Merida is annoyed that she has to marry and grow up she blames her mother and wishes her dead while ripping up the coveted family tapestry with a sword.

Brave focuses entirely on the mother daughter bond rather than that of the father and the characters aren’t driven by true loves kiss which is really refreshing, but Brave sends off mixed messages about morals and stability that means the upheaval in Disney princess stories is easily overlooked. The kingdom is made up of separate clans who have all agreed to be loyal to each other and not go to war as long as the first born daughter marries one of their sons, but in a not so typical Disney fashion Merida does not have a knight in shining kilt.

Merida’s refusal to take her role as a princess seriously and choose a man to marry means that her and her mother come into conflict, especially since her father, King Angus (Billy Connolly) can stand up to the evil bear Mordu, but not his daughter. Pixar have produced so many beloved films that when they release new ones there are high expectations, and unfortunately Brave doesn’t quite hit the Pixar spot.īrave tells the cliché Scottish tale of Princess Merida (Kelly MacDonald) a girl buried under a head of giant red curls, who would rather climb trees and tear up the surrounding forest on her horse than obey her mother, Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson). The Film Society have finally caved into demands and hosted a Disney Pixar month, the member polls showed that the first film of the season would be Brave (2012) and I have to admit I was slightly disappointed.

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