How many times in the past few weeks have I been promising a review on Brave? Far too many. Fortunately, my days of sleeping in bloody late have drawn to a minimum. As much as it pleases me to introduce with no more ado my review on Disney and Pixar's Brave.
I've seen every Pixar film since Toy Story back in the day and every subsequent release with the exception of Cars II because we all know what's the damn point? First bit to catch my attention was the brilliant short La Luna. Now, we've all seen the little shorts before most Pixar films, but this was everything clever, smart, heartfelt, and genuinely inspiring. Who would've thought? Moon sweepers. Abso-bloody-lutely genius.
On the whole of Brave as another Pixar installment, I have to say there wasn't anything groundbreaking. The traditional Disney feel of adventure, excitement, heroism, family, and friends split the arrow right down the middle. I found myself laughing, taking the film seriously, and wanting that good old fashion Disney ending of happily ever after.
Without spoiling the film (moving into the plot now), Brave focuses on a rebellious young princess named Merida who wants nothing more than to be free of her overbearing mother. Preferring the adventurous lifestyle involving nothing more than her trusty bow and arrow, Merida goes about a rather brash action which leads into the perilous conundrum that reshapes her entire mindset about family and fate.
The acting, as a whole, was decent. Film buffs will pick out quite a few notable voices like Craig Ferguson, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Julie Walters, and Robbie Coltrane. John Ratzenberger has an appearance as Gordon, the guard. John's usually always been in Pixar's films like Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc, and so on.
While Brave's merits definitely outweigh the cons, I would've been fine waiting for this on Blu Ray/DVD. As this comes as a public service and since I've been wanting to see the film, my rating still racks up to the third quarter "Think about it for a bit, then go see the movie". Make your educated decision and enjoy whichever route taken.
Speaking of routes, why not take this one: #77- Read the Grimm Fairy Tales and ruin those childhood viewings of several memorable bedtime stories.
Until next time, dasvidania, comrades.
Yeah, yeah, it's not the proper Cyrillic. Boo-hoo.
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