Even better, the voicings here are among the most exceptional and pleasurable of any animated film you might care to name. The wild beauty of Scotland, of the verdant forests and the craggy peaks, is lovingly rendered with a gorgeous palette of painterly colors and in very agreeable 3D. On a sensory level, however, Brave is almost entirely a delight. Not only is the tale laden with standard-issue fairy tale and familiar girl-empowerment tropes, but the entire project lacks the imaginative leaps, unexpected jokes and sense of fun and wonder that habitually set Pixar productions apart from the pack. What results is a film that starts off big and promising but diminishes into a rather wee thing as it chugs along, with climactic drama that is both too conveniently wrapped up and hinges on magical elements that are somewhat confusing to boot. Thus ensues a lot of not-so-hot slapstick as bear Elinor knocks about in quarters too small for her and tries to communicate while Merida feels remorse and endeavors to reverse the spell. The spell, lo and behold, turns Elinor into an enormous bear, one that retains Elinor’s brain and heart but cannot speak. But it’s a move that channels the film into startlingly well-worn territory, that of a conventionally toothless and whiskered old witch ( Julie Walters) willing to cast a spell to grant Merida’s wish to change her mother so as to alter her own fate. The left-turn taken by the script co-authored by Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman and Irene Mecchi, from a story by Chapman, who co-directed with Andrews, might be embraced by those comforted by the familiar. It stands to reason that this first half-hour sets up expectations of a story in some way involving a renegade princess, trouble among the clans and/or a mysterious adventure involving the wisps and some Stonehenge-like arrangements that come into play.
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VIDEO: Full ‘Brave’ Trailer: Pixar Shows Off Scotland and an Epic, Animated Hairdo Once Merida shows them all up in an archery contest and her furious mother tosses her daughter’s prize bow in the fireplace, the headstrong girl takes off on her enormous steed, Angus. One look at the top suitors offered up by the three other leading clans and you can see what she means they’re the three stooges of Scotland, whose beefy kinsmen would sooner brawl than shake your hand.
As for marriage, nothing could be less appealing: “I don’t want my life to be over,” she rails to her mother. Under the strict tutelage of loving but demanding mother Elinor ( Emma Thomson), Merida has learned the necessities but is a wild lass at heart, desperate for her days off when she can ride off on horseback and perfect her archery. After a beautiful and eventful prologue in which flaming-maned Scottish princess Merida ( Kelly Macdonald) receives an archery bow for her birthday, glimpses blue will-o’-the-wisps floating through the forest and sees her father, King Fergus ( Billy Connolly), lose a leg to a ferocious bear, the action jumps ahead to her adolescence and her obligation to get married. Part of the problem is that Brave never becomes the film that seems to be promised at the outset. PHOTOS: 28 of Summer’s Most Anticipated Movies: ‘Avengers,’ ‘Dark Knight,’ ‘Prometheus’
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