Pixar’s Brave

• DateJune 20, 2012
• Authorceltique
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Last night we were lucky enough to see a sneak preview of the movie Brave. It’s Pixar’s 2012 flick that’s based in Scotland. It opens here in the US for general viewing on Friday, June 22, 2012.

The premise is like so many movies about young women; Merida (the flamey haired protagonist) doesn’t like the hand she was dealt and wants things around her to change. Needless to say high-jinx ensue and everything works out in the end. I’m not going into more detail about the actual plot because I don’t want to spoil anything for those that are going to see the movie.

Is the movie good? Yes, but it’s not Pixar’s best.

Would I see the movie again? Yes, with the stipulation that it was NOT 3D. I say this because at times the 3D would make the movements of the characters jumpy (especially during fast moving scenes) and it also caused things in the background to go very fuzzy when there was something else on the screen that the film makers wanted you to focus on. I would have much preferred seeing the film in regular HD so I could look at the whole screen the way I view things and not have someone tell me to look at specific moments. This could also be my fascination with character costuming coming out in that I loved Tangled in HD and looking at the stitching and fabric types the animators picked for characters. This was completely blurred with the 3D glasses.

To be sure I’m not complaining that I got to see this movie early and I will most likely be going to see it in theaters again. I am just not a fan of 3D and probably never will be.

A few other fun things with the movie are that there is a scene with Highland Cows. They’re so fuzzy and cute, even on screen. There are bagpipes. Happily the movie did use Scottish bagpipes in the movie much more often than the Irish uilleann pipes, which is very common in movies with Scottish themes. There are also many Celtic knots in the background of the credits. My favorite of these were the snowflakes. If you watch closely you’ll see that not all of the snowflake knots are the same. You will also be rewarded for staying through all the credits.

That’s it for my first written movie review.