Brave is such a lush, gorgeous film to watch. I actually saw BRAVE in 2-D for my first viewing, and assuming I'd make a point of seeing it in 3-D eventually, but now I'm not so sure. The water, greenery, fur on animals, beards on humans, fabrics, and of course Meridas fiery red mane of hair all look spectacular—better than I've ever seen them look in an animated work. True, gorgeous visuals don't make a movie good or bad, but they sure to make my eyes happy.
But there's something kind of great about this way BRAVE's plot unfolds. It takes some crazy twists and turns, for sure, but I was always guessing and getting more interested in where it would take me. I loved the parent-child emphasis, but there's also a mystical quality to the film that seems drawn directly from Scottish folklore. Since this is Pixar, humor is also a big part of the movies, but most of that involves the fathers (Kevin McKidd, Robbie Coltrane and Craig Ferguson) of the three suitors, who lock horns with King Fergus about the possibility of their peace treaty falling apart if Merida doesn't pick a husband. The film's greatest lesson is about taking responsibility for your actions.
Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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