2/16/2023 0 Comments Brave 2012 merida![]() By using Scottish actors for the most part, the film also avoids having a Mike Myers catastrophe in the accent department. The animation is stunning, and actually does a very good job of bringing this romanticised version of the mediaeval Scottish landscape to CGI life. However, every plot turn can be foreseen as if it was announced with a bagpipe fanfare and, perhaps more damningly, the character growth come the end is pitiful to non-existent. ![]() At the heart of Brave is a lovely story about finding your own path in life, whilst appreciating what your parents may want you to achieve and understanding that even the frustrating things they may do are born out of love. Focusing on a mother-daughter relationship will only get you so far in the originality stakes. ![]() For the sort of cinematic excursion Pixar has served up over the years, the fact is that Brave is a bit cowardly. Seeking a route to alter her destiny, a brief encounter with a witch goes awry and she must embark on a quest to make right her mistakes and her relationships.Īlthough the film is charming enough, the whole endeavor feels lacking in much ingenuity. Merida has a tense relationship with her mother – although the Queen wants the best for her daughter, Merida feels it is at the expense of what she herself may want in life. Although clearly not of the sit-nicely-and-eat-your-greens school of daughterhood, she only starts behaving like the typical movie teenager when the Queen, her overbearing mother ( Emma Thompson), calls the three clans – who have maintained a strained peace over many years – to the King’s ( Billy Connolly) castle to offer suitors for her daughter’s hand in marriage. Set in the olden days of Scotland (or at least a charming back-of-the-shortbread-tin reimagining of it) the film centres on Merida ( Kelly Macdonald), a young princess with a talent for archery. The final product however feels like a bit of an uninspired imitation. With Brave, all of the correct ingredients are here and cooked up with decent sprinkling of enjoyable charm. Pixar has built its reputation on smart family films that save a knowing wink for the adult audience without jettisoning good storytelling.
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