Yesterday my family and I went to see the new animated Disney-Pixar movie, Brave. It was about a care-free, young, archery-loving, Scottish princess named Merida, characterized by her long, bouncy, springy, bright red hair. She and her controlling mother, kingly father, and mischievous three brothers dominate a large castle off the coast of Scotland.
One of the main themes in the movie is focused on the relationship between the mother and daughter. The queen is constantly reprimanding her daughter about a lady's manners ("A princess does not place her weapons on the table!"). This leaves Merida with a suffocating, frustrating, constricting feeling. She feels like her mother decides everything for her, therefore it is the final straw when she finds out her mother has invited princes from other kingdoms to play games to win her hand. In her rage, she gallops off on her horse, when she happens to stumble upon an old woman's cottage. Merida soon finds out, to her shock and amazement, that the old woman is a witch and she does spells. She asks for a spell to change her mother, thereby changing her fate. The witch gives her a sweet bun to feed to the queen, but to her extreme horror, it does change her mother- except there's one small problem.
She has turned onto a bear.
The rest of the movie follows the duo's journey as they struggle to turn the queen back to normal again, but here's the implied message: Specify your wish when asking a witch to do a spell for you.
Oh, and be careful what you wish for too, I guess. :)
Overall I think this movie did a good job of mixing humor and some serious life lessons. The way the queen's manner, her way of thinking, and her treatment of Merida changed- well, it was a vital part of the movie.
See it if you haven't yet.
One of the main themes in the movie is focused on the relationship between the mother and daughter. The queen is constantly reprimanding her daughter about a lady's manners ("A princess does not place her weapons on the table!"). This leaves Merida with a suffocating, frustrating, constricting feeling. She feels like her mother decides everything for her, therefore it is the final straw when she finds out her mother has invited princes from other kingdoms to play games to win her hand. In her rage, she gallops off on her horse, when she happens to stumble upon an old woman's cottage. Merida soon finds out, to her shock and amazement, that the old woman is a witch and she does spells. She asks for a spell to change her mother, thereby changing her fate. The witch gives her a sweet bun to feed to the queen, but to her extreme horror, it does change her mother- except there's one small problem.
She has turned onto a bear.
The rest of the movie follows the duo's journey as they struggle to turn the queen back to normal again, but here's the implied message: Specify your wish when asking a witch to do a spell for you.
Oh, and be careful what you wish for too, I guess. :)
Overall I think this movie did a good job of mixing humor and some serious life lessons. The way the queen's manner, her way of thinking, and her treatment of Merida changed- well, it was a vital part of the movie.
See it if you haven't yet.
