Not a campy approach to say the least. Angelina Jolie's entrance, which is in voice only, is powerful, smooth, utterly confident and, yes, scary.
This seems directly connected to the Disney of the 40s and 50s. There's an elegance in this antagonist that belongs to another era. This (wicked) fairy godmother has little in common with the usual puffed-up bad guys, full of themselves, or gruesome monstrosities wholly lacking in any quality that suggests refinement. Jolie's Maleficent is a worthy 'Mistress of all Evil' for a contemporary audience. She is frightening because she is powerful, intellectual, cunning and, most of all, vulnerable. The character elicits antipathy and sympathy in equal measure.
This will score with kids as well as adults, and will probably be must-see for cinephiles. Exciting, lush...wow.
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