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A Review of Pixar’s Brave
Going into the theatre to watch the latest film from Pixar, I was... apprehensive. Every review I’d seen of the film, and every comment made on it, I had noticed complaints. Complaints that Brave didn’t match up to the rest of Pixar, everyone saying that the entire thing was predictable, so on and so forth.
Suffice it to say my expectations walking in weren’t that high. I only went because it was Pixar, and because I’ve been waiting to see this film all year.
I must say that I was surprised, to say the least. The animation was fantastic, as I’d heard- I only wish my theatre was one with the new Dolby sound format, as I believe the fantastic tone of the film would have been expanded beyond the confines of the current generation of sound technology. The grass and the trees seemed lifelike, and the birds sounded very realistic for an animated film. The entire motion picture was a treat to look at, and I would love to see another Pixar flick with a setting just as realized in the future.
The story was predictable as expected, to an extent- overall however, I didn’t find it to be that bad. I enjoyed the fact that Merida did indeed know that the witch was a witch. It added some depth to the story, and changed up the far overused “Wait that was a witch how did that happen, because I never knew that!” plot point. There were some clever twists- number one being the scene mentioned above, and some others being scene where the three brothers were turned into small bears- I had a good laugh out of that.
The characters were a real treat to watch as well- much like how I enjoyed the characters of How to Train Your Dragon in 2010, except more Scottish and less Viking. I would have liked to have seen more of the King like we saw at the beginning of the film and less of the raging, revenge obsessed King we saw later, and it would’ve been nice if the clan chiefs had been given larger roles, but overall I can’t complain. I really enjoyed the Witch and her pet- they were brilliant.
Overall, I must say, this film was brilliant. Unlike the more negative reviews of this film, I’m going to say that I loved it and recommend that you go see it now. It was a more mature take on Pixar’s usual formula, and for that I am thankful; it’s a very fun and exciting refresher from the likes of Wall-E, Toy Story and Up – although like all of Pixar’s films, those are brilliant in their own way too. Would I recommend this film over the likes of The Avengers or The Amazing Spider-Man? Perhaps not- but this film will still be more than worth your while.
Final Score: 87%
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