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<\/a><\/p>\nDirectors: \u00a0<\/strong>Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews Central to the story is Merida’s relationship with her mother Elinor who is single-minded in her determination to see Merida fulfill the clan’s tradition of marrying a neighbouring clan’s prince.\u00a0 To this end, Elinor constantly corrects and trains Merida to behave in a manner befitting a lady.\u00a0 Meriad on the other hand has other livelier interests – archery and horseriding – and this becomes a source of much tension between mother and daughter.<\/p>\n The family patriarch is Fergus, king of all the clans.\u00a0 Voiced by Billy Connelly, he is a man with a booming voice and of great importance but he is ultimately laid back and is happiest when he gets to regail an audience with the story of how he lost his leg fighting the mighty bear Mor’du.\u00a0 He actually shows a greater willingness than his wife and daughter to listen and support both their wishes although he is not always the best moderator between the two.\u00a0 Fergus and Elinor also have triplets – three young boys who constantly get up to mischief around the castle but ultimately come to play an important part in the events that unfold.<\/p>\n When Merida ruins a festival where she deliberately outshines her suitors at an archery contest, she has a heated arguement with her mother and runs away from home in a fit of anger.\u00a0 In the forest, she follows a trail of willow-the-wisps and encounters a witch who is comically obsessed with making bear carvings.\u00a0 The witch sells Merida a potion to ‘change her fate’ to be betrothed to a tribal prince in exchange for Merida purchasing the entire contents of the witch’s shop.\u00a0 All Merida has to do is feed this potion to her mother, disguised in a slice of cake.\u00a0 From there, the film has a twist which I shall not spoil.<\/p>\n There are many characters in this film that can be considered brave.\u00a0 There are acts of courage shown by Merida and Elinor in protecting one another from harm.\u00a0 There is bravery from King Fergus who fearlessly battles twelve foot tall bears to protect his family.\u00a0 And there is bravery on the part of Pixar who have taken the time-honoured Disney princess formula and changed it in ways that allow them greater creativity with the story but will surely cost them a greater potential audience.\u00a0 Although I personally enjoyed this film, it has had a mixed critical reception and I wager its not going to touch the popularity of the heavy hitters like The Incredibles<\/em> or Finding Nemo<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nWriters: \u00a0<\/strong>Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews
\nCast: \u00a0<\/strong>Kelly MacDonald, Billy Connelly, Emma Thompson<\/p>\nP<\/span>ixar’s Brave<\/em> tells the story of a headstrong Scottish princess named Merida who is ‘fated’ to lead one life but yearns for another.<\/p>\n
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