Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-80247.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Brave Barely Fresh in Early RottenTomatoes.com Voting. Are You Excited? (POLL)</b></a> <p>As of this posting Brave, Disney / Pixar's newest film released on Friday, has a 63% rating on RottenTomatoes.com (60% is required for a fresh rating). And even many of the positive reviews suggest the film isn't up to Pixar's normal standards. Are you excited about seeing this film?</p> <p>[[poll:68]]</p>
Originally Posted By basil fan As usual, I care not a jot for what Rotten Tomatoes has to say. Guilty! The Disney Villains www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/villain.html
Originally Posted By Evening Star It's at 71% now on RT. The U.S. trailer was awful, but the Japanese trailer has me really excited.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan In fairness to Brave, there is no consensus yet, and won't be until opening day. The current "fresh/rotten" rating is based on a handful of critics, and even so, is at 71% fresh. Wait and see later this week when more of the biggies weigh in.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>As of this posting Brave, Disney / Pixar's newest film released on Friday<< That would be this coming Friday, June 22.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 It seems between this movie and Cars 2, Pixar has lost it's touch at movie making magic... IMHO, Brave will not be a financial success for Disney, it looks no better than Tangled in terms of quality.
Originally Posted By utahjosh <It seems between this movie and Cars 2, Pixar has lost it's touch at movie making magic... IMHO, Brave will not be a financial success for Disney, it looks no better than Tangled in terms of quality.> I agree Cars 2 was sub-par, but Tangled was a wonderful movie. Great music, stands up to multiple viewings, beautiful animation. I think Brave looks incredible - but I"m not sure if it will be a financial hit.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: We simply have no interest in this film. If we see it at all it will be years from now after even more of the bloom has faded away.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS After seeing it's segment in World of Color this weekend, I am so excited to see it!
Originally Posted By dagobert I can't wait to see it. Until now I've liked all Pixar movies, except for Cars 2.
Originally Posted By u k fan I'll be happy if it's on a par with Tangled. To be fair Cars 2 wasn't terrible - it just wasn't Pixar's usual standard. I was more enamoured with the idea of the movie before I saw the trailers, but again, that's fairly standard for Pixar. I don't think I've ever been excited by a Pixar trailer except maybe Nemo and that was more because the animation was cool. I wonder if any of the negativity comes from it's rocky Director-dumping past? I'll no doubt see it anyway - I really want to like this one!!!
Originally Posted By Evening Star I hope it's not on par with Tangled. It was pretty to look at, but lackluster. Made a pretty penny though, but so do movies like Cars and Transformers.
Originally Posted By utahjosh <I hope it's not on par with Tangled. It was pretty to look at, but lackluster.> I'm often surprised people think Tangled wasn't that great. Do you have any specific things you didn't like about it?
Originally Posted By Evening Star The story meanders and several plot points the climax hinged on weren't well executed. I had really hoped for something in the vein of the classic princess movies, with the sentiment of Enchanted in regards to exploring a new world and the qualities of princess-hood. Instead I was presented a teen wish-fulfillment film with magic and an insufferable hero. I loved the visual imagery and Maximus, the rest not so much, including the music. I'm glad others liked it, it just didn't do anything for me.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The opening of "Tangled" was ruined by the smug, nudge-nudge voice over from Flynn. Why have him narrate? Why not a third-person narrator? Or better yet what about *gasp* no voice over narration at all? Anyway, it immediately took me out of the story and reminded me of "The Emperor"s New Groove." The scene in the "Snugly Duckling' seemed like filler. What was the point of that whole sequence? And while of course it's a cartoon, that sequence where Flynn and the horse are hanging on the tree branch and it breaks (see TENG again) they fall hundreds of feet and the horse just lands on the ground and keeps going. Really? It's like Indiana Jones, Short Round and Willie jumping out of an airplane in a life raft. Really? By the way, watched some of "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull" over the weekend. Sheesh. What a mess that movie is,
Originally Posted By Evening Star The part with the Snugly Duckling was only to establish characters for Flynn's rescue later. But it wasn't well executed. Rather it was just a "hey not all people are bad" scene, that didn't quite fit with the theme of the movie. The song and the premise of the visit disrupt the story flow. The events there should have been different, explaining why they'd risk so much to help Flynn later on in the movie and giving Rapunzel and her hair a little more to do magically. I agree wholeheartedly about the opening narration. It really ruined the climax of the film and Flynn's character for me.
Originally Posted By xrayvision Fox News loves "Brave". Here's their review. And if you don't already know the story, the review has spoilers including what happens with the witch's magical spell and the family problem with that particular spell. But, it doesn't blab about the meat of the story once the spell takes place, and doesn't totally tell the climax (just a plot point leading to it). It's a fair and positive review of "Brave". <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/06/19/review-disney-hits-bulls-eye-with-new-princess-tale-brave/" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/enterta...e-brave/</a>
Originally Posted By xrayvision Oh yeah, if you don't want to read the review to avoid spoilers, the article does remind us that "La Luna" is playing just before the main movie, which you won't want to miss. So, try not to be late arriving to the movies.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney Pixar movies are generally very good and I am looking forward to it! The one thing I miss is hand-drawn animation. I loved the look of Princess and the Frog because it took me back to favorite Disney movies of my childhood with their gorgeous, colorful hand-drawn scenery.
Originally Posted By u k fan <<<Instead I was presented a teen wish-fulfillment film with magic and an insufferable hero. >>> In my mind that sums up most Princess movies. Certainly something like The Little Mermaid which is often referred to as the turning point of WDFA. PatF and Tangled are this generation's versions of the late 80's early 90's movies. Certainly they haven't hit the heights of BatB yet, but their last few offerings have been solid and seen a return to form. I think the CG medium of Tangled is part of the problem. As Disney's first CG fairy tale it had a lot to live up to and missed those high expectations. Had it been hand drawn I think more people would have seen it as a step up from PatF (and story-wise it was). Anyway, this is wildly off topic now. I wonder if Brave will suffer for looking like How To Train Your Dragon, which was a great movie so not necessarily a bad association to have, but it does make it look a little bit "been there, done that"!!!
