Classic Pixar

Brave, the now six-year-old animated princess movie out of Pixar, is still one of my favorites. I recently watched the film again because my interest in Scottish themed movies has been rekindled after the new Netflix movie, Outlaw King. Brave is Pixar's first female-centered film, making it a historical piece of work. Similar to Braveheart, this animation at times can get pretty violent and this is troubling, especially for an animation meant for children. I have always admired the resilience and power that the Scottish people show in all movies that have any form of struggle. Historically speaking, the Scottish suffered quite a bit during the time of William Wallace and the fictional character Merida from Brave. Pixar's choice in having this female character be the first female lead is very important because she shows a very strong resiliance to the male-dominated screen.

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  1. jasonhDecember 5, 2018 at 6:55 AM

    Here's a quote from the link in the post below this:
    Brenda Chapman, co-director of 2012’s Brave and the first woman hired as a Pixar director, was taken off her film before it reached theaters. “When Pixar took me off of Brave — a story that came from my heart, inspired by my relationship with my daughter — it was devastating,” Chapman wrote in The New York Times the year the film came out. “To have it taken away and given to someone else, and a man at that, was truly distressing on so many levels.”

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