Brave is a heroine you can root for but she is clearly outclassed by her doting, barbarian father, his other clan equivalents and her little brothers. They are mature, well-written and detailed movies, which have such a wide-grasp of audience, story and environment that you can’t help be sucked in. They manage to bring an extra edge and magic to their movies which elevates them above the usual animated releases. Well done, very polished but very similar to most everything else Disney. In the hands of “classic Disney” this could have fallen alongside the usual, decent but forgettable Disney-fare.
BRAVE 2012 MOVIE
It’s that Pixar suit that saves the movie though. The movie has a very Pixar feel to it and is clever, well animated and has those perfect touches that Pixar does better than anyone else. It’s a huge, glaring Disney message and moral in a Pixar suit. She does have classic Disney written all over her though: betrothed to be married, rebelling against parents and making a grave, selfish error which she has to then live with and learn from. A strong, independent and battle ready “princess” which may or may not be included in the classic, girl’s brand range. The first, most glaringly obvious addition, a princess.ĭisney have moved their princesses away from damsel’s in distress and Rapunzel from Tangled was fairly removed from Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty. I’m sure a lot of the movies that were released at the beginning of this acquisition were already in development and avoided too much Disney involvement but Brave seemed to have all the trademarks of a Disney movie. Which is why alarm bells rang slightly when Disney bought Pixar. They may have messages but they are never glaringly obvious or delivered with a predictable and transparent story. Their films are very original, never retelling old classics and because of this they have made groundbreaking, accessible and classic movies at an almost 100% success rate. Pixar have successfully gone in a different direction. Brave feels like Pixar attempting a Disney film – Princess included.
The clearest is “be yourself,” and this is the go-to moral for most Disney movies, even those as recent as Wreck-it Ralph. Even original movies, like Lilo and Stitch or The Lion King, have a clear message or moral. Of course they have the princesses, which I’ll be forced to come back to later, but more often than not, there is a general theme to the movie and you can see where the story is going. This has fallen to the wayside recently and the more you go back and re-watch any old Disney film, some familiar trends begin to show themselves.
The songs are great, the animation is always groundbreaking and the stories, even those that are retelling of familiar tales, are usually very good. There are always positives, particularly with the early, animated films. A certain expectation, and maybe stigma, comes with any Disney film.
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