It could have been better

Rating: 5/10 (13 August 2012)

In my own opinion, I fervently believe that Pixar doesn't make mistakes. So of course I was going to watch Brave and I thought that it was going to be amazing. Afterwards, I felt that it was... generic, predictable and slightly boring.
After watching the trailer I was under the assumption that Brave was going to be an adventure- type movie. When it neared the middle, I realized that she wasn't going anywhere, and that kind of brought the movie down for me. Add that with the fact that the plot was a plot that we've all seen before. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with a plot like this where the main character learns a valuable lesson about not taking things for granted, but there was nothing special added here. I watched this movie, successfully predicting what would happen next, and it made the movie kind of a drag.
Also, I felt that the characters lacked... depth, I guess I could say. They weren't memorable. I couldn't even tell you names besides Merida. I feel that the writers didn't spend enough time to really develop the characters as much as they should have.
On the plus side, Brave was done nicely in a visual sense. Also, I loved how the writers portrayed Princess Merida as an independent, headstrong girl who didn't need a man to save her. She wasn't a damsel in distress and I loved that about her character.
I'll admit, I'm a little biased so I wouldn't say the movie was outright terrible, but I will say that I wish the movie's plot was thought out and executed better. I do think that Brave was a nice movie, but it's not something I'd go out and purchase on DVD or rave about to others who haven't seen it yet. I'd tell others to just to Redbox it because, considering the movie's non- special, typical story, I'd go as far as to say that it's not worth the ridiculous price of a movie ticket nowadays.