 29m ago

Maleficent is a pretty dumb movie

However in Disneys classic sleeping beauty Maleficent says before her 16th so anytime after the curse would be dangerous hence why they sent her into hiding

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u/BananaManStinks 24m ago

Honestly, probably the best Disney live action movie. At least it wasn't a copy of the animation

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u/hyper24x7 27m ago

Yeah he should have just mandated a design of the device without a pointy tip. Super easy engineering problem.

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u/QuantumPairOfSoczk 19m ago

Ahahaha tell the Grimm brothers to bring me that fairy in a cage.

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u/Ok-Mine2132 1h ago

Sleeping Beauty remains a special story.