Posts Tagged ‘Brave’

Box Office Hell — July 6

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Our Players||||
The Amazing Spider-Man ||||
Ted ||||
Magic Mike ||||
Brave ||||
Katy Perry: Part of Me ||||

Box Office Hell — June 29

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com
Brave |36.3|42.3|40.0|39.0|33.0
Magic Mike |31.3|35.7|30.0|34.0|29.0
Ted |27.5|27.6|24.0|28.0|26.0
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection |23.5|24.0|18.0|22.0|24.0
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted|11.0|11.4|12.0|11.5|11.5

DP/30: Brave

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Brave, producer Katherine Sarafian

Brave, composer Patrick Doyle

Brave, director Mark Andrews

“We’re not at the point (yet) where an animated film can feature an openly gay and lesbian hero or heroine, but Brave takes us one step closer to that inevitability.”

Monday, June 25th, 2012

“We’re not at the point (yet) where an animated film can feature an openly gay and lesbian hero or heroine, but Brave takes us one step closer to that inevitability.”

Box Office Hell — June 22

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com
Brave |64.7|59.7|58.0|53.0|59.0
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |22.1|15.3|16.0|15.0|14.0
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted|18|19.4|19.0|17.0|16.5
Prometheus |9.0|10.3|9.0|9.0|10.7
Snow White and the Huntsman|7.6|8.4|n/a|11.5|n/a
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World |6.7|6.7|6.0|7.0|8.5

Critics Roundup – June 21

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |Yellow||Green||Red
Brave |Yellow||Green||Green
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World |Yellow||Yellow||
The Invisible War (limited)|||Green|Green|Green
Nate and Margaret (NY) |||Green||
To Rome with Love (limited) |Yellow||Yellow|Yellow|Green

DP/30: Brave, director Mark Andrews

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Review-ish: Brave (Spoiler-Free)

Monday, June 11th, 2012


Brave is a fascinating film from Pixar.

It doesn’t feel quite like what we have expected from Pixar. It’s full of humans. It looks traditional. It starts with a classic traditional tale of the young princess who wants to be free to love as she likes,

And then, it turns. Big time.

It’s pretty much impossible to explain the turns in Brave without spoiling, so I won’t try. But emotionally, we go from feeling very comfortable that we know what’s coming to really not knowing at all.

The hero of our story doesn’t learn passively, a female character who needs a charming prince to come fix her vulnerabilities. She gets herself into trouble… she’s going to have to find her way out. She isn’t offered, by the filmmakers, an easy out with the perfect edgy, but good-of-heart heroic man.

Yet, this is not “a feminist film.” It is a film in which the hero happens to be female. We’ve seen this film in reverse many times. The prince doesn’t want to marry the politically expedient princess from another realm. But as you might expect here, there is usually a great beauty under the veil, somehow making the sting go away instantly. Or the prince goes oak a journey to prove his manliness before returning home to fulfill his duty… and again, tends to be comforted by a great beauty and perhaps, wit.

Not so easy in Brave.

Thing is, the movie is not self-serious. It is not in love with breaking ground for women in animation. There is still hair on the witch’s chin. There is still some funny anthropomorphism. There is also a lot of very broad comedy. (And perhaps more nudity than in any Pixar or Disney film ever.) Belching, farting, drinking, fighting, screaming, dancing… it’s all there.

My experience of Brave changed as I watched the film. I liked it, but wasn’t in love in the first act. It felt a little simple and Disney-familiar. But as things turned, I got more interested. And by the time things were heading to the climax of the story, Brave grabbed me harder and harder,

No smart alecky Tangled this. This film has the emotional weight of great child/parent sagas. What parents want to know about their kids… what kids dream they could see other parents. Weighty stuff. And the pressure is on for each side to find its own answers.

Smart stuff. And I think it will just get better with multiple showings.

McCarthy First-Reviews Pixar’s Brave

Sunday, June 10th, 2012

McCarthy First-Reviews Pixar’s Brave

Teasing Brave

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Some Concept Art From Pixar’s 2012 Brave

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Some Concept Art From Pixar’s 2012 Brave