Saturday, March 03, 2012

A Princess Movie Rehash?

That seems to be the question:

Otaku Kun says: "Brave goes where every Disney film has gone before..."

Erik Kain responds: "Do we honestly expect Brave to be a rehashing of an old Disney plot: defiant girl casts off shackles of oppressive society so that she can pick the boy of her dreams?

I wouldn’t bet money on it. Brave will be something else. Something more than what we’ve come to expect from Disney. ...

Judging from the clips, I don't see how anyone could think that Brave is going to retrace the "feisty heroine" story arcs of the nineties films.

There's a little of the flavor of How to Train Your Dragon, yes? But that seems semi-unavoidable, given the setting and the overlapping voice actors.

All in all, the pic looks to be something different for Pixar. If nothing else, it gives us the Emeryville's studio first female protaganist.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I dunno. It still looks a bit like Erik Kain's quote. Sure, there will be plot twists and action and stuff boys love, but in the end, Brave is a "defiant girl" struggling in "oppressive society."

Anonymous said...

You're reporting this info via a cheesy fan blog of bad Japanese cartoons?

Chris Sobieniak said...

Well at least someone's honest of bad Japanese cartoons (if we're on the same page since I think anything after the late 90's is bad anyway).

Anonymous said...

I've seen Brave. It's fine, but not as good as people are expecting.

Anonymous said...

I like how it's a Disney film and no longer a Pixar film.

Steve Hulett said...

^ That seems to happen after Disney buys the company.

Anonymous said...

He means the press is calling it a Disney film, not a Disney/Pixar film. All the ads are clear that it's the latter.

Remember: if it's a great film, Pixar made it; if it's a bad film, Disney made it.

Anonymous said...

Pixar is owned by Disney, isn't it inevitable if you spent 7.5 Billion to buy something then you own it and can call it whatever you want.

Anonymous said...

"Remember: if it's a great film, Pixar made it; if it's a bad film, Disney made it."

Or the other way around - because PIXAR made Cars 2...

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