![]() The witch gives her a spell, in the form of a cake, that will change her fate but doesn’t tell her the particular effects of the spell. After one particularly heated argument with her mother, Merida heads off into the countryside and stumbles upon a cottage inhabited by a witch (Julie Walters). ![]() Her parents (voiced by Emma Thompson and Billy Connolly) love her dearly but tradition dictates that the proper way of doing things has to come before personal happiness. ![]() She doesn’t want to live by the rules governing the conduct of a princess and she certainly doesn’t want to marry someone who wins her hand in some contest. The story here will please anyone who has been waiting for Pixar to just go the whole hog and give us a pure fairytale. In fact, the gorgeousness starts before the main event when, as usual, audiences get a treat in the form of a lovely short animation preceding the feature – this one called La Luna. From beginning to end, this is a work of art. It’s almost becoming redundant to say that every new Pixar release sets a new standard for gorgeous visuals and great animation but such is the case here, so assume that I said it anyway. Hey, as a Scotsman, I can honestly say that I wasn’t offended in the slightest and I thought that the film made the Highlands look as beautiful as possible. The Scottish people are pictured as a lively bunch (often with red hair) with fire in their bellies, quick to eat, drink and be merry and often ready to fight at the drop of a tartan hat. The central heroine is yet another wonderful, rounded creation from Pixar. Some people have already made their minds up about it, unhappy with the way that it depicts the Scottish people and the central, free-spirited, heroine (Merida, voiced by Kelly Macdonald). Brave is the latest movie from Pixar, you may already be aware of it as their “Scottish” movie.
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