[Spoiler Zone] Brave

The movie yammers on about fate/destiny in the first act, and then the final line of narration returns to it, as though hoping we'll forget the movie didn't say anything about fate at all.

Man this summer is turning out to be a tidal wave of dissapointment. I think I've finally reached the point where I look forward much more to movies coming out in Fall and Winter, than in Summer.

I liked it fine. I think it felt like two different movies, but that's more because of the switch between directors halfway through production, not the writers. It was heartfelt and earnest. However, I have a thing for redheads, so take all this with a grain of salt. Especially if they happen to be Scottish...

Last edited by Doctor Submarine (2012-06-25 01:10:58)

Don't forget John Carter.   

I actually gave JC another chance on video this week, and, nope, didn't get any better.   And listening to the commentary track with Stanton and two of the producers (ALL of whom came from Pixar), I learned two things:

1.  They had a lot of fun making the movie.   Which is nice for them.
2.  They really didn't know it was awful.   More than once they alluded to things they were gonna do in the sequels.  (The commentary was clearly recorded before the movie hit theaters).   

It was also informative to hear Stanton talk about how interesting it was to see what an "AD" did... since of course he'd never worked with one before.     No wonder the thing cost 250 million.

So, Lassetter, Stanton - forget the live action stuff, you're needed back home.    (Bird: you're good for now, you can keep going.  But try to keep an eye on things at the ranch, too, if you can.)

Monster's University would have been in production long before Cars 2 came out. According to wiki they were thinking about a sequel since 2005.

Wreck Em Ralph is my current last hope for Pixar's future.

Then I've lost all hope for Pixar then.

I think this is one of those rare cases where I saw a different film than everyone else did. I actually enjoyed that it wasn't the film the trailers said it was: it wasn't a wacky comedy (for most of it), and it wasn't yet another "strong teen girl kicks butt" tale. I saw it coming, but also liked how the torn tapestry actually had nothing to do with saving Mom.

I would be interested to know which half of the film belonged to the female director and which to the male one (the meeting Mom half way seems the most feminine, while kick butt rebel Princess is how guys like their women)

I find Wallstreet's concern for good storytelling touching Maybe others can report on how things are near them, but the Regal theater I saw Brave in today had it on 4 2D screens... and only 1 3D screen. I found that interesting.

Like I said, at least locally that would be expected when 3D only gets 1/5 of the screens.

I thought the theme was about being, you know, brave. Like, courage.