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If you've been keeping up with developments in the world of animated movie news you know that Brave is the first film released by animation powerhouse Pixar to feature a female lead character. That's right, on their thirteenth effort the lads from Emeryville, California allowed a young woman to take the reins. Quite literally.

Brave is the tale of Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) a feisty young lass who is very capable with a bow and arrow, and extremely skilled at riding horses, from the Scottish kingdom of DunBroch. She lives in a castle with her parents Fergus and Elinor (Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson), and three identical twin (male) siblings.

Merida wants to continue to improve at what she's good at: archery. Her mother thinks it is time for her to be married, so that the bonds between the existing Scottish clans can be strengthened and peace can continue to reign over the land.

Naturally Merida rebels, deeply offending her mother in the process.

But see, the difference here is, Merida does not want to rebel for the sake of rebellion. She wants her mother to change, to see her point of view.

So naturally, she follows a trail of Will O' the Wisps that lead her to the home of a witch who grants her a spell that will grant her what she so desperately desires.

If you're in a 'Huh? What?' state of mind right now, you're sharing my sense of befuddlement.

I had no idea going in that there was a supernatural element to the proceedings in Brave. Which is fine-there is no need to know everything before one sits down to watch a movie. But still.

This is a movie about mothers and daughters and it pushes all the magic buttons. The animation is top notch and like they have done with all their recent features, the folks at Pixar really know how to use 3D to add a certain je ne sais quoi to their films. But...

Right from the design of the lead character, to those magical creatures that lead her astray, to the plot twist that sets up the rest of the movie, I felt like I was watching a giant, feature-length pitch for merchandise to be sold later. I could imagine little girls clamouring for their very own flame-haired dolls. My thumbs twitched towards imaginary joysticks every time those Will O' the Wisps made an appearance on screen.

And that ending:

I have long held the view that Hollywood is getting increasingly Bollywoodized with each passing year. That means different things for different films; in the case of Brave it simply means that the final credits roll after a truly manipulative finale designed to play a concerto with your heart strings and wreak havoc on your tear ducts.

In my view the maestros at Pixar have put out another beautiful product. Only this time, the string pulling behind the beautiful moving parts is clearly apparent. And not appreciated.

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If you've been keeping up with developments in the world of animated movie news you know that Brave is the first film released by animation powerhouse Pixar to feature a female lead character. That's right, on their thirteenth effort the lads from Emeryville, California allowed a young woman to take the reins.

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Andromeda the Warrior              Princess:

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Andromeda the Warrior              Princess:

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Andromeda was the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus. Andromeda was promised to marry Prince Phineus. But, instead of accepting her fate, Andromeda ran away to Athena's Statue to ask for guidance. Athena gives her silver armour to fight under cover. But, when Andromeda is off fighting, her mom is telling Jaffa all how Andromeda is more beautiful than the Sea Nymphs. So Poseidon to protect his sea nymphs he sends Cetus to Jaffa! But back to Andromeda, she was becoming the best solider and defeating all in her past. But Perseus followed her back to camp and was able to see the silver warrior take off her helmet and saw her hair cascaded out of her helmet and realized the silver warrior was not who everyone thinks

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This Disney movie relates Andromeda in a few ways.
~Both texts have it wear a girl runs away from her fate. Even though in Princess Protection Program her fate, she still ran away

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This Disney princess is almost a modern version of this myth. 

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This Disney princess is almost a modern version of this myth. 

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~Merida the princess was assigned by her parents to mary, Just like Andromeda was assigned to mary Prince Phineus
~Instead of following Merida's fate she fought for it and ended up beating all of her suitors, Similar to how Andromeda ran away and became the Silver Warrior

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All of these texts relate to each other, some more than others. All and all, over the many many years the Myth Andromeda the Silver warriors lesson has not faded and will continue to teach many to create their own paths

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All of these texts relate to each other, some more than others. All and all, over the many many years the Myth Andromeda the Silver warriors lesson has not faded and will continue to teach many to create their own paths