I actually didn’t know people thought it was terrible until like, a year ago. I really love this movie

I've actually always loved this movie, and felt that it received an unfair reputation. Merida and Elinor's relationship was the heart and soul of the story, and watching them grow to gradually understand each other was heartwarming. I also admired that Merida didn't end up with any of her suitors, and chose herself.

I never thought of this movie as terrible. I thought it was pretty solid!

Merida's mom turned into a bear not only bc merida called her a beast just before that but also bc she was being overBEARing. It represents how the mother would try to use brute force (emotionally) to get her daughter to be something she didn't want to be out of fear of her daughter's life being difficult due to being different. The bear being unable to speak is the way the bond heals. The mother didn't listen to her daughter and constantly talked over her or down her and only waited for her turn to speak in an argument rather than listening to her daughter. As the bear, unable to communicate, she's forced to listen to Merida so she finally understands her point of view.

The ending and “mending the bond” makes perfect sense to me, here’s why. Merida sewing up the tapestry didn’t work at first because the “bond” in question is her and Eleanor’s relationship, not necessarily a physical object to be fixed but an emotional relationship. Merida calls her mother a beast, claiming that she was never there for her (which isn’t true, Eleanor just isn’t there for her the way Merida wants her to be). The physical representation of their emotional relationship, the tapestry, is then torn by Merida. So when Merida sews it back together to save her mother, it doesn’t work because only the physical tapestry is mended but not their relationship. Eleanor only transforms back when Merida apologizes, admits that her mom was there for her, and justs wants her back, mending Merida’s side of the relationship (it could be argued Eleanor mended her side by accepting that Merida doesn’t have to marry in the bear-mimes-the-speech bit of the film). I think the “sun hitting the tapestry causing the transformation” was a misleading visual. This also explains the common criticism of how Mordu could never mend his bond because his physical bond was made of stone. The physical representation of the bond doesn’t matter nor really needs to be fixed, its the emotional tear between mother and daughter or in Mordu’s case brothers and brother that needs mending. If Mordu could never fix that familial tear, then he can never reverse the spell and become human again.

The production for this one was an absolute nightmare, the director was fired halfway through do to Lasseter's shenanigans. And the new one had no idea what the movie was supposed be about. It's definitely not one of Pixar's best, but I still find some charm in it.

I never thought of Brave as Terrible, but it definitely could have been better.

I was shocked when I heard recently that Brave was not very popular, it’s easily in my top 5 Pixar movies. I really love Merida and her mom go from really close in the opening, to cut-throat angry with each other, and then learning to get back to seeing each other as family, much like how many parent / child relationships develop.

I've always loved this movie, the animation is gorgeous and the character designs aren't from the same mold that every Disney and Pixar character seem to come from these day. And as far as the story goes, I liked how it felt in between a fairy tale and the reality of what being a princess was actually like. I was really into Celtic mythology and history growing up and it was just nice to see a fantasy story in this setting.

I don''t know why people thought this movie was TERRIBLE.

I personally like the beginning where it was more focus on the Mom’s and Daughter’s relationship and how society or environment can affect that relationship. I get it might be cliche or annoying that a story focus on a girl rebelling against the world she’s in or how she’s different, but I think this did feel more grounded. Plus it was meant to focus more on the personal relationships more. I just don’t recall much movies around that time that did have that focus. But I feel like it got rather messy when the bear plot was introduced. Wasn’t the worse, but didn’t like it as much I wanted too. I can see how people like it overall though! I just wanted something else, but that’s just my personal preference. Think that’s why I ended up liking Turning Red when that came out later :)

TERRIBLE is a VERY strong Word. This movie was my Childhood, and as a Bonus my Mum is Scottish, so we all got a good kick out of this when it came out. 😂

Brave was one of my favorite Princess movies as a young girl, I didn't expect people to dislike it

4:25 Dazz: "None of these skills are really gonna come back". *Literally every skill proceeds to come back for the rest of the movie* Also, she does briefly climb up the stone rubble when escaping Mor'du in the castle ruins.

I absolutely LOVE Brave it was my childhood I don’t understand why everyone hates it so much

I saw this movie years ago. Didn’t think anything negative about it, other than not caring much since I was interested in other genres. Hearing that people outright dislike Brave was definitely a surprise though.

Merida is NOT a lesbian just because she doesn't want to be forced into marriage! She wants to be her own person & treated like a human being. She wants to be respected & listened to! I have been dying to freaking say that online since I first heard about those shitty articles when Brave was new. I wasn't able to find the right place until this great review. Thanks for a new video! I hate Brave's plot, but I love the visuals & characters. I want more of it someday. I want a GOOD sequel, with the signature heart of Pixar put into it. Or maybe a few shorts on the side.

I actually adored this film. And I still cry at the end. Because the actual main plot of the film is communication. You see throughout the film that there is a communication problem with the family. Specifically between Merida and her mother. That literal scene by scene conversation where Merida is talking to Fergus and Elinor is talking to the dad (I can't remember his name) there is clearly a disconnection between them. And when Merida is telling Elinor about her day she in return doesn't seem to even listen. It isn't until Elinor is turned into a bear when she is able to set aside all the marriage nonsense are the two able to bond again like the flashback implies. Like getting dinner, sleeping together, and relying on eachother. Then later on in the scene where they are in the thrown room again trying to get the tapestry that's the movie showing that Elinor is finally communicating to Merida that she is okay with her breaking tradition which is a pivotal moment for Elinor since her main personality point is being traditional. And lastly and most importantly the ending scene. It wasn't the tapestry being repaired that saved Elinor. Because that's not the bond that needed mended. It was the bond between Merida and her mother. So once Merida apologized to for her hurtful wording Elinor did the bond get mended.

You'd be shocked how strong a parent can become while trying to protect their child

I hate movies motivated, by "She's a girl boss." But I never felt that way when watching this movie.

I’ve never heard any hate for this movie until last week when everybody started saying people hate it despite still having yet to see somebody hate it. Is this like a Mandela effect or some shit

People thought this was terrible?

I'd say Merida is a combination of... Jasmine: Turned down every single suitor who traveled far to propose to her Pocahontas: Has a free sprit that goes where the wind blows Belle: A princess that has a best friend that's a horse Mulan: Clever, has heightened awareness, and learned to advance in weapons ENTIRELY by herself, but behaved awkwardly any time she was behaving like someone she was not But above all, every princess needs an animal sidekick

Surprisingly funny. Emotionally riveting. Beautiful animation. Just because there are tropes doesn't make a piece of art bad. I cry at the end every time.

This was my favorite movie as a kid and still is. idc if it's not perfect or even bad, I love this movie so much. It inspired me to pursue archery at a young age and holds a special place in my heart.

70-80% satisfaction on Rotten Tomatoes is pretty good. This movie was actually my first Pixar movie I saw, so it’s more of a nostalgia feeling for me, but I do like this movie a lot.

This movie was really immersive I feel. That's what made it so good to me as a kid. I do think that the side story about the king who torn his family apart from pride mixes in with Merida. It was later revealed in the story that the four kingdoms worked together to fight off vikings, and that lately their relationship was growing weak. The whole point of the marriage was a last effort to bring the kingdoms together and her mother didn't want her to ruin that. She taught Merida that a princess was supposed to put her pride aside and do what was needed. But I like that later in the story, she realized it was unfair and wrong for everyone. In conclusion, it made sense where she was coming from.

I love this movie, only disney princess who had a proper unbringing (amazing parents that remained alive through the movie). She retained her father's personality being headstrong and adventurous while retaining her mother's demeanor and her learning how to be patient. I absolutely love the father and how he's written and is my favorite character.

Dazz is being very critical. This movie is not about woman’s masculinity or whatever it is about Merida’s and Eleanor’s relationship. The castle scene when Merida was “spelling out the conclusions” is actually her reacting along with the audience. The bear story that Dazz was talking about how bland it is and how similar it is to brother bear is missing the picture because ultimately the reason why the mother isn’t a bear for so long is because that conflict is a symptom to the real conflict of their relationship. The death of Mor’du and the stone falling was good, audiences are rewarded for guessing how some things are going to pan out. The “Spelling it out at the end” is bullshit spelling it out would be if Eleanor said “we both have, we mended are relationship and attitude” that “we both have” is perfect. I could go on and on but one lay thing if you take apart and extrapolate everything you are going to suck the joy out of every movie you see, sometimes things can just be.

i know you stopped making them, but if you ever decide to continue the scene breakdown seires, could you do one for wreck it ralph?

As lots of people said, I really love this movie and Merida. I really think that you are being overly critical with this one. Sometimes a simple story is just as fine as a complex one. It's a very easy to serve meal, like fast food. Maybe, because this is the first strong female protagonist, they needed a simpler story to focus on making a strong girl strong. And I may say that I really love Merida.

It's so sad that this movie could have been so good, but the moment the bear plot starts, it all goes down hill.

I think this film was great

I love this film it's better than the Frozen franchise as a whole, that franchise is serious overrated.

I honestly liked brave

I really love the first part of the movie and the ending.., Those are the scenes that make it a pretty good movie.. I've always been kinda bored watching the bear stuff tbh.... Terrible isn't the word I'd use for the movie though.. That's a bit over exaggerated..

People can say what they want, but I still enjoy this movie far more than the corporate modernist stuff current Disney is pumping out these days. Ngl, this video feels more like complaining about things you personally didn’t enjoy about the movie rather than really making a constructive or well thought out critique explaining its flaws. Your reasonings just kind of feel all over the place and subjective. The points brought up about the movie in this video don’t really ruin the overall enjoyment I have for this film. The complains just feel sort of inconsequential like a CinemaSins video.

Brave is better than most of the shit Disney makes now i actually enjoyed the movie

How do ppl hate this movie, it's awesome 🗣

It could have worked as just a princess who doesn’t want to be married and wants to be an archer! But no! We had to make it a brother bear clone!

I will never understand the hate for this movie. I love this movie. I saw it in the theater with my mom and it was a great moment for the both of us. The story is fine, if you don't understand it...well that's a you problem.

I had forgotten how overly dark the night time battle in the forest was. I have no light on in the computer room at night & can barely see a damn thing. How did this get past everyone?!

I’ll admit I still have fond memories of this coming out in theaters over 11 years ago and seeing this in theaters. I know 11 years later, it’s not one of Pixar’s best films and the tonal shift in the story is very obvious due to the production troubles caused by John Lasseter firing the original director Brenda Chapman, but it’s not really a bad film. Sure, I can understand how the mother turning into a bear could break the film for a lot of people, but for it’s other aspects like its animation and it’s achievements for a Princess story like having a mother-daughter relationship be the central relationship and the daughter and dad having a good relationship without any arguments and the dad being supportive of his daughter’s desires and the Princess not ending up with one of the Scottish Lord’s sons at the end. It’s because of this film we’re starting to see more Disney Princess films not have a Princess end up in a romantic relationship like Moana. So regardless of what you may feel about the film, you can’t deny it’s positive influence on later Disney Princess films.

I know everybody is entitled to their own opinions but. I love this movie. And this video for whatever reason made me more upset than it shouldve. Great video. But i love this movie too much

When I watched it as a kid I didn't see this movie as trying to push the feminist agenda. To me it was just about a parent and child not seeing things from each other's side and over time learning the value in the other's skills. That is why to me the scene of Merida sewing the tapestry worked since it was her showing that she appreciated her mother's efforts. Though one thing that always threw me off was at the ending when they only showed Elinor appreciating Merida's interests and failed to show Merida doing the same.

Y’all I’m so over the hate that movies “make it all about gender” but guess what WE did that, in you can’t make a 1500s movie without that being a major plot point

"You know Amy, anytime someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines gender equality by implying this is an exception and not the status quo."

average Briton when talking about Scotland.

I love this movie. My mom says i look like Merida

It wasn't all that bad, but had a lot of missed opportunity

I feel like a lot of the issues Dazz has with the movie is simply a case of "it's not made for you"/"You don't get it".

Brave is NOT a Terrible Movie. It's My Most Favorite PIXAR Movie and it's My Childhood! 😡 🤬

I genuinely adore the first half of the film before the stupid bear stuff comes in, then I'm just left feeling disappointed about what could have been

To be clear, there's a great video by "eliquorice" which nicely illustrates that the main issue with this movie was its lack of consistent direction, namely due to them firing Brenda Chapman (the original director) in the middle of production.

She became a bear because she was overBEARing. Get it?

I think part of what pushes this from mediocre to terrible is what the movie could have been. I really wish they had kept the original writer/director

Wolves would have been a better fit, wolves had a lot of cultural relevance in scotland before eventually dying out in the region

I think the main reason people didn;t like that movie is the bear plot. The trailer made you think you would see a completely different movie

they took a trillion years on the hair that they didn't take the time to take the time on everything else to

This was a strange video for Dazz. Maybe I'm biased but I feel like every single criticism he gave was either just completely incorrect, or it was technically valid but wasn't even a bad thing and didn't really matter a lot to the overall plot of the movie, and it was all destructive. And it may not be a masterpiece, but this definitely wasn't a bad movie. I absolutely loved it as a kid and still do today. 😁🏹

Your editing is really funny a awesome the way you show up in a movie scene I always start laughing 😂😂😂😂

Did we watch the same movie!? Brave has an amazing story about Communication, the fact Eleanor turns into a bear makes sense, and it lets Merida (who often then not got spoken over by her mother) speak for once, letting her mother understand her daughter better and see who she actual is as a person. The entire plot makes sense! And it's honestly communicated perfectly in the movie in my opinion. I feel like you were just overly critical on this one because this movie has its reasons for many of the things going on in it.

Fun Fact: This movie couldn't take place after around 600 AD since bears went extinct in the UK between 425-594 AD

When I was younger, I went to see this film when it debuted in theaters with my Mother. Being a boy that often butts heads with my Mother, we both came out of this film realizing this touched on that dynamic of parent and child often not seeing things from the other's perspective. To this day, despite my mother hating all things princess, she really loves Merida. She is also Scottish/Irish and thought this was a very serviceable film in that regard. To me, I've now watched this film dozens upon dozens of times in the years since and always enjoyed it. To me, there are far worse Pixar films, even some that objectively are better but just didn't connect with me. Now this film was probably aimed at girls/mothers, but if a younger boy and his Mom came out of this film with a closer relationship and understanding of each other, this film did its job very well. Also, I always like some fun shenanigans in my animated movies which harkens back to classic animation from back at the start with all the whacky things going on.... it's just good fun for the sake of fun, which always makes me smile. Brave is a wonderful movie for me, plain and simple. :)

I liked the first half of the movie with Merida vs her mom and showing the different values of each lady. The scene where Merida shoots for her own hand is brilliant, showing the power that the queen holds and how Merida turns to face her in the end was amazing. I think it really had a consistent plot up until the bear antics which is where they lost me.

So this movie was directed by Brenda Chapman, The first female director in Pixar's filmographic history. She only previously ever directed one other movie, That movie was the Prince of Egypt. And John Lasseter fired her. . . . Some have speculated this was because of misogyny. However I disagree. If John Lasseter was a misogynist he would've LET HER COOK. (I've been sitting on this joke for so Long.)

I loved brave

People think this movie is terrible?! It’s literally one of my favorite movies 😭

I am shocked that there are people who dont like this movie

As a conservative scottish male i can tell you that this movie is absolutely amazing and always has been. The whole argument about breaking tradition with gender roles is absolutely fucking stupid. I have a sister who is 5 and acts just like Merrida because she wants to be like dad. The whole point of the story is the mom understanding her child for who she is instead of trying to turn her into herself. Its not about breaking gender roles or making a statement about wemon being better than men. The men in this movie are portrayed as actual men, they are big, tough, and rough. And no where do we see them being portrayed as stupid idiots they are just simply acting like men, and the women are portrayed as proper women that worry about how they look in public unlike the guys who just dont fucking care. Merrida is just a tomboy character that wants to be like her dad and hes all for it but the mother sees this and is afraid because back then it was looked down apon for females to act like this and as a mother she wants to provide and protect her daughter and put her on the path to be as successful as possible. Which is actually what happens, after listening to her mom she understands the situations and changes her veiw on how to handle and deal with it. Thats why she is able to calm the clans near the end of the movie. Both her and her mother finally understand each other and thus they come out on top with personal growth and understanding. Its a great story and one that shows its ok to break tradition every now and then.

This has to be one of your worst reviews ever. I’m disappointed. 😐

Fun Fact : Reese Witherspoon was supposed to voice Merida but she couldn't get her Scottish accent right so she volunteered to leave and Disney quickly replace her with an actual Scottish actress, Kelly Macdonald. Kelly literally saved this movie for me

So Dazz, what else Terrible Pixar Movies are gonna tell us?

Congratulations, you know make your fans turn against you.

PLEASE JUST LET US SCOTS HAVE THIS ONE THING

Years and years ago about 13 to be exact I always used to slag this film off and say it was one of the most boring films I’ve ever seen But I hadn’t actually watched it because I lied However after watching this on DISNEY + from beginning to end my opinion has changed

The only other thing i wanted in this movie was apparently she was supposed to choose the big blonde guy. It could've been interesting if they showed years later they ended up together and as she said "found love in their own time".

I feel it would be better if the mom was the villain but started to realize her mistakes and started to heal and make a better relationship with her entire family

Leave that wee lass Merida alone. BRAVE IS AWESOME.

The only negative reviews I can find for this film are from film critics.

This movie is so overhated. Flawed? Yes! Terrible? Absolutely not!

Ok man. Is it terrible or not though?

The beginning was so good and then it just fell

This movie should’ve gotten controversy for the Oscars winning that film cause this movie should not be brave enough

You don't say?

I think you may misunderstand the beginning of the movie. People didn’t dislike the movie for being bad in terms of quality. The first act was really good, only for the movie to inexplicably turn into Brother Bear in the second half. The first act does a really good job establishing Merida’s rebellious nature and physical prowess, while also establishing the queen’s political prowess and showing us how the two often butt heads over their differences of opinion. The first act all culminates in the archery scene where Merida is being rebellious within the parameters set by her mother, and her mother loses her mind and throw’s Merida’s bow into the fire. The first act was hella good writing, very well written. The second act derailed nearly all that was established, and did not deliver on the promises made to the audience by the first act. The movie isn’t disliked because it’s bad, (it is in fact one of my favorite movies ever), it is disliked because it could have been GREAT

Dazz cut yo hair

I never went to go see it because my friends who did were pissed about it.

Not again sure some people say it is terrible but I don’t think it’s bad

Not a fan of being convinced that something I like is bad, especially something as subjective as a movie

I really liked this movie when I was a kid, even the scene with Mordu scared the wits out of me (And it's a good thing). Maybe it's because I do also have a mixed relationship with my mom, some moments were good and some were about arguing and lack of emotional connection 😃 And also I like the Scottish and this movie's music 😁

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Me watching Dazzreviews talking about terrible movies : "Here We Go Again"

I kinda love how the witch only knows how to do one thing. And that is bear which is now her solution to anything like a man with a hammer. 'You want to be s strong as 10 men? BEAR!' 'You want your mom to stop badgering you about marriage? BEAR!'

honestly, i remember being really excited for this movie to come out when i was a kid. i still like it a lot to this day, and i'll never understand why it got a bad rep.

People hate this movie?

this movie was great. you're talking crazy talk.

I don't subscribe to this theory but have you heard about the conspiracy that Disney made Brave and Pixar made Planes? The story goes that they came out as similar times, and the advertisers mixed up the Disney and Pixar logos. Think about it. Pixar making a princess movie and Disney making a movie that is practically Cars but with Planes? I'm sure it's not true but interesting to think about.

i’ll hear you out on this because i respect you, but i do like this movie a lot

It was BRAVE of them to release it 😂😂😂