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June 27th
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I just saw Brave and I have a lot of opinions. And I bet they are not going to be popular. But you know what? I don’t care.

I am absolutely unqualified to criticise this movie for its artistry, but you know what? I thought it was visually BEAUTIFUL. I’m not going to pretend I know anything about animation or that “rendering” stuff but the whole movie was unbelievably gorgeous.

However, something about which I do know a teensy little bit is writing and story. And as a daughter (in a family still fairly steeped in tradition) and girl, I know a bit about Merida’s situation. But I was deeply disapppointed. Visual quality alone cannot cover up a story’s problems.

I always applaud Pixar for creating animated films for children that produce feelings among children and adults that no one would expect—Monsters, Inc. did that for me. The Incredibles did that for me. Finding Nemo did that for me. Up did that for me. Toy Story 3 almost moved me—heck, everyone—to tears! These were all incredibly original films, and even though they were distributed by Disney, nothing about them was “typically” Disney. They were wildly creative, as well as moving and always memorable. In my very humble opinion, the case is not so with Brave.

Reasons and spoilers after the cut:

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April 24th
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shoomlah: No really, the film looks beautiful, but come on now, Pixar!  That dead horse was good and beaten by the time Titanic came out, no need to dredge up anachronistic narrative tropes. A lot of aspects of this movie are tired and cliche, besides this. This movie could have been so rich, fantastic and new but even after the new trailer, the movie still feels like it’s been 1000x times before. But whatever, it’s Pixar, they’ll automatically win the Oscar and make tons of money so who cares, pff But yeah I agree with Claire—God forbid a woman be fashionable or remotely socially normal as well as brave, daring, and kickass. Because, you know, femininity and awesomeness are mutually exclusive.

shoomlah:

No really, the film looks beautiful, but come on now, Pixar!  That dead horse was good and beaten by the time Titanic came out, no need to dredge up anachronistic narrative tropes.

A lot of aspects of this movie are tired and cliche, besides this. This movie could have been so rich, fantastic and new but even after the new trailer, the movie still feels like it’s been 1000x times before. But whatever, it’s Pixar, they’ll automatically win the Oscar and make tons of money so who cares, pff

But yeah I agree with Claire—God forbid a woman be fashionable or remotely socially normal as well as brave, daring, and kickass. Because, you know, femininity and awesomeness are mutually exclusive.

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February 23rd
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gingerhaze:

thedailywhat:

Early Bird Special: Two and a half minutes from Pixar’s thirteenth feature film, Brave.

In theaters June 22.

[disneyblog.]

Hm, ok, I’m a little more excited now. But I still wish I knew what the movie was really about.

Also, call me a Debbie Downer but I’m still not over the fact that Disney and Pixar refuse to make movies with female leads who are NOT princesses or who are not going to be princesses. I got nothing against princesses, but he rest of us ladies are pretty cool, too!

In any case, the animation is so beautifulllll and I’m also really glad this movie is getting so much attention on Tumblr (which is a given) and on my Facebook. It’s good to know people still get excited about animated movies.

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