Two of my friends with older kids saw it with their daughters and said it was perfect mother-daughter conversation starter. So, even though the ending shows a completely contrite Merida, I think the whining/complaining/arguing might outweigh her attitude at the end.Īn older child should be able to see Merida’s change from whining daughter to apologetic daughter better than a younger kid. I really try to shield (ok, overly protect) them from bad attitudes towards family (like uhm, every single elementary aged show out there). The main reasons they won’t be seeing it are the scariness and the attitude of Merida. For my young, impressionable and easily-frightened kids, it’s just too old for them. I can see some younger children being affected by that. The feeling of knowing that the bear was actually the mother and she was about to get killed made it somehow scarier. One of those scenes included a bear that was in fact the magic-ed Queen Elinor (I’m really trying NOT to ruin the whole story for you!) and at one point, I really thought she was going to die. That was one of three scenes that had a big ferocious bear fight. You may have seen the trailer with the giant bear. And although it was not sexy like Jessica Rabbit, there was still a joke or two about her body.Ĥ. One of the maidservants was an ample-bosomed woman. This coupled with one of the Lord’s lifting his kilt to moon the others, was too crude for a kids’ movie, in my opinion. ![]() When they finally do get to the ground and walk back into the castle, their bare bottoms are shown. There is also one part where the men get stuck on a roof, so they make a rope from their clothes to get back to the ground. The Scottish clans reminded me of the Thugs in Tangled, so they were very cartoon-ish and funny. Fighting and clobbering one another was par for the course. This is old Scotland we’re talking about. But real magic was crucial to this story.ģ. ![]() I’ll admit the witch leaned heavily into The Sword and the Stone‘s Mad Madam Mim, so she was comic relief. It was a witch-and-cauldron, ghostly-other-worldly kind of magic. However, this wasn’t the seven-dwarfs-true-love’s-kiss magic. I have always enjoyed mythology and fairy tales. I don’t want her mimicking eyerolls, complaints and phrases like, “You are never there for me!”.Ģ. I don’t want my daughter to identify with a rebellious girl. Now, this isn’t anything unusual for Disney (think Ariel and her, “I’m 16 years old!”) but the first part of the movie was filled with Merida rolling her eyes, whining, complaining, arguing and flat out disrespecting her mom as the Queen grooms her daughter for her role as Princess and one day, Queen.Īnd the problem is, I agreed with Merida! I felt bad that she had to learn to speak and write and be queenly when all she wanted to do was ride her horse and shoot her bow. Like I said, the story was really of Merida’s rebellion against her parents, specifically her mother. You’re sensing a “but” coming, aren’t you? You’re right. ![]() I love a good period piece (even if it is a cartoon), I used to teach archery at camp (I have the pins and badges to prove it) so the girl archer had me excited (especially after Katniss!) and I was happy to see a non-girly Princess movie come around. ![]() I was hoping the *heart squeeze* I get when I see Up or Toy Story 3 would be there in Brave. They made me fall in love with a cowboy doll, a trash compacting robot and a crotchety old man. They introduced us to the secret life of toys, rats, cars, superheroes, robots and the heart of a a forever marriage. I love every single thing that comes out of Pixar’s magical little brain. Let’s begin with the fact that I love (big puffy heart) love Disney and Pixar. I was amazed when about 40 of you liked the status and 14 of you commented! Who knew movie reviews were so popular?! Last night I announced on Facebook that my husband and I were going out to see a pre-release of Pixar’s new Brave movie.
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