They kept on making better and better animation movies. BRAVE is the best animation movies up to now. I would like to congratulate the Pixar studios for bringing such a joy to the world. I have been looking out for this movies and saw this movies on the first day,first session of the special prescreening before it is supposed to be screening the following week. It was so good that I saw it twice on the same day. something I have never done to any movies before. and I will see this movies again and again, it is that good I hate reading reviews that tell you what happened in the movies. it is like telling who done it in a murder mystery. so I will not tell anything and just let you find out for yourself what happens. I can only tell you that this is a grand masterpiece of animation, an animation at its best, a real beauty set in a fascinating time, a timeless tale It would carry us out of this world into a world full of wonder, beauty, a neverland. It is Magical. For those who appreciate arts, watch the dresses carefully and compare them with the masterpiece paintings in art galleries. Also watch the facial expressions of the characters and compare them with the best actors and actresses in best acting movies. One word of warning, do not leave until after the credits or you will miss out something. It is such a joy and I already enquired about buying it on 3D bluray when it is available
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The trailers didn’t do it much justice nor indeed generate much excitement from my part in the build-up to the release of Pixar’s Brave. Now hand in hand with Disney, I was even more sceptical that this was a more Disney influenced move to create a more traditional animation in the form of a fairy tale which to me wasn’t something that Pixar was about. Pixar now has an established reputation (that also perhaps counts against them) for making bold, creative and less obvious, for lack of a better word, films that have not been in a conventional sense; Ratatouille, Wall-E and Up for instance. Plus Pixar have also been leading heavily in the stunningly beautiful animation that gives all their films a unique look. Needless to say, going into this I wasn’t holding much hope or enthusiasm but see it I did because this was still Pixar and I came out eating my own cynicism.
Whilst I didn’t feel that Brave pushed the boundaries even further for Pixar the same way Wall-E did (as unfair as this must sound) but what I am sure is that this was testament to how well Pixar tells not just new stories but older ones too. This is a film that pleasantly surprised me; it was a fairy-tale featuring the usual clichés of witches, monsters and magic etc. but the film itself seemed to avoid the cliché plot structure and twists and ends up being something that felt quite different. The central focus for example is a story about a rebellious princess and her eroding relationship with her controlling mother. It’s certainly a bold step and a little feminist in its ideology but it’s also a delight. Other Disney films have of course had female leads but they usually end up being saved by a prince or knight in shining armour type figure; here the female characters are dominant and stronger. I don’t personally recall any other Disney film dealing with mother/daughter issues before but it worked for me completely and without giving spoilers away, I found it to be a warm and heartfelt story that highlights the bond between parent and child that sometimes gets forgotten.
From the opening shots you’re once again reminded, provided you’ve somehow managed to forget, just why Pixar are the top animation studio around at the moment because their animation is still just sensational. The amount of detail is breath taking and it seems to get better with every film and Brave is no exception. If there is a weakness then I would say it is the ending which sadly does feel rather generic and falls in line with other Disney films and not just fairy tales.
I’ll let you decide for yourself but I think for a film which has defied my negative preconception and ended up something quite special in itself, the ending is very disappointing. But the film as a whole is a worthy addition to Pixar’s catalogue of good and great films, Brave is an exceptionally funny and at times moving fairy tale that avoids most clichés and takes it story into places you might necessarily have expected going into it.
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When I first heard of this movie, I inwardly groaned, thinking it would be the same nonsense about a girl being cooped up and forced to act ladylike when she’s really a tomboy and wants to shoot arrows, but who just gets married or falls in love in the end.
When I started to watch it, I got ready to be disappointed. However, as the movie progressed, I realised that it was not the same as your usual evil-mother-cum-society-stopping-a-girl-from-being-herself film. While Merida is certainly a daddy’s girl, she clearly loves her mother dearly, and the movie surprises the audience by starting to revolve around a mother-daughter relationship rather than a father-daughter one. Initially, we can see why Merida is so unhappy with the notion of arranged marriage, but we also realise that, as a princess, she has many duties she shirks in the name of being ‘free-spirited’ (which is, frankly, bratty and irresponsible).
We see Merida grow from a childish girl to a grown woman who understands the need for duty while not compromising on her love for life.
To be honest, it’s not Pixar’s most innovative or stunning film, but I had to give the extra star for breaking the flow of a cliched heroine. Miraculously, Merida, despite being a teenager, does not fall in love. Wonder of wonders. I didn’t laugh out loud at any point in this movie, though there were some tearful moments and some grins.
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A visual feast for the family and the young at heart,
They kept on making better and better animation movies. BRAVE is the best animation movies up to now. I would like to congratulate the Pixar studios for bringing such a joy to the world. I have been looking out for this movies and saw this movies on the first day,first session of the special prescreening before it is supposed to be screening the following week. It was so good that I saw it twice on the same day. something I have never done to any movies before. and I will see this movies again and again, it is that good
I hate reading reviews that tell you what happened in the movies. it is like telling who done it in a murder mystery. so I will not tell anything and just let you find out for yourself what happens. I can only tell you that this is a grand masterpiece of animation, an animation at its best, a real beauty set in a fascinating time, a timeless tale It would carry us out of this world into a world full of wonder, beauty, a neverland. It is Magical.
For those who appreciate arts, watch the dresses carefully and compare them with the masterpiece paintings in art galleries. Also watch the facial expressions of the characters and compare them with the best actors and actresses in best acting movies.
One word of warning, do not leave until after the credits or you will miss out something.
It is such a joy and I already enquired about buying it on 3D bluray when it is available
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|Brave: Better Than Expected,
The trailers didn’t do it much justice nor indeed generate much excitement from my part in the build-up to the release of Pixar’s Brave. Now hand in hand with Disney, I was even more sceptical that this was a more Disney influenced move to create a more traditional animation in the form of a fairy tale which to me wasn’t something that Pixar was about. Pixar now has an established reputation (that also perhaps counts against them) for making bold, creative and less obvious, for lack of a better word, films that have not been in a conventional sense; Ratatouille, Wall-E and Up for instance. Plus Pixar have also been leading heavily in the stunningly beautiful animation that gives all their films a unique look. Needless to say, going into this I wasn’t holding much hope or enthusiasm but see it I did because this was still Pixar and I came out eating my own cynicism.
Whilst I didn’t feel that Brave pushed the boundaries even further for Pixar the same way Wall-E did (as unfair as this must sound) but what I am sure is that this was testament to how well Pixar tells not just new stories but older ones too. This is a film that pleasantly surprised me; it was a fairy-tale featuring the usual clichés of witches, monsters and magic etc. but the film itself seemed to avoid the cliché plot structure and twists and ends up being something that felt quite different. The central focus for example is a story about a rebellious princess and her eroding relationship with her controlling mother. It’s certainly a bold step and a little feminist in its ideology but it’s also a delight. Other Disney films have of course had female leads but they usually end up being saved by a prince or knight in shining armour type figure; here the female characters are dominant and stronger. I don’t personally recall any other Disney film dealing with mother/daughter issues before but it worked for me completely and without giving spoilers away, I found it to be a warm and heartfelt story that highlights the bond between parent and child that sometimes gets forgotten.
From the opening shots you’re once again reminded, provided you’ve somehow managed to forget, just why Pixar are the top animation studio around at the moment because their animation is still just sensational. The amount of detail is breath taking and it seems to get better with every film and Brave is no exception. If there is a weakness then I would say it is the ending which sadly does feel rather generic and falls in line with other Disney films and not just fairy tales.
I’ll let you decide for yourself but I think for a film which has defied my negative preconception and ended up something quite special in itself, the ending is very disappointing. But the film as a whole is a worthy addition to Pixar’s catalogue of good and great films, Brave is an exceptionally funny and at times moving fairy tale that avoids most clichés and takes it story into places you might necessarily have expected going into it.
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|A fresh perspective,
When I first heard of this movie, I inwardly groaned, thinking it would be the same nonsense about a girl being cooped up and forced to act ladylike when she’s really a tomboy and wants to shoot arrows, but who just gets married or falls in love in the end.
When I started to watch it, I got ready to be disappointed. However, as the movie progressed, I realised that it was not the same as your usual evil-mother-cum-society-stopping-a-girl-from-being-herself film. While Merida is certainly a daddy’s girl, she clearly loves her mother dearly, and the movie surprises the audience by starting to revolve around a mother-daughter relationship rather than a father-daughter one. Initially, we can see why Merida is so unhappy with the notion of arranged marriage, but we also realise that, as a princess, she has many duties she shirks in the name of being ‘free-spirited’ (which is, frankly, bratty and irresponsible).
We see Merida grow from a childish girl to a grown woman who understands the need for duty while not compromising on her love for life.
To be honest, it’s not Pixar’s most innovative or stunning film, but I had to give the extra star for breaking the flow of a cliched heroine. Miraculously, Merida, despite being a teenager, does not fall in love. Wonder of wonders. I didn’t laugh out loud at any point in this movie, though there were some tearful moments and some grins.
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