10 reasons to (re)watch Brave in 2021
1.The revolutionary female protagonist
As a 2000s baby, I grew up with the classic kids’ movies, where a prince rescues the damsel in destress and they live happily ever after. You cannot believe what a breath of fresh air this movie is in comparison to that. Now, you might say what about Mulan? Well this movie goes even further because...
2.There is no knight in shining armour
While we do have princes in the movie, they are pretty far from being called a Hercules or a Shang. This itself is awesome because the princes here are more likely comical relief
3.The women in this movie are epic
Merida is awesome, but her mother is in a whole, different league all together. (I’ll be talking more about her in a seperate post :))
4.The underrated soundtrack
Honestly, the soundtrack is breath-taking, but sadly rather unappreciated. There is great range of beautiful and emotional songs with their Scottish touch to them. For crying out loud we even have Gaelic featured in them as well as fan made extended versions. All in all, the movie’s soundtrack is very precious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p_a3GbyIBk
I am honestly baffled how underrated this movie actually is, despite having such beautiful, implemented messages, it doesn’t seem to be as popular as other Pixar movies. Maybe it’s because it’s so different towards what we are used to, but seriously you should give it a go. and better yet, prepare some tissues because you might cry, a lot.
6.The breath-taking scenery
While I do agree that Pixar’s animation is just superior in later movies, we need to talk about the scenery in Brave. I stumbled across an amazing article about a Pixar artist who worked on the movie. His imagery captures you in a way like no other. Along with that there is also an art book which lets you dive more into this artistic side of Brave. I always love seeing character designs among other things because it lets you dive deep into the production of such movies.
https://www.pixarpost.com/2012/08/pixar-artist-noah-kloceks-beautiful.html à Noah Klocek’s art
https://www.pixarpost.com/2012/06/art-of-brave-book-review.html à Brave’s artbook
7.The cute triplets – the sibling’s relationship
Often times we have had this rivalry portrayal of sibling relationships in kids’ movies. The Lion King and Cinderella might come to mind. This time we have this cute dynamic of an older sister and younger triplets. They get along pretty well and seem to rely on each other a lot. It’s really adorable.
8.The parents’ cute relationship
Merida’s parents are honestly so sweet together. While her dad is usually supposed to be strong and heroic, he acts rather adorable in front of his wife and that just shows much he loves her.
If you enjoy watching kings bickering about who’s better than the other, then I have just found the movie for you. The interaction with minor characters in the movie is just amazing. The most random characters might grow to you.
