I don't know what anyone was expecting from Maleficent. It looks like a stupid kids movie in the previews? The only redeeming part from the beginning was Angelina so obviously she was going to be the highlight of the movie.
What you call "better" is unbearable flop material. Without RedOne, Fusari and DJWS she is an uninteresting husk that writes songs like Speechless, Yoü And I and the unreleased garbage you posted.