Saturday, June 23, 2012

Brave

  • You know what is extra awesome about Pixars latest animated epic Brave? Our adorable and endearing protagonist is a feisty, fiery ginger.
  • (MTV.com (blog))
  • The riotous mass of bouncy curls that crowns Merida, the free-to-be-me heroine of the new Pixar movie, "Brave," is a marvel of computer imagineering.
  • (New York Times)
  • Brave is Pixars first movie to feature a female protagonist. (In her Parents Guide to the film, Kristen Howerton writes that some may see it as the first feminist princess movie).
  • (Huffington Post)
  • A princess never lays her weapons on the table. A princess never raises her voice. A princess strives for perfection. A princess, in other words, is a royal bore.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • This week on Double Feature Friday, there are courageous, redheaded warriors and their realistic counterparts, two fictional movies about two very real presidents, and two very different looks at the end of the world.
  • (MTV.com (blog))
  • Brave should really be seen in 2D. It looks like Brave is brilliantly animated, but if you see it in 3D many of the details are lost thanks to how dark everything is.
  • (Examiner)
  • It's been a good couple of months for strong-minded women wielding medieval weaponry: "The Hunger Games," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and now Pixar's "Brave.
  • (Detroit Free Press)
  • VAN NUYS, Calif. - Under the watchful eye of an archery instructor, Kelly Macdonald slowly draws back the string on her lightweight recurve bow until her left hand reaches the bottom of her jaw.
  • (AZCentral.com)
  • PIXAR has moved into more traditional territory with its latest film - a twist on the standard princess tale Brave. But the films road to the screen was more complicated than you might expect.
  • (News.com.au)
  • For at least a decade, numerous individuals, particularly those in media, lamented the fact that Pixar had never made a film with a female protagonist. I lamented it. So did this blogger. And this one. And many others. Now that movie is here.
  • (Washington Post)

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