What results is a familiar story told with impressive artistry and integrity, inside a deceptively simple treatment that hides its unconventionality behind its embrace of tradition.Įven the film’s main theme is about letting go of certain traditions to make room for all new ones. As much as Pixar’s film follows the conventional Disney storybook recipe, there are moments wherein the premier animation studio breaks convention indeed, somewhere behind the scenes, a Parisian rat has added a dash of smoked paprika and diced shallots to augment and ultimately deepen that standard Disney fairy tale recipe.
Pixar corporate namesake has never been more appropriate.Pixar’s legacy, however, stands in the realm of visual and narrative perfectionism, where conventions are reworked or altogether originated. Walt Disney built his legacy animating fairy tales into family-friendly spectacles, and in doing so, he established a series of “happily ever after” formulas ingrained into our understanding of the genre to this day. An enchanting story about a betrothed princess, a witch’s curse, and the changing of fate, Brave is a Disney-style storybook made by Pixar.
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