Most boring animation of the year

Rating: 5/10 (1 November 2012)

This is a tale of two halves. The first half is about a princess who is rebellious in nature and questions the established traditions of her land. She loves archery. She has three cute as button brothers and they keep on raising hell. Suitors from three different lands arrive for her hand. This is what makes the first 35 minutes. This is the part I enjoyed the most. However, when she escapes from her palace and finds a witch, the movie goes on a downward spiral from which it never really recovers. The original director of the movie who also wrote the story, Brenda Chapman, was fired during the making of the movie. She was replaced by Mark Andrews and this shows very jarringly. The fun element goes missing and there were barely any comic moments thereafter.There are scenes showing mother daughter bonding designed to touch your heart. But they fall flat. The ending is the lamest I have seen in any Pixar movie(haven't seen the much criticized Cars 2). Overall I am disappointed with this because it fails to live up to the high Pixar standards and turns out to be a damp squib. 2.5 out of 5 for Brave. The title itself is misleading as there are hardly many instances when the princess shows her "bravery".