The Bear and the Bow Has Been Released!

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2012)

Originally titled The Bear and the Bow, Brave is the latest Pixar movie. I had a lot of expectations for this movie, going into it. It was my most anticipated movie of the year. These are the criteria for a Pixar movie: 1. It needs to be funny for all ages. 2. It needs to have a good story. 3. It needs to have good characters. 4. It needs to have top-notch animation. 5. It needs to be heart-warming.
Now let's see if Brave manages to meet with these criteria: 1. The movie's humor mostly consists of slapstick. If there's one thing we've learned from Looney Toons, it's that slapstick makes all ages laugh, from babies to old people. So Brave definitely succeeds in this aspect. While it mostly consists of physical humor (funny body language and people hitting each other in a funny way), it's still very funny. 2. Brave has a great story. It takes elements from past Disney movies, and puts them into one good fairy tale story with a good set-up, an unexpected plot twists and a happy ending. 3. The characters are a mixed bag. The family (the main character, her mother and father, and her little triplet brothers) are very good characters. The main character is one you want to vote for, the mother is a character you feel for but also disagree with (which is a great thing), the father is funny as hell and always makes you smile and the triplets are some of the greatest comic relief characters in Pixar (and maybe even Disney) history. But the rest of the characters aren't bad, but underdeveloped. But you don't mind them, in fact you want to see them on screen so you can know more about them. So Brave does succeed with the characters too. 4. Brave is definitely on my top 3 list of the best-looking animated movies of all time. Enough said. 5. While Brave doesn't reach the emotional standards that Up and Toy Story 3 have reached, it's still a sometimes tragic story that leaves you with a wonderful little finale.
So the results are in (by the way, I think I'm gonna do this for every Pixar movie I review on IMDb): Criteria 1 = 7/10 Criteria 2 = 8/10 Criteria 3 = 7/10 Criteria 4 = 10/10 Criteria 5 = 8/10
So overall, Brave is a worthy entry to the Pixar family, and ... wait here, I just have to do something real quick........ NO, CARS 2, YOU ARE NOT A RESPECTED FAMILY MEMBER, YOU CASH-CRAB! ....... OK, as I was saying: Brave is a great entry to the Pixar family and it seems that Pixar have returned to their glory.