There are so many circumstances that could have given rise to a similar tale. Finally, Merida being a princess was wholly unnecessary, as was the marriage plot. The magic was not a symbol for finding strength within, it was the source of petty conflict. The grand adventure we all hoped for turned out to be an adventure in little more than family dysfunction. Instead, Merida and both her parents have to learn to bend their own wills for the good of the community, admitting that they might not actually be right all the time. Everyone seems to be brave to the point of pig-headedness. The lessons learned are not about finding courage. On the other hand, I’m pretty sure this film should have been called Humble. I also thought the moment when she literally went all mama-bear was pretty cool, but (spoiler) no one ever points out that the queen kills the bear that the king has been telling tall tales about taking revenge on for a decade. The evolution of the relationship is the biggest plot of the film and I actually like that in the end, if she’s accomplished anything substantial, Merida’s freed her mother from the pressure she was under to make Merida queenly and uphold tradition. When Merida’s mother turns into a bear, the ladylike queen in the body of giant brown bear was pretty visually funny.
It was interesting at a human-interest level. I also found the mother-daughter tension compelling in the way that mother-daughter relationships tend to be strained at one time or another (called puberty). He doesn’t listen to everything she says,which leads to very King Tritan moment on his part and later a sword fight between the two. But the relationship, like in real life, has flaws. He sees her for who she is and seems to think she’s a fun kid. What I appreciated about the film most was the relationship between Merida and her father, Fergus. I’ll return to this conversation shortly, but first, a drive-by of my specific thoughts on the film. This question has been active for quite a while, but the production of Brave has possibly given it a bigger spotlight and a concrete example of the possibilities and pitfalls of creating dynamic female characters, especially in a market so controlled by passive norms of femininity and the whole pink princess culture. I wonder if the best part, then, is the larger discussion the film has opened about the portrayal of heroines in children’s movies. UPDATE- Check out this article too: Slash Film: 15 Reasons Why Brave Doesn’t Feel like a Pixar Film (thanks, Megan!).
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After all the hype and months of hoping Brave would live up to it, the movie is just kind of mediocre. I could call these feelings ambivalence, but it’s more like all the things I liked were perfectly countered by other issues. There were moments when my friend Megan and I laughed aloud and others where we cringed. I spent the larger part of Brave playing a sort of mental ping pong, bouncing between disappointment or annoyance and hope or delight. I don’t think I’ve ever left a movie feeling quite so confusingly neutral before. Note to anyone reviewing Brave: the phrase “hits the target” has already been used.
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