Brave
Brave isn’t one of the best Pixar movies. It’s perfectly adequate. I think that I find it such maybe because of the fact that it falls into the “Disney princess” realm. I wish it was a “Miyazaki princess.”
Brave is about Merida’s hair. That’s the first thing you’ll notice. It’s there and I don’t think even real hair would act that way. You’ll be too busy to make note of anything else, but if you do, you’ll find that Pixar has come a long way with real people. The figures of humans are very good and you can almost see the direct lineage from the human figures in The Incredibles.
The story follows Merida as she wants to not be tied down with what her mother wants for her. She rejects having to have suitor. Then she runs away and finds a fairy god mother to make her real mother change. It’s a story about family and finding that compromise is good. You have to accept each other.
I still wish Pixar could do a Miyazaki film. Perhaps its because I thought that they could learn a few things from the anime master.
It was good to see the thanks given to Steve Jobs.
3 of 5 stars
