Brave (2012)
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Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently brings turmoil to the kingdom. In an attempt to set things right, Mérida seeks out an eccentric old Wise Woman and is granted an ill-fated wish. Also figuring into Mérida’s quest — and serving as comic relief — are the kingdom’s three lords: the enormous Lord MacGuffin, the surly Lord Macintosh, and the disagreeable Lord Dingwall.
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... Mérida (voice)
... King Fergus (voice)
... Queen Elinor (voice)
... The Witch (voice)
... Lord Dingwall (voice)
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I enjoyed Brave but it wasn't without a few flaws.
First of all, I never felt like there was much meat to the story. It was enjoyable sure, and had some good morals and family values but I never felt like I was invested in the main characters. Stuff just seemed to happen.
Secondly, and this isn't as much the movies fault as perhaps the marketing that surrounded it, but it was actually a very different movie than I thought it was going to be. I discovered that it's hard to break those pre-conceptions as I kept thinking the story was going somewhere else than it did.
Brave was at its best when it made me laugh which unfortunately, was just too seldom. For example, the entire scene where the 3 clans try to fight for Mérida's hand was way too short!
The voice cast was very good though. Kelly Macdonald in particular, was perfect as Mérida.
All in all, Brave was good but not great. It just seems to lack the "magic" I expect from Pixar. Not their worst outing but close to it.
Writer:
Louis Gonzales (Story Artist)
Irene Mecchi (Screenplay)
Brenda Chapman (Screenplay)
Brenda Chapman (Story)
Mark Andrews (Screenplay)
Steve Purcell (Screenplay)
Nick Sung (Story)
Release Date:
2012-06-21
Run Time:
93 min
MMPA Rating:
PG
Reviews of
Brave
I enjoyed Brave but it wasn't without a few flaws.
First of all, I never felt like there was much meat to the story. It was enjoyable sure, and had some good morals and family values but I never felt like I was invested in the main characters. Stuff just seemed to happen.
Secondly, and this isn't as much the movies fault as perhaps the marketing that surrounded it, but it was actually a very different movie than I thought it was going to be. I discovered that it's hard to break those pre-conceptions as I kept thinking the story was going somewhere else than it did.
Brave was at its best when it made me laugh which unfortunately, was just too seldom. For example, the entire scene where the 3 clans try to fight for Mérida's hand was way too short!
The voice cast was very good though. Kelly Macdonald in particular, was perfect as Mérida.
All in all, Brave was good but not great. It just seems to lack the "magic" I expect from Pixar. Not their worst outing but close to it.
The following is a long-form review that I originally wrote in 2012.
The film in all was a relatively decent venture. Perhaps Pixar's well deserved success is its pitfall here. Though highly enjoyable, Brave was simply not up to the standard brought forth by the likes of the Toy Story trilogy, Up or Monsters Inc. ?This movie falls more into the category of "Entertaining, acceptable, cute" instead of the higher echelons some of the studio's past work has earned it.
Brave attempts to take the "Disney Princess" line away from its predecessors in which princesses are only good for getting themselves into trouble so that men can rescue them (ie. Snow White, Belle, etc.) or in the case of the Little Mermaid in which she is willing to almost literally walk on broken glass for a man simply because he's pretty. And for this, we thank Brave. All that said and done however, there was one rather unfortunate side-effect of all this. I at first simply felt it was my warped interpretation, but every person whom I've spoken to drew the same conclusion, so perhaps not... Now, I'm sure it wasn't intentional, but, I must say, the main character Merida... Seemed to... Have a thing for her mum. Just saying, honestly, that's how the piece feels as it plays out.
On a less incestuous note though, stand up comic/actor Billy Connolly as Meridia's father King Fergus is simply brilliant, and probably the highest point of the whole film. Though the animation didn't exactly make leaps and bounds forward in comparison to anything else that's come out in the past couple of years, it was still most certainly impressive.
Maybe if I had been part of Brave's target audience I could have appreciated the movie more. It was most certainly good, but I wasn't really ?blown away? by any aspect of the film whatsoever. It managed to scrape a slight "above average" but I really would have liked something more than I got, especially seeing as movies on the big screen tend to impress me more readily.
Brave's biggest problem is that it is, in essence, forgettable. Though an entertaining 93 minutes to be sure, I can't imagine myself hankering for a re-watch any time soon.
62%
-Gimly
Cast & Crew of
Brave
Cast
... Mérida (voice)
... King Fergus (voice)
... Queen Elinor (voice)
... The Witch (voice)
... Lord Dingwall (voice)
... Lord MacGuffin / Young MacGuffin (voice)
... Lord Macintosh (voice)
... Young Merida (voice)
... The Raven/Crow (voice)
... Martin (voice)
... Gordon (voice)
... Maudie (voice)
... Maudie (voice)
... Young Macintosh (voice)
... Wee Dingwall (voice)
Crew
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Music Editor
... Sound Designer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Thanks
... Thanks
... Producer
... Thanks
... Sculptor
... Production Manager
... Camera Operator
... Director of Photography
... Story Artist
... Supervising Animator
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Lighting Manager
... Second Film Editor
... Sound Designer
... Master Lighting Artist
... Post Production Supervisor
... Foley
... Foley
... Foley Editor
... Original Music Composer
... Production Design
... Executive Producer
... Thanks
... Sound Effects Editor
... Screenplay
... Casting
... Thanks
... Screenplay
... Director
... Story
... Associate Producer
... Thanks
... Screenplay
... Director
... Screenplay
... Co-Director
... Additional Storyboarding
... Executive Music Producer
... Casting
... Thanks
... Editorial Manager
... Music Editor
... Script Supervisor
... Sculptor
... Fix Animator
... Music Supervisor
... Music Editor
... Animation
... Thanks
... Shading
... ADR Editor
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Script Coordinator
... Sound Effects Editor
... Sound Effects Editor
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Animation Fix Coordinator
... Supervising Animator
... Publicist
... Publicist
... Publicist
... Script Supervisor
... Foley Editor
... Story
... Production Manager
... Master Lighting Artist
... Set Designer
... Set Designer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Animation
... Fix Animator
... Music Score Producer
... Animation
... Software Engineer
... Additional Editing
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Master Lighting Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... First Assistant Editor
... Master Lighting Artist
... Animation
... Set Designer
... Master Lighting Artist
... Post-Production Manager
... Thanks
... Animation Department Coordinator
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Conductor
... Software Engineer
... Animation
... Director of Photography
... VFX Artist
... Art Department Manager
... Musician
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Animation
... Art Department Coordinator
... Animation
... Production Office Assistant
... Fix Animator
... Fix Animator
... Master Lighting Artist
... Fix Animator
... Animation
... Master Lighting Artist
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Master Lighting Artist
... Animation
... Animation
... Master Lighting Artist
... Animation
... Fix Animator
... Master Lighting Artist
... Software Engineer
... Master Lighting Artist
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Fix Animator
... Master Lighting Artist
... Animation
... Music Director
... Finance
... Administration
... Administration
... Finance
... Publicist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Finance
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... Finance
... Publicist
... Finance
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... Finance
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... Finance
... Administration
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... Administration
... Administration
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... Finance
... Publicist
... Administration
... Finance
... Finance
... Finance
... Master Lighting Artist
... Master Lighting Artist
... Master Lighting Artist
... Supervising Technical Director
... Systems Administrators & Support
... Software Engineer
... Animation Fix Coordinator
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Finance
... Finance
... Finance
... Finance
... Finance
... Lighting Coordinator
... Lighting Artist
... Master Lighting Artist
... Security
... Security
... Security
... Security
... Security
... Set Dressing Artist
... Fix Animator
... Lighting Artist
... Editorial Coordinator
... Master Lighting Artist
... Scoring Mixer
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Software Engineer
... Software Engineer
... Set Designer
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Simulation & Effects Artist
... Thanks
... Thanks
... Thanks
... Thanks
... Administration
... Administration
... Administration
... Administration
... Animation Manager
... Animation
... Animation
... Animation
... Legal Services
... Legal Services
... Legal Services
... Legal Services
... Legal Services
... Editorial Coordinator
... Editorial Coordinator
... Editorial Manager
... Fix Animator
... Fix Animator
... Software Engineer
... Software Engineer
... Software Engineer
... Music Programmer
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Musician
... Post Production Assistant
... Production Office Assistant
... Production Office Assistant
... Publicist
... Security
... Security
... Security
... Security
... Security
... Security
... Security
... Second Film Editor
... Set Dressing Artist
... Thanks
... Stereoscopic Coordinator
... Systems Administrators & Support
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