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To Kun's request that we get a boy rather than a girl - I don't think it's a fair request.

Something more than what we've come to expect from Disney. was about friendship in the workplace and the fear of the other.Дo we honestly expect Brave to be a rehashing of an old Disney plot: defiant girl casts off shackles of oppressive society so that she can pick the boy of her dreams? Toy Story was about friendship rather than romantic love Finding Nemo explored the relationship between father and son The Incredibles dealt with the sometimes-rocky travails of having a family, and of finding great things even in the mundane Monsters Inc. Time and again, the themes in Pixar's films break old tropes apart. It was about rediscovering that capacity to love and be loved that made that film so moving - so tear-jerking that I'm getting teary just writing about it. The story is told at the end of a long life filled with deep, profound love.

#Brother bear and brave movie#

Think about Up, a movie about an old man trying to reclaim his childhood and a young boy who desperately needed a friend. I can only hope that what we've seen so far is what we get, because if we do end up with just another story about a girl who overcomes adversity just so she can get married, I think a lot of people, including myself, would be very disappointed. Merida shows no interest in romance - and a great deal in archery. There are no male protagonists in the previews. No love at first sight in these films - messy courtships, rather, that thankfully turned out okay in the end.Д«ut Brave gives us no hints that it will be anything remotely like any of these. In some sense, Disney has actually been moving away from this sort of romanticism.Д®nchanted did end on a romantic note, but not before spoofing the love-at-first-sight tradition that define so many of Disney's other films.В Both Tangled and The Princess and the Frog took slightly less ridiculous approaches to true love - somewhat more reminiscent of the better of Disney's romances, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. There has been no hint of a Beast or a dashing prince in this story. We see that she's quite adept with a bow tracking a bear through a dark forest - we see her emerging as the hero of the story. In fact, there has been no indication in any of Brave's trailers thus far that Merida has any romantic interest whatsoever. Now, having not yet seen Brave I can only speculate, but I'm not at all sure that either Kun's description of American cinema tropes or the likely outcome of the film are accurate.ДЇor one thing, while Merida does appear to be as defiant as Ariel, she seems much less motivated by the dreamy prince than her mermaid counterpart.

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Sort of like Dreamworks, then, with Shrek and How To Train Your Dragon and Puss in Boots. He adds: 'IвЂ™d just like to see a movie from Disney/Pixar for once where the main character is a young boy, who follows his heart and defies his own society and culture, and achieves something more than just mere personal happiness, but actually makes a difference.' 'The only two recent Disney stories with any real meaningful characters in them for boys are in Lion King and Brother Bear,' writes Kun, 'and in both cases these are more about society and responsibility rather than any message about finding your own path.'