Sometimes even in the grandest spectacles, you can still witness spectacular mediocrity.
We already have seen it via Disney's 'John Carter', a live action involving a man inexplicably transported to the planet of Barsoom (Mars). The latest addition to the Disney-Pixar collaboration, 'Brave', while many bars better than 'John Carter', also had some issues, hence me ending up with this comparison (I mean, inappropriately, I have compared a live-action movie and an animation).
'Brave' tells the story of Merida (Kelly Macdonald, 'The Decoy Bride'), princess to King Fergus (Billy Conolly, 'Fido') and Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson, 'Nanny McPhee'). The father is the ratty and funny type and the mother is the concerned one with regards with Merida's milestones until she becomes princess, the correct and perfectionist dos of princesses.
Merida, however is an expert archer and does not want to be princess. In a confrontation, Queen Elinor and Merida completely exasperates each other. The queen, in her breaking point, throws Merida's beloved bow in the fireplace; the princess, unintentionally seeks help of the witch.
Soon enough, as Merida clearly told the witch to change her mother, the witch made his mother a bear, jump starting a plight through Queen Elinor's reverting, from bear, back to human form.
Bolstered with collectively astounding vocal performance, surprising amount of depth and eye-catching imagery, 'Brave' stand as one of the many good productions that the two giga-studios in animation have ever produced together.
The movie also had its funnier characters lead by Merida's three younger brothers. They always pull on witty pranks on somebody, and boy how I wish the movie offered the same amount of wits.
Because bugging enough, is the story that is in the movie, reminiscent to that of a Disney TV movie. A story line that has too plain of a format and too plain of flow of events. Something goes horribly wrong, heroine takes plight to save someone she loves and realizes how important that loved one is to her. (Did 'Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie' came in mind?)
'Brave' a successful project as a juvenile movie. For adults may not change lives, but will at least leave smiles on faces from when the reel begin to start rolling to when it ends, you will still find yourself wearing one.
GRADE: B+
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