Rather than simply remaking "Sleeping Beauty" -- one of many animated Disney movies ... classic's main villain, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie, in one of her best movie roles), in a self-titled ...

Now, if you've already decided you want to love this movie and don't want ... doesn't really work in light of Maleficent's clear basis in the Disney animated version of the fairy tale.

It's been 55 years since her big-screen debut in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, but we all remember Maleficent: red lips, twisted horns, and green flames. She's the self-proclaimed Mistress of All Evil ...