Pixar's worst

Rating: 3/10 (29 August 2012)

Pixar dropped the ball on this one. Don't get me wrong, it is still entertaining for kids, but it should also appeal to the parents that has to through this movie. Pixar used to tell multi layered stories, but instead this time we get a run of the mill princess story complete with what sounds like mock Scottish accents (I know that some of the voice actors are Scottish but I never heard mock Chinese coming from Mulan).
The visuals are breathtaking, however that isn't a qualifier anymore these days. Pixar used to use visuals as a story telling aid but Merida's hair just stood in the way, taking for what it seems a third of screen space at anytime. Subtlety is an art (i.e little things like floating specks in Nemo makes the underwater world so believable), and this time alas, the went for the butt jokes.
I left the movie feeling that the story felt disconnected, wait.... it felt like a direct to video movie!