I Expected So Much Better

Rating: 5/10 (30 December 2015)

I haven't seen a Disney princess movie in years; I'd say since Aladdin came out on video. And to be honest, because I hadn't read anything about this movie I didn't know that this was a princess movie.
Allow me to be in the minority and say that I did not like it. I didn't know where the movie was going to start but it had my interest. Once it became evident that Merida (Kelly MacDonald) was a princess and that her mother was forcing her into the typical princess role I kinda knew where the movie was going. Enter a witch with a spell/potion to fix the princess' problem and there is your drama.
The movie was very formulaic and unimaginative. Even the actual spell she asked for was quite lame: "Give me a spell to change my fate." How generic is that? That could mean absolutely anything.
So, what did we have? Troubled princess, witch with a solution, conflict, climax, resolution (just in the nick of time in Disneyan fashion). Yes, there were some funny parts and yes, there were some cute characters; but overall it just didn't move the needle.