brave // movie review

I know. It's been a little while. Actually a long while. But I'm still here. I'm just mega-busy with life. :D

But I wanted to post this for a specific reason...I went to see Brave in 3D yesterday with my family. Pretty awesome. And I wanted to review it to give y'all my opinion on Pixar's awesome new film.

So here we are...

Having watched most of Pixar's films, I'm a huuuuge fan. They (almost. Walle's my 1 exception) always seem to add a perfect amount of seriousness with a perfect amount of humor. Plus they're animated. And I LOVE animated movies. :D

Brave is the first Pixar film in which there is a princess. And it's also the first Disney princess film in which there isn't a prince.

So let me introduce you to Princess Merida:

Let me just put it like this. She rocks. She's an archer; she has triplet brothers; and she has red hair. How can you go wrong?

But Merida hates her fate. Very soon she's going to have to be betrothed. And all that will do it take away her freedom, in her opinion.

Her well-respected mother, Queen Elinor trys to make a proper lady of Merida. But Merida is convinced that Elinor is trying to live Merida's life for her. And the princess hates it.

 So when the time comes when she'll have to pick her future husband, she runs. And she and her horse find a witches cottage where Merida thinks she may have found a solution to her problem.

But the witch doesn't mention one of the side-effects of her potion...

And everything goes downhill from there.

It's a very cute movie. But, honestly, for a Pixar film, it gets rather dark. If you've watched the trailer, you'll know there are bears involved. And even animated, these bears are terrifying. I know my brother would've been scared to death. So if anyone in your family was scared by Tangled, Brave is probably not for them.

However, there was some pretty clever humor in it, provided mostly by these three. I have to say, the triplets are the best characters in the movie, by far. They're cute, and they're very clever (especially for people so small. :D) 

So of the humor wasn't quite so nice, though. You know, bathroom humor and stuff. All of it wasn't really necessary, but at least since it's animated, they can still pass it off as PG.

All in all, *very* cute movie. At times it was scary, it even made me cry (yeah, i know. an animated film.), but it was great. 

And the storyline is good too. Because, though Merida is sassy in the beginning, she ends up having to fix her mistake herself. And that was good for her and her family.

I'm gonna give it a ***** out of *****. :)

And know that it's up there with The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Cars 2. ;)

~Vivi~

P. S. It has a toddler version of Merida in it that's adorable. So even if you watch it just for that, it'll be worth it. :P

P. P. S. I know I said we saw it in 3D, but just FYI, the 3D doesn't add very much. So I'd probably just go 2D if I went again. ;)