Plot:
Set during a rugged and mythical time, Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of royalty, is pushed by her mother Elinor to be the perfect princess. However, Merida has different life goals then the ones she was born into, which leads her to make a disastrous decision that, unless she can make it right, will destroy her entire kingdom as she knows it.
My Thoughts:
I love Pixar. How can you not? They've done everything from Toy Story to Monsters Inc. to Finding Nemo to Ratatouille, (a personal favorite) to Up...the list goes on. I have adored every movie they produce, with the two exceptions being Cars and Cars 2. So with that in mind, I went into Brave hoping for yet another gem to add to my Pixar movie collection. Did it deliver?
Mostly, yes. Brave, first and foremost, was hilarious. I'm such a sucker for slapstick humor, and this movie is filled with it. I laughed way too much for my own good, and, now that I think about it, much more so then the film probably deserved. If you found yourself laughing hysterically to Monster's Inc., then you'll love the humor here too. But, like all movies, if you go into Brave determined to never laugh, then you won't. I highly recommend going into this film with a desire to laugh and enjoy it...because you will.
The setting strongly reminds you of How To Train Your Dragon, but Brave just so happens to have the visual creative power of Pixar. Brave's graphics and animation are flawlessly beautiful, like most Pixar films. Merida's bright red hair will continually grab your attention throughout the film all at the right times, and the landscape was visually absorbing to say the least.
The storyline is the weakest part of the movie, and unfortunately one of the weakest plots from Pixar yet. It is utterly unoriginal...I'm not picky at all when it comes to the plots of animated movies, but this one was notably disappointing. The focus is on the mother/daughter relationship between Elinor and Merida, which was fairly well developed. But the overall storyline could have been much more creative and engrossing, and a plot twist or two would have been nice. (Basically, it's no Toy Story or Finding Nemo.)
I'm happy to say that Brave is, while certainly not Pixar's greatest creation, a good addition to their line of feature films. I was definitely disappointed in the (seemingly) lack of work that went into the script, but Brave's fun, clean atmosphere, incredible animation, and (warning: bias) well done humor still make Brave a worth-while venture.
Rating: 7/10
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