Since Brave, Pixar is making more and more forgettable original, like The good dinosaur, Onward, Luca. But people anticipated more from Pixar, like people anticipate more from a Nolan new film or James Cameron new film. If it was made by any other studio, people would probably appreciate it more, consider it was actually well made, with state of the art animation. The first time Pixar's original didn't WOW anyone.
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With every new release, they either launched a new franchise (the toy stories, monster inc, the incredibles, the cars) of TV shows, merchandise and sequels, or set a new milestone for animation film story telling & technology (ratatouille, wall-e, up) that made them accepted by wider audience base and the critics.Īnd then Brave came, the first miss by Pixar. Listen to Julie’s beautiful voice in the trailer, and tell me in the comments below what you loved about Brave.You have the put in the historic context, Pixar at that time was unstoppable, every original they made was either a huge box office hit, a global culture phenomenon or both. Fowlis’ music, they told her, just kept coming to the top of the stack.” As it happened, each time the production team came to Scotland to do research, they bought loads of music recordings and took them back to California to listen. Of the award-winning Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, whose music is featured in the film, Kerry writes, “…when she answered the telephone at home in Scotland, she wasn’t thinking the call would be from Disney/Pixar Studios in California. Beautiful Celtic music. My friend Kerry Dexter covered the music for Brave at her wonderful site, Music Road. It’s a story many moms and daughters will find familiar (except for the curse part, hopefully).ĥ. There is tension, an ill-advised curse, and the eventual coming together to respect each other for who they are.
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She’d rather ride free in the wilderness than learn all the manners and protocol befitting a queen, as her mother had done before her. Much of Brave centers around Scottish tradition and Merida’s desire to break free. Merida encounters a mystical will-o’-the-wisp | Disney/PixarĤ. One scene finds Merida riding her horse into the forest and climbing a steep cliff, where she quenches her thirst at a sparkling waterfall. Crisp and gorgeous, this is Pixar animation at its best. The animation in Brave is so beautiful it made me want to weep - from the aforementioned blazing red hair to lush landscapes and haunting blue will-o’-the-wisps. As John mentioned in his review, hair like Merida’s is tough for an animator, but well worth the trouble for our viewing experience.ģ. What’s with all the straightening these days? Why can’t we just let our hair be what it wants to be? My hair is already red, so if I left it alone, it would probably look much like Merida’s mane. Her hair is curly and wild, and it made me want to revert back to the 1960s so my hair could be curly and wild, too. We’ve seen this before in movies like The Princess and the Frog and Tangled (two of my favorite family movies), but Brave takes it to a new level, and shows that even in a kingdom steeped in Scottish tradition, there’s still room for change.Ģ.
I love that this is a Disney princess story focused on the girl’s own personal development rather than her romantic interests. Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald), the teenage princess who’s trying to buck tradition and be her own girl, is strong, opinionated, and yes, brave.
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Here are five reasons why Brave is the best family movie of 2012 (so far anyway!):ġ. In our review here on Reel Life With Jane, John Dempsey calls the movie “simply beautiful.” In my review for my syndicators (read it over at ), I said I loved everything about Brave. I read the books, too, and loved both them and the movie.īut Brave? That’s clearly a family movie, and people of all ages will find something to love about it. Still undecided on that, but because of its huge fanbase of teens who’ve read all the books, we’ll put it in the family category. There have been some stout contenders - The Secret World of Arrietty, Big Miracle, The Avengers and The Hunger Games, among them. I’m not sure if The Hunger Games qualifies as a family movie. Brave is my favorite family movie so far this year.