Crisp and gorgeous, this is Pixar animation at its best. The animation in Brave is so beautiful it made me want to weep - from the aforementioned blazing red hair to lush landscapes and haunting blue will-o’-the-wisps. As John mentioned in his review, hair like Merida’s is tough for an animator, but well worth the trouble for our viewing experience.ģ. What’s with all the straightening these days? Why can’t we just let our hair be what it wants to be? My hair is already red, so if I left it alone, it would probably look much like Merida’s mane. Her hair is curly and wild, and it made me want to revert back to the 1960s so my hair could be curly and wild, too. We’ve seen this before in movies like The Princess and the Frog and Tangled (two of my favorite family movies), but Brave takes it to a new level, and shows that even in a kingdom steeped in Scottish tradition, there’s still room for change.Ģ. I love that this is a Disney princess story focused on the girl’s own personal development rather than her romantic interests. Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald), the teenage princess who’s trying to buck tradition and be her own girl, is strong, opinionated, and yes, brave. Here are five reasons why Brave is the best family movie of 2012 (so far anyway!):ġ. In our review here on Reel Life With Jane, John Dempsey calls the movie “simply beautiful.” In my review for my syndicators (read it over at ), I said I loved everything about Brave. I read the books, too, and loved both them and the movie.īut Brave? That’s clearly a family movie, and people of all ages will find something to love about it. Still undecided on that, but because of its huge fanbase of teens who’ve read all the books, we’ll put it in the family category. There have been some stout contenders - The Secret World of Arrietty, Big Miracle, The Avengers and The Hunger Games, among them. I’m not sure if The Hunger Games qualifies as a family movie. Brave is my favorite family movie so far this year.
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