Spoiled the opportunity of a great story

Rating: 1/10 (7 November 2012)

This movie was OK and entertaining and exciting up until she meets the witch, from there its a free fall in all respects.
the mother as a bear was terrible and horrible to watch, felt awkward throughout - made the impression that Pixar/Disney just wanted to make a BrotherBear movie on their own.
This is what SHOULD have happened:
Merida flees the castle and finds out about the true story behind the big bad bear in the forest - she meets him and fights with him, but also finds out how to unlock his 'fate' - they become lovers and they ride back to the castle were the king and queen are happy to see them.
that would have made a MUCH better story and made better use of the 'magic' ...
Killing the unlucky bear/prince was just horrible and slightly cruel - why did he have to die ? The mother wasn't evil, that's what we learned throughout second half of the movie...
such a spoiled opportunity of a great movie :-(