There’s even a corset scene. It’s a tale as old as time and boring as dirt and it’s been done. The entire first half is devoted to Merida being forced to marry to a suitor and she doesn’t want to because she’s a strong, independent woman who doesn’t need to be married and likes to ride her horse and climb mountains and do archery which is SOO wrong because that’s not princess-y stuff. That’s not to say that Brave doesn’t deal with the usual themes of a princess movie either. So I commend Pixar for doing a princess movie that’s not a traditional princess movie. It is also a relationship that is not explored nearly enough in kids’ movies. Mother/daugther relationships are the most important ones, especially for young girls growing up and entering adolescence. But by having the movie focus not on Merida’s romantic relationships, but on her relationship with her mother, Brave gains an edge over most common princess stories. This is Pixar’s first movie featuring a female lead - and a teenage female lead at that. It’s new ground for the studio in more ways than one.
Brave takes the standard Disney Princess trope (none of them have mothers or have evil stepmothers) and explores it. For one thing, this princess has a mother, and their relationship is the key focus of the movie. It’s not that kind of a princess movie, really. I didn’t see the movie in 3D, but I assume it looks just as amazing. No other character in the movie looks like her nor any character in recent animation. Merida, in particular, stands out as being unique in her design, even without that untamed mass of red, curly hair, which was probably a pain in the butt to animate.
The misty and heavily wooded forests of Scotland look so real and the characters have a cartoonish yet real quality to them. Let’s start with the good points:įirst and foremost, the animation is astoundingly beautiful. I’m not sure Brave will do that for them though. With the disappointment that was Cars 2 (really just a cash-in for merchandise), Pixar needed something to bring them back, to remind people of the masterful and poignant storytelling they’re capable of. But I’ll get to that at the end.ĭisney (it seems they’ve taken the “Walt” out of the title – the opening credits read “Disney Presents”) and Pixar’s latest collaboration is this summer’s Brave, a highly anticipated original movie from the studio that brought you Finding Nemo, Toy Story and Monsters Inc. I know that’s a weird title for a Disney/Pixar movie, but I think that was the most surprising part of the film.
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