![]() ![]() ![]() On the surface, this doesn't seem particularly inventive. In the film, Scottish princess Merida, unwilling to accept an arranged marriage, asks a witch to "change her mother." The witch complies, the spell backfires, and Merida and her mother Elinor must work together to undo the damage. One of the most unconventional things about Brave is that, at its heart, it is a story about a mother-daughter relationship. While I agree that some aspects of the story were not exactly groundbreaking (spells, witches, marriage issues), and the Scottish history may have been a bit murky, Brave is actually more innovative than some of Pixar’s earlier releases, just not in the way that many were expecting it to be. After the film’s premiere, many critics complained that the film was “uninspired” and “conventional”. Prior to the film’s release, viewers knew that this would be Pixar’s first animated film to feature a female protagonist (a slightly embarrassing admission considering how many great films have come out of that studio), and also the first film to really master the animation of human hair. Much was made of Pixar’s latest release, Brave, before and after its premiere, for a number of different reasons. July 30th, 2012 by Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite Comments In the Blog The Surprising Appeal of Brave ![]()
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