Unoriginal

Rating: 6/10 (7 June 2012)

The best part of this movie was 'La Luna', the short film that preceded Brave because it presents the world in a way I have never thought of before. That's what I love about animation. It's can be a tool for creating spectacular worlds that are disconnected from reality. Without that, it's just a movie with pretty graphics.
Brave is just an average film. The main thing this movie is lacking is originality. I have seen movies with disagreeing daughters and mothers, I have seen movies with Witch spells gone awry, and I have seen movies where people turn into animals. All of this has been done before! This movie is filled with tropes I have seen twenty times before, and I was unable to get invested in the story because I already knew how it was going to end.
It certainly isn't a terrible movie (I wouldn't even say it's a bad movie), but it's definitely one of Pixar's weakest films. After Cars 2 and Brave, I'm starting to think Pixar is loosing it's magic. I hope they can get their act together with the next movie.