Setting a Disney Princess movie in Scotland is an intriguing idea, allowing the film to make use of the colorful kilts and lively Scottish traditional music, though I think the film struggles with its setting. I don’t mean to imply that “Brave” is a bad film. “Brave” has more in common with Dreamworks “How to Train Your Dragon”, in that Merida spends most of the film bonding with a character that is essentially non-human. The film is less original than Pixar’s more popular films, which include “Toy Story”, “Finding Nemo”, “Up”, and, most recently, “Inside Out”, and less magical than most of the Disney Princess films. “Brave” is actually a Pixar film, released by The Walt Disney Corporation in 2012 after Disney bought Pixar in 2006. Merida has more in common with a Hollywood action hero than with a Disney Princess, and the Little Monkey has taken notice.When I noticed one day that the Merida doll in her beloved MagiClip princess figurine set was missing and that she wasn’t too concerned about replacing it, I knew that “Brave” would rarely be played on the TV at our place, for now. She refuses to follow a family tradition that dictates that she marry the winner of a competition between the sons of her father’s allies, causing a rift with her mother that eventually puts her whole family in danger, and she takes far more interest in her bow and arrow than she does in her princess duties. After the first time we watched the film, over two viewings, I noticed that the story was not resonating with The Little Monkey, perhaps because Princess Merida, the film’s heroine, doesn’t seem to take much interest in being a princess. Mention of the Disney Pixar film “Brave” has been limited in our household. Previous posts covered “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, “ Cinderella”, “ Sleeping Beauty”, “ The Little Mermaid”, “ Beauty and the Beast”, “ Aladdin”, “ Pocahontas”, “ Mulan”, “ The Princess and the Frog” and “ Tangled” Note: This is the eleventh entry in a series of posts looking at the Kid Friendliness, Entertainment Value, and Life Lessons for Kids from the Disney Princess movies.

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