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Originally Posted by RedWineDrinker
sorry, but i will still be giving this a big pass.. as its a rework of brave-heart, though i enjoy brave-heart as a standalone movie its so far from accurate its not even funny so another studios version ..as i say i will avoid it sorry
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I have to wonder about this statement too. The movie has nothing to do with William Wallace or even the English as far as I can tell.
I watched it last night for the first time. I enjoyed it. It was pretty to watch and I liked how it played out early on, which wasn't entirely what I was expecting. I was less keen on the ending since I had pretty much seen it coming early on and it was typically "Disney." It did help that I read the basic story from the colouring book beforehand though. ;)
I do know about the lack of Disney moms. We looked at that in class in second year pop culture English ;). It's not necessarily true that Disney moms in fairy tales weren't there to begin with.
The Little Mermaid for example, was radically changed from it's original story line, almost to the point where you can pretty much reverse everything that was said and happened and have it be more accurate. Ariel, who's name was never mentioned, had a dad, yes, but he hardly did anything and is really just mentioned in passing. It was her grandmother that has all the screen time.
It's also entirely possibly that fairy tales Disney used didn't have dad's either ;), but I think the absent mom thing was how they justified needing Prince Charming to show up, since Dad is usually an idiot.
I think
Brave showed how Disney is gaining back some nerve after several years of being soft. I think they got really chewed out for being too violent after
The Lion King so things have been pretty soft up until the more recent films, starting with
Pirates of the Caribbean I've noticed.