Watched the movie this evening with a friend, and we both enjoyed it and had a good time... as said here before, these three fairies are plain dumb, but that aside, you've got a pretty solid movie which scores extremly well on the visual side! Really, there are many shots that are just wonderful and magical, especially when Maleficent is involved, be it in silhouette, hidden in twilight and behind branches, marching majesticly (sp?) through the forests, riding on her horse, or in full view, raging and commanding. The three costumes she wears during the movie are just spot on, in my opinion.
Although, James Newton Howard wrote a great and fun score for this one... especially all the flying sequences come to life through his music. :thumbsup