Brave (2012)

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

That looks very much like a work of genndy.

[D.B. Barnes]

Sneak Preview

[ScottotD]

ooooh

[Invader_quirk]

The trailer did nothing for me, but that clip restored my faith. 

[Rainbow Dash]

Looks great, and reminds me how terrible Dreamworks is in designing human characters. 

[Rainbow Dash]

New Japanese trailer has a ton of new footage.

[Raefire]

Japanese trailer with subtitles:

DAMN, this looks good.

[doggans]

I just found out Steve Purcell is the co-director of this film.

Now my hopes are unreasonably high for a Sam and Max background cameo.

[Johnny Unusual]

I just found out Steve Purcell is the co-director of this film.

Now my hopes are unreasonably high for a Sam and Max background cameo.

Huh?  Whuh?  It always throws me when someone known for primarily one character in one medium turns out to be working on a much bigger thing, like when I found out Scud the Disposable Assassin's creator Rob Schrab was head writer for the Sarah Silverman Program.

Good for you Steve.

[Pak-Man]

Ooooh! I knew he was pulling Pixar duty these days, but I didn't know this was his! Now I'm extra-excited.

[mattwnelson]

Blast it, now I'll have to watch it out of misguided Purcell loyalty.

[Nunyerbiz]

Just got back from seeing Brave.... Surprising vanilla story from the Pixar folks... Oh those darn parents not letting their kids follow their heart! That said, holding onto convention served things quite well. They weren't forced into 30 minutes of robots chasing each other around to pad the script, and no need to turn things into some half-assed action movie with murderous biplane piloting dogs... Pixar played it safe and it all worked rather well... It's easily the most 'Disney' movie they've ever done, complete with strong willed princess. The comic relief is a bit hit and miss, the young siblings of the princess are great... the goddamn kilt gags are shit that would have embarrassed Tim Conway and Harvey Korman 35 years ago... lol because... kilts... you see... the asses are *snicker* NAKED under those things!! BWAHAHAH! ugh. The story doesn't throw a single curveball, but it doesn't need to... While it doesn't ever hit that big emotional knock out blow like the best of Pixar and/or Disney can deliver... it's still a story worth watching.

The visuals are stunning, just look at her impossibly curly and bouncy red hair... NO SERIOUSLY... FUCKING LOOK AT IT ... that's what the movie seems to have been telling me in more than a few scenes... But that's understandable.. .they're Pixar and I can't complain when they want to show off how far they have pushed the envelope. Although I would recommend skipping the 3D version, as a good half of the film takes place at night or in other dimly lit locations... and those 3D glasses do none of it any favors.

[Rainbow Dash]

It was the most "simple" story Pixar has ever done, but it worked.  It defied standard story tropes,and made it's own story. 

It was a simple Mother and daughter story. 

It wasn't a grand epic, there wasn't a big adventure to be had, it was basic, simple, and it did it very well.

Also, La Luna might be my favorite Pixar short.

[Pak-Man]

Yeah it wasn't the deepest Pixar movie, but it was well-told, and absolutely stunning, as has been mentioned. It also made me laugh more than any other Pixar movie, and maybe that endears me to it. I liked that it didn't rely (entirely) on slapstick and sight gags the way a Dreamworks movie might. The humor all came from knowing the characters, and they were a great bunch of characters to get to know. Even Elenor, who was the "Bad Guy" from Merida's perspective was a very well-developed and sympathetic character. Compare her to the Sultan from Aladdin, who finds himself in a very similar position, and Elenor comes out as much more three dimensional (As it were).

I also think this might be the first Disney Princess (Pixar Princess?) type character who was not sexualized in any way. She was female, but she wasn't a pin-up model. I have a hard time thinking of any spunky tom-boy princess character who wouldn't have also passed for a supermodel.

Edit to add: La Luna probably wasn't my favorite Pixar short (That would be Night and Day) but it was up there. It very effectively teleported me to my childhood when I was being read children's bedtime poetry. It left me feeling very warm and young, and then very cold and adult by contrast when it was over. :^)

[gavind]

It was the most "simple" story Pixar has ever done, but it worked.  It defied standard story tropes,and made it's own story. 

It was a simple Mother and daughter story. 

It wasn't a grand epic, there wasn't a big adventure to be had, it was basic, simple, and it did it very well.

Also, La Luna might be my favorite Pixar short.

Agreed. Good for me I didn't spend cash to watch it on a theater. DVD release would be better.