The Pirates Of Pixar...leashed by Disney!

Rating: Null/10 (25 June 2012)

"Brave" is another Pixar creature unleashed upon the world...It still contains the Pixar magic of creativity and originality, in so far as the story and characters, the animation quality and the production values.
However recently, under Disney's tutelage, Pixar's vitality has started to fade away and die a slow painful death. While "Brave" still maintains some of the legendary Pixar vitality, it is also an example of how Pixar has started to become worn around the edges...
The movie still makes for a fun family viewing, with plenty for the adults sprinkled in there to keep the level of laughs quite high. Yet something is missing from this movie, which feels a lot more formulaic and restrained, something Pixar movies were never known for. "UP" was indeed Pixar's last minor masterpiece.
It will be interesting what the future holds for the studio and its increasingly troubled relationship with Disney.
I would recommend "Brave" as a movie, but with the caveat that hopefully Pixar's future projects re-gain their once almost expected quality. If "Brave" is a sign of things to come, then I'm not hopeful for the future of Pixar or animation for that matter...