While Pixar certainly isn't losing it's touch, there's a fair amount of controversy regarding the realm of the Disney Princess. One of the problems is the over saturation of the same storyline; Princess wants to rebel OR hero becomes Prince to save princess. Pixar went for the slightly less popular version because it targets a demographic that's growing out of the princess phase (we hope) and thus less likely to be interested in princess related media.
Movie Bob touched up on another big issue during his review of Up; the relationship dynamic between father and son is, unfortunately even in today's modern and feminist world, so much more compelling to us than the relationship between mother and daughter. This movie is a sad reflection of that idea.
Brave is by no means a bad movie. There were things that could have been flushed out more, but the plot was very direct, no major twists whatsoever, and a rediculous amount of male stereotyped characters. The only two major characters were a young woman trying to live life like a man and a mother who had to come to terms with being a bear. Once again we find ourselves with the dilemma of making a compelling female character in her own right.
What Pixar did manage to accomplish with all of this tired tropes should be commendable, because any other studio attempting the same thing would have been viciously attacked for it. If it were Disney by itself who would have just rolled their eyes at yet one more movie about princesses?
It was a cute flick, and I would suggest checking it out, but with the right expectations.
Movie Bob touched up on another big issue during his review of Up; the relationship dynamic between father and son is, unfortunately even in today's modern and feminist world, so much more compelling to us than the relationship between mother and daughter. This movie is a sad reflection of that idea.
Brave is by no means a bad movie. There were things that could have been flushed out more, but the plot was very direct, no major twists whatsoever, and a rediculous amount of male stereotyped characters. The only two major characters were a young woman trying to live life like a man and a mother who had to come to terms with being a bear. Once again we find ourselves with the dilemma of making a compelling female character in her own right.
What Pixar did manage to accomplish with all of this tired tropes should be commendable, because any other studio attempting the same thing would have been viciously attacked for it. If it were Disney by itself who would have just rolled their eyes at yet one more movie about princesses?
It was a cute flick, and I would suggest checking it out, but with the right expectations.
