![]() The film takes place in the fictional Scottish kingdom of DunBroch where the burly King Fergus (voiced by Billy Connolly) is the king of four united clans., husband to the regal queen Elinor (voiced by Emma Thompson), and father of Princess Merida (voiced by Kelly MacDonald) and a whirling dervish of redheaded triplet sons. All together, the components combine for a rich and entertaining film experience for kids and adults. This film is also their first original fairy tale and first period piece, set within a stunning Scottish-Celtic world of rocky greens and tartan patterns. Brave is the studio's first female protagonist and first princess, but a far different one, as you will see, than the lexicon of beauties we know and adore in the doll aisle at the toy store. Brave is an excellent collection of Pixar firsts. It may not be 5-star elite, but "very, very good" is still acceptable to sit at the same dinner table with those decorated movies I mentioned before. I think Brave is worthy enough to join Pixar's resume of near-perfection. That really beats Cars 2, but is far from the 90%+ that ten Pixar films of 13 have scored. According to the big wig critics so far, Brave is trending a solid 74% on Rotten Tomatoes. Brave needed to wash the Allinol out of our mouths and smell as good as the French cooking as Gasteau's. ![]() Personally, I thought Cars 2 was just fine and wasn't designed to gun for the Oscars that the last four Pixar movies earned before it.Įven so, Pixar had to wipe some egg off its face and re-prove themselves with their 2012 feature Brave, opening this weekend. Audiences only noticed a little and the popular Lightning McQueen brand still did great at the box office to the tune of over $550 million worldwide (though, that's a comparatively far cry from the $1 billion-plus earned by Toy Story 3). ![]() Last year, Pixar hit a true low with the dismal critical praise for Cars 2, scoring just 38% approval at Rotten Tomatoes. In a way, the lofty standards of anything less than perfect became not good enough when it came to Pixar. Consecutive years of major Oscar nominations bestowed upon Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, and Toy Story 3, only raised the bar of expectations higher for quality. Even then, Pixar already had a stellar reputation for making extremely original tales and well-crafted films that were bigger than just being "child fare." They were "events" and high quality compared to the computer-animated wannabes around it. Two years ago, during the infancy of my fledgling website, I waxed poetically about the notion of "perfection" when I reviewed the absolute instant treasure of Toy Story 3 and talked about the impeccable track record of Pixar Animation Studios.
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