He doesn’t listen to everything she says,which leads to very King Tritan moment on his part and later a sword fight between the two. But the relationship, like in real life, has flaws. He sees her for who she is and seems to think she’s a fun kid. What I appreciated about the film most was the relationship between Merida and her father, Fergus. I’ll return to this conversation shortly, but first, a drive-by of my specific thoughts on the film. This question has been active for quite a while, but the production of Brave has possibly given it a bigger spotlight and a concrete example of the possibilities and pitfalls of creating dynamic female characters, especially in a market so controlled by passive norms of femininity and the whole pink princess culture. I wonder if the best part, then, is the larger discussion the film has opened about the portrayal of heroines in children’s movies. UPDATE- Check out this article too: Slash Film: 15 Reasons Why Brave Doesn’t Feel like a Pixar Film (thanks, Megan!). After all the hype and months of hoping Brave would live up to it, the movie is just kind of mediocre. I could call these feelings ambivalence, but it’s more like all the things I liked were perfectly countered by other issues. There were moments when my friend Megan and I laughed aloud and others where we cringed. I spent the larger part of Brave playing a sort of mental ping pong, bouncing between disappointment or annoyance and hope or delight. I don’t think I’ve ever left a movie feeling quite so confusingly neutral before. Note to anyone reviewing Brave: the phrase “hits the target” has already been used.
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