This is where the young princess must truly learn what it means to be brave. Women can have what they want but there will be sacrifices along the way. Merida says, “I want my freedom!” To which Queen Elinor replies, “But are you willing to pay the price your freedom will cost?”Īh, reality. Though Merida aces the competition, her plan to avoid marriage fails and prompting her escape into a magical forest despite her mother’s protestations. This is a pretty unconventional plot twist for a Disney princess and perhaps way overdue. Merida declares that the princes must compete in archery and as the firstborn child of Lord Fergus, Merida will join the other competitors in an effort to win her own hand. Merida is naturally rattled by her new fate and scrambles to find a way out of this age-old tradition. When Merida comes of marriageable age she is made aware of her clan’s tradition: the other three Scottish Lords, Lord Dingwall (Robbie Coltrane), Lord MacGuffin ( Kevin McKidd) and Lord Macintosh ( Craig Ferguson) will bring their firstborn sons to compete for the princess-bride. Due to her father’s influence, Merida is a skilled archer, something the Queen isn’t exactly thrilled about. The movie is filled with lush visuals, a nice sense of humor, and a good heart, but there's not much bravery in Brave.Merida (voiced by Kelly MacDonald) adores her poised mother Queen Elinor ( Emma Thompson) and cunning father King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and even tolerates her three wily brothers.
However, their new film Brave, retreats into the timidity of a standard princess narrative, limits the view of young girls to merely the issues they have with their mothers, and then teaches a weak lesson about communication. Making a fairy tale with a female protagonist wasn't groundbreaking, but it was new ground for the revered animation studio. They embraced an elderly hero who used his walker as a weapon.
They showed no qualms in spending an entire first act on a post-apocalyptic Earth. They proudly made a movie about a rat and artistic expression. From 2007 – 2009, Pixar excelled at this risk-taking in the field of animated family films. In order to be brave and bold, you have to step out of a comfort zone and take a chance on something that may not appeal to the masses. There's merit in compromise, but it can also foster mediocrity. Sometimes meeting in the middle isn't good enough.
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